The late nineties saw explosive growth in the number and size of museums and exhibition platforms and the emergence of a field of curatorial discourse and practice within a globalizing cultural experience economy. The early 2000s saw a surge in the number of commercial art galleries and art fairs and the emergence of art as a financial asset in which the booming class of “ultra-high-net-worth individuals” could sink their surplus wealth. The Field of Contemporary Art: A Diagram, Andrea Fraser