Art and Money

The Great Russian Art Boom (1x2)

Date de diffusion: Sept 28, 2008

London is home to around 1,000 Russian multi-millionaires, some of whom have turned their attention to the acquisition of fine art: oligarch Roman Abramovich recently spent £17.2m on Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping . With unique access to the notoriously private world of Russia's super-rich, writer and Russian expert Marcel Theroux investigates the enormous impact they are having on the art establishment.