Lilly has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying off. Pat is a scholarship boy desperate to establish himself in Sydney’s antiquities scene. When they meet at New York’s Armory Show their chemistry is instant - fighting about art and politics is just foreplay.
With an ocean between them they try to get back to work, but they’re each struggling to balance money and ambition with the love of art that first drew them to their strange industry. Lilly is a kingmaker, bringing excellent new talent to the world, so what’s the problem if it’s also making her rich? Pat can barely pay his rent and he isn’t sure if he’s also taking advantage of his clients or if they are taking advantage of him, and which would be worse? Their international affair ebbs and flows like the market while their aspirations and insecurities are driving them both towards career ending mistakes.
If love costs and art takes what price do we pay for wanting it all?
