We like to imagine that money and art are old enemies, but beneath the veneer of creative utopianism is a dark capitalist underbelly. To expose the fraught intersection of art and money, Max Haiven proposes we examine how money is mobilised in art. Even as he shows how imaginary money and the so-called 'creative economy' extract an artist's potential, Haiven identifies and assesses a range of creative strategies for mocking, decrypting, hacking, sabotaging and exiting capitalism through art. Focusing on the ways contemporary artists understand, imagine and contend with material and immaterial forms of cash, debt, and credit, Haiven reveals the potential for creativity and resistance in a world dominated by financialisation.

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