Seven Days in the Art World"Seven Days in the Art World is a social history of the recent past. Set in New York, Los Angeles, London, Basel, Venice, and Tokyo, the book is populated by colorful characters who espouse conflicting definitions of art. Some see it as a luxury good or entertainment, others view it as an intellectual calling, a job description, or a kind of alternative religion. In a series of day-in-the-life narratives, Thornton investigates the minute dramas of a Christie's evening sale, life in a notorious CalArts seminar, the elite trade of the Basel Art Fair, the competition behind the Tate's Turner Prize, the peculiarities of Artforum and its critics, the high jinks of Takashi Murakami's studios, and the curatorial wonderland that is the Venice Biennale. Thornton's entertaining ethnography explores the dynamics of creativity, taste, judgment, status, money, and the search for meaning and beauty in life." -- Publisher description. |
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Page 46
... interest at auction . More specifically , MFA degrees from name art schools have become passports of sorts . Look over the résumés of the artists under fifty in any major international museum exhibition and you will find that most of ...
... interest at auction . More specifically , MFA degrees from name art schools have become passports of sorts . Look over the résumés of the artists under fifty in any major international museum exhibition and you will find that most of ...
Page 124
... interest in chance as well as a fantasy of beating the laws of mathematics , " he said . “ The Turner Prize was my first opportunity to bet when I could have an effect . My odds were seven to two . In a four - horse race , that is an ...
... interest in chance as well as a fantasy of beating the laws of mathematics , " he said . “ The Turner Prize was my first opportunity to bet when I could have an effect . My odds were seven to two . In a four - horse race , that is an ...
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... ' cultural departments have their own building . About nine months before every Bien- nale , Rose convenes a committee of eight experts with a particu- lar interest in contemporary art to choose an artist to 238 Seven Days in the Art World.
... ' cultural departments have their own building . About nine months before every Bien- nale , Rose convenes a committee of eight experts with a particu- lar interest in contemporary art to choose an artist to 238 Seven Days in the Art World.
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