Seven days in the art world / Sarah Thornton.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393337129
- Physical Description: 287 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-276) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The auction -- The crit -- The fair -- The prize -- The magazine -- The studio visit -- The biennale. |
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Subject: | Art > Marketing. Art > Exhibitions. Art > Competitions. Art auctions. Art criticism. |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | N8600 .T467 2009 (Text) | 30230636 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
Emily Carr University of Art + Design | N8600 .T467 2009 (Text) | 30238329 | Book | Not holdable | Claimed Returned | 2016-12-08 |