Eighty insiders' takes on the world of contemporary art: the drinking, the drugging, the gambling, the tears, the madness, the glamour, the solitude, the serendipitous encounters, the extremism, and the total commitment that drives invention.

Hg2 Art shines a light on the little-known and wilder shores of contemporary art, affording us a peek into the 'Art World'. Here you'll not only learn how to build up a collection of works and spend your money wisely, but how to amass a collection of experiences that would make the most robust of extroverts blush. Under the expert stewardship of 60 people in the know - artists, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, art school tutors, collectors, critics and professional hangers-on - this journey will take you from the art fair to the gallery to the auction house to the studio visit, then right on up to the rooftop swimming pools of the most debauched after-show parties that have ever been.