The Great Contemporary Art Bubble

British art critic and film maker Ben Lewis, well known for his irreverent and ironic “Art Safari” television series, spent an entire year studying the inner mechanisms of the international contemporary art market which peaked in September 2008, with the celebrated Damien Hirst auction at Sotheby’s. After the global crisis, prices have fallen by 50%. Lewis has travelled around the world to meet with famous artists, has visited auction houses, art fairs and galleries and has interviewed important dealers, millionaire collectors and art world experts. Exploring the boundaries between business and real passions for art, the documentary reveals the unusual practices, speculations and secrets that are hidden behind the complex and impenetrable phenomenon of the “great bubble”.