Ebersberger, Eva, and Daniela Zyman, eds. The Collection Book: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Koln: Walther Konig, 2009. In the 1920s, the Thyssen-Bornemisza family began amassing an art collection which now comprises almost 1,000 works, from the thirteenth century through the close of the twentieth. Herein, works from Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum–with works by Holbein, Titian, Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, Hopper and others.

Gludowacz, Irene and Susanne van Hagen, eds. A Passion for Art: Art Collectors and their Houses. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Art and antiques experts, designers and couturiers, artists and entrepreneurs open their doors to offer a rare view of some of the world’s most intriguing collections.

Heimo Zobernig VIDEO bei. Exhibition catalog. Berlin: haubrokshows, 2009.  VIDEO is a catalog designed by Heimo Zobernig of his video works from 1981 until today. The publication offers a subjective history of the medium video and begins with his early works by focusing on the subject “artist” over to documentations of performances and the technical possibilities of the chroma-key-technique.

Horowitz, Noah. Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Noah Horowitz exposes the inner workings of the contemporary art market, explaining how this unique economy came to be, how it works, and where it’s headed. He takes a unique look at the globalization of the art world and the changing face of the business, offering the clearest analysis yet of how investors speculate in the market and how emerging art forms such as video and installation have been drawn into the commercial sphere.

Jensen, Diane McManus. The Art of Collecting: An Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections with Advice on Starting Your Own. New York: Antique Collectors Club Dist., 2010. Through intimate interviews with collectors, this book unveils the passion behind the pursuit of art objects, with advice from experts, while demystifying the process of collecting.

Jonas, Maurice. Notes of an art collector. Reprinted from the original. London: Routledge Kegan Paul, 1908. This early collection of a collector’s musings has essays on Wedgwood portrait medallions and early Shakespeare editions. The author collected both assiduously, and if his glee over his triumphs seems uncouth at times, that is balanced by his almost boyish enthusiasm.

Lindemann, Adam. Collecting Contemporary Art. New York: Taschen, 2010. Adam Lindemann started collecting tribal art as well as works of artists of the 80s before turning to contemporary art, which has been his passion for the past several years. This book was conceived as a short handbook of information and advice for new collectors, but Lindemann’s research eventually led him to an international tour of the art world and personal interviews with some of its leading figures.

Luckow, Dirk, and Gunda Luyken, eds. Collection Videos and Films: Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître. Koln: Walther Konig, 2008. London-based Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaitre are among the most ambitious international contemporary film and video collectors. This comprehensive overview of their collection includes highly sought after works by well known artists like Tacita Dean and Mark Wallinger, as well as lesser known pieces by emerging artists such as Keren Cytter and Sigalit Landau.

Marincola, Paula, ed. What Makes a Great Exhibition? London: Reaktion Books, 2007. This book investigates the challenges facing American and European contemporary art in particular, exploring such issues as group exhibitions, video and craft, and the ways that architecture influences the nature of the exhibitions under its roof.

Megumi, Sasaki. Herb and Dorothy. USA: 2009. DVD. Herb & Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Hans Ulrich Obrist: Interviews Volume 2. New York: Charta, 2010. The 70 published interviews here are taken from Obrist’s archive containing nearly 2,000 hours of recordings and organized by interviewees’ dates of birth. Encyclopedic in scope but intimate in tone, these exchanges provoke unexpected torrents of biographical trajectories, theoretical adventurings and inklings of projects to come.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich. A Brief History of Curating. Zurich: JRP-Ringier, 2011. This publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist mapping the development of the curatorial field–from early independent curators in the 1960s and 70s and the experimental institutional programs developed in Europe and the U.S. through the inception of Documenta and the various biennales and fairs.

Robertson, Iain. A New Art from Emerging Markets. London: Lund Humphries, 2011. This book sets out to introduce and examine three types of emerging market for contemporary art: the very recently established, the maturing and the mature. As well as providing a survey of emerging art markets throughout the world, the book is concerned with looking at how value in non-Western contemporary art is constructed largely by external political events and economic factors rather than aesthetic considerations.

Rowles, Sarah. 12 Gallerists-20 Questions: A Collection of Interviews with 12 London Gallerists. London: Q-Art London, 2009. This book seeks to demystify the world of contemporary art. Sarah Rowsles asks 12 respected London galleries how the world works.

Saatchi, Charles. My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic: Everything You Need to Know About Art, Ads, Life, God and Other Mysteries and Weren’t Afraid to Ask. London: Phaidon, 2009. One of the most influential art collectors of our time and founder of the global advertising agency, Charles Saatchi reveals his opinions on collecting, artists, dealers, advertising and investing in art with unflinching honesty. Famously reclusive, he has answered questions asked to him by journalists, critics and the general public about the art world and his personal life.