The Art of Getting Rich

Want to make a killing on Modern art? An economics professor at the University of Chicago says it's simple: Find out which students at Yale University's graduate program in art are the stars, and snap up their works.

Since the 1950s, fame and high prices have come to Yale graduates with inordinate frequency, David W. Galenson writes in a new paper, "Anticipating Artistic Success (or, How to Beat the Art Market): Lessons From History," published by the National Bureau of Economic

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