Seven Days in the Art World
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesevendaysinartwo0000thor
- ISBN-139780393337129
- ISBN-10039333712X
- Library of Congress Control Number2008035056
- OCLC Control Number489232834
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780393337129
- Open LibraryOL27099089M
Classifications
- LCCN8600.T485 2009
- LCCN8600 .T485 2009
Description
From London to Beijing to New York, art sales are booming, and the art world receives the sort of breathless media attention once reserved for celebrities and royals. In Seven Days in the Art World, Sarah Thornton, a brilliant young sociologist, looks at all aspects of buying, selling, and creating serious art.
Description
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.--From publisher's description.
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