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Dragons hoard treasure, deep in their lairs. They don’t show it off to their neighbors. Revisionist History applies dragon psychology to the strange world of art museums, with help from Andy Warhol, J.R.R. Tolkien, a handful of accountants and the world’s leading hoarding expert.

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM’S 2018-2019 FINANCIAL REPORT

MICHAEL O’HARE ON KEEPING MUSEUMS FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE

STUFF: COMPULSIVE HOARDING AND THE MEANING OF THINGS BY GAIL STEKETEE AND RANDY FROST

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Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is president and co-founder of Pushkin Industries. He is a journalist, a speaker, and the author of six New York Times bestsellers including The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers,…