The Dealer Is the Devil : An Insiders History of the Aboriginal Art Trade.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Disclaimers -- BOOK ONE: Initiation -- 1 HOT-WIRED -- 2. OLD COWBOYS -- 3. SONGLINES -- 4. CULTURAL REVIVAL IS SURVIVAL -- 5. KITH AND KIN -- BOOK TWO: Beyond the Horizon -- 6. CAVE PAINTING -- 7. ARTEFACTS - EASTERN AUSTRALIA -- 8. THE FIRST ABORIGINAL 'ARTISTS' -- 9. EARLY COLLECTORS -- BOOK THREE: The Developing Market -- 10. ANTHROPOLOGISTS, MISSIONARIES AND ETHNOGRAPHERS -- 11. EARLY COLLECTORS -- 12. THE PASSPORT TO ARNHEM LAND -- 13. EARLY BARK PAINTERS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARNHEM LAND -- 14. NORTH EAST ARNHEM LAND -- 15. QUEENSLAND - THE SUNSHINE STATE -- 16. LAND OF THE WANDJINA -- BOOK FOUR: Go West Young Man -- 17. THE BIRTH OF A HOME-GROWN ART INDUSTRY -- 18. HOME OF THE HONEY ANT -- 19. EARLY DESERT MASTERS -- 20. CREATING A MARKET: DESERT ART'S TAKEOVER -- 21. THE END OF THE 1970s - A SNAPSHOT -- 22. ORIGINS OF ART IN THE EAST KIMBERLEY -- BOOK FIVE: The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg -- 23. ARNHEM LAND -- 24. SPREAD OF WESTERN DESERT ART -- 25. FOR THE LOVE OF ARTEFACTS -- 26. DON'T BRING YOUR LOVE TO TOWN -- 27. ACROSS THE TANAMI - THE EMERGING WARLPIRI ARTISTS -- 28. EASTERN DESERT - UTOPIA -- 29. BALGO HILLS -- 30. ON THE ROAD -- 31. ARNHEM LAND ARTISTS OF RENOWN -- 32. BAD BALANDA BLOOD -- 33. URBAN ART -- 34. THE MAINSTREAMING OF ABORIGINAL ART -- 35. THE DEMISE OF THE COMPANY -- 36. AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN -- BOOK SIX: Highway to Hell -- 37. THE ADVENT OF 'AUTHENTICITY' -- 38. STAR QUALITY -- 39. THE BIRTH OF THE SECONDARY MARKET -- 40. ACROSS THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIVIDE - THE DEVELOPING MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE -- 41.SERIOUSLY COLLECTABLE -- 42. ROVING IN THOMAS TOWN -- 43. FAKERY -- 44. AUTHORSHIP -- 45. SLANDER -- 46. INDEPENDENCE -- 47. ATTRIBUTION -- 48. TOYOTA DREAMING -- 49. BOGUS! -- 50. OWNERSHIP -- 51. FIN DE SIÈCLE -- BOOK SEVEN: Art Goes into Overdrive -- 52. FUN AND GAMES.

53. DESERT BLUSH -- 54. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE -- 55. THE STAR HAS LEFT THE BUILDING - THE RISE AND RISE OF TOMMY WATSON -- 56. FIRE, FIRE, BURNING BRIGHT -- 57. STATUS ANXIETY -- 58. WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF? -- 59. UNE GUERRE DE TERRITOIRE -- 60. OFF THE BEATEN TRACK -- 61. TWINKLE TWINKLE, TINKLE TINKLE -- 62. AUCTION WARS -- 63. RENEWING THE DREAMING -- 64. RECKON SILLY NATION -- 65. IT'S NOT JUST BLACK AND WHITE -- 66. IMAGINE -- EPILOGUE - EMAIL FROM A MATE IN THE OUTBACK -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- ENDNOTES -- TIMELINE -- ABBREVIATIONS, REPORTS, AND ACRONYMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT -- INDEX -- PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT.

WBN reviewers gave five stars to The Dealer is the Devil , Adrian Newstead's 'personal and encyclopaedic' examination of the Indigenous art industry.

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