All That Glitters : A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art: ‘The Inigo Philbrick Inside Story’

by Whitfield, Orlando | Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks
Published 02/05/2024 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom
Hardback | 336 pages
163 x 242 x 34mm | 548g

'One of the hottest memoirs of 2024' Sunday Times StyleA Guardian 'Books to look out for in 2024' pick * A Financial Times 'What to Read in 2024' pick 'An art world Great Gatsby, deliciously withering and dishy.' Patrick Radden Keefe'Delicious, sharp and often breathtaking' Megan Nolan'A brilliant, devastating exposé' William BoydDECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo - by then the most successful dealer of his generation - disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core.

A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.