What do the Crash of 2008, a supermodel and a Brillo box have anything to do with high-end contemporary art?

Join economist Don Thompson as he discusses his new book The Supermodel and the Brillo Box: Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art, a follow up to his 2008 publication The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art.

Don Thompson is an economist and professor at the Schulich School of Business at York. He has also taught at Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He has written on the art market for publications including The Times (London), Harpers Bazaar Art and The Art Economist.