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When the sub-prime mortgage debacle of 2008 hits esteemed New York art dealer, Henry Classico, his only chance for survival is to travel to the underbelly of the contemporary Beijing art scene to commission the best forger. After selling his prized Picasso twice, he is on a collision course with the police, the Chinese mafia and a Russian oligarch. His stunning and innocent assistant, artist Alouish Jones, unwittingly acquires the power to take down the entire global art world and must make the tough decision. But it will destroy her career. A lot of books have been written on the financial crisis but few about how it impacted the art world. Ponzi and Picasso is a breathtaking read from an insider's view of the international art world, where branding and marketing of artists trumps talent every time. The characters are as razor sharp as today's headlines and the plot speeds along towards a climax that will leave readers (plus high-rollers in art world) quivering in their shoes!

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Rochelle Ohrstrom is a familiar figure in the New York art world, in roles a diverse as artist, patron, collector and museum committee board member. She has known many of the fascinating figures of that world As a painter, she has had three works exhibited by Lowry Simms, the former Metropolitan Museum's curator. Ohrstrom's work has also been acquired by two museums. When British Airways commissioned her to paint the experience of supersonic flight, she flew in the cockpit of the Concorde. As collector and major donor, she has spent time in the fast lanes of art from Beijing to Tehran and Dubai. Ohrstrom was the first woman CEO of a nationally recognized advertising agency. She has directed several television commercials, and produced eight television shows. She often travels to places of extreme natural beauty, but lives and works in Manhattan. This is her first work of fiction. She is working on a sequel.

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