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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... sits upright , working on a beige scarf . The other sits cross - legged on the floor , with a stack of green and yellow wool squares to her left , an eye - catching vintage suitcase to her right . " A patchwork quilt , ” she explains ...
... sits upright , working on a beige scarf . The other sits cross - legged on the floor , with a stack of green and yellow wool squares to her left , an eye - catching vintage suitcase to her right . " A patchwork quilt , ” she explains ...
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... sits across from the recep- tion desk and a Manhattan zip code map . A few more paces into the mostly open - plan office yield a view of white laminated desks adorned with wilted white daisies and white Apple Macs . " Hello ? " I call ...
... sits across from the recep- tion desk and a Manhattan zip code map . A few more paces into the mostly open - plan office yield a view of white laminated desks adorned with wilted white daisies and white Apple Macs . " Hello ? " I call ...
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... sits on a tall pedestal in a half - lotus position , one leg up , the other dangling , with a spiral inscribed on his belly . He's crowned with a supernova explosion of hair , and he's liter- ally two - faced . In front , he has a ...
... sits on a tall pedestal in a half - lotus position , one leg up , the other dangling , with a spiral inscribed on his belly . He's crowned with a supernova explosion of hair , and he's liter- ally two - faced . In front , he has a ...
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