Seven Days in the Art World

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Named one of the crucial best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times [London]: “An indelible portrait of a odd society.”—Vogue

The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Latest art has change into a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, one of those 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 in the back of crucial 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 seek for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, in accordance with hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton’s entertaining ethnography will change the way you have a look at Latest culture. 8 illustrations

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