Seven Days in the Art World
of Sarah Thornton
Description
Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times [London]: âAn indelible portrait of a peculiar society.ââVogue The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, based on hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton's entertaining ethnography will change the way you look at contemporary culture. 8 illustrations.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 320 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date November 2nd 2009
- First Publication 11/03/08
- Language English
- ISBN 9780393337129
- Edition Not informed
- Category Arts & Culture
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