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Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times [London]: "An indelible portrait of a peculiar society." -- Vogue 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 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. 8 illustrations

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Book category Books in English The arts The arts: general issues

• Full title: Seven Days in the Art World
• Author: Sarah Thornton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780393337129
• ISBN: 039333712X
• ID: 04604659
• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Weight: 310 g
• Dimensions: 208 × 139 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. November 2009

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