Bibliograph

Seven days in the art world, Sarah Thornton

Type

Label

Seven days in the art world, Sarah Thornton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Seven days in the art world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

227016651

Responsibility statement

Sarah Thornton

Summary

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 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

Table Of Contents

The auction -- The crit -- The fair -- The prize -- The magazine -- The studio visit -- The biennale

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