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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... never been a flashy dresser , and despite his wealth he lives in a studio apartment above one of his two gallery spaces . He is smoking a cigarette and studying a deep red Anish Kapoor wall sculpture with a slightly off - center hole ...
... never been a flashy dresser , and despite his wealth he lives in a studio apartment above one of his two gallery spaces . He is smoking a cigarette and studying a deep red Anish Kapoor wall sculpture with a slightly off - center hole ...
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... never stopped us . " Guarino takes the cap off a Quill ultrafine black permanent marker and signs a new Artforum press card , and as he hands it to me he says , " Take this , sister . Use it honorably . Use it well . " In the process of ...
... never stopped us . " Guarino takes the cap off a Quill ultrafine black permanent marker and signs a new Artforum press card , and as he hands it to me he says , " Take this , sister . Use it honorably . Use it well . " In the process of ...
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... never got what they deserved , the dealers who owe us too much money , and the critics who were never asked to write for the magazine . And while a lot of collectors subscribe , many complain that they just can't read 166 Seven Days in ...
... never got what they deserved , the dealers who owe us too much money , and the critics who were never asked to write for the magazine . And while a lot of collectors subscribe , many complain that they just can't read 166 Seven Days in ...
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