Seven days in the art world / Sarah Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Sarah (Sarah L.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Marketing.

Art.

Art--Exhibitions.

Art--Competitions.

Art criticism.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [2008]

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.--From publisher description.

Contents:

The auction

The crit

The fair

The prize

The magazine

The studio visit

The biennale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.

ISBN:

9780393067224

039306722X

OCLC:

227016651