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 19
... Someone like Charles Saatchi , the advertising mogul turned secondary - market art dealer , never comes to the sales . Very conscious of publicity , he either bids on the phone or sends someone to bid in the room . If he wins a work ...
... Someone like Charles Saatchi , the advertising mogul turned secondary - market art dealer , never comes to the sales . Very conscious of publicity , he either bids on the phone or sends someone to bid in the room . If he wins a work ...
Page 116
... someone says , ' I have to make art or else , ' " he said . " That is a very privileged thing to say . " Collins said he didn't feel much rivalry about the prize . " I have no interest in pushing to the front of the queue . I would ...
... someone says , ' I have to make art or else , ' " he said . " That is a very privileged thing to say . " Collins said he didn't feel much rivalry about the prize . " I have no interest in pushing to the front of the queue . I would ...
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... Some- one who can talk to the dead ? Murakami's work bears witness to his many years as an otaku science - fiction ... someone who makes an effort to know it . " Certainly Murakami's work sits between many universes - art and cartoon ...
... Some- one who can talk to the dead ? Murakami's work bears witness to his many years as an otaku science - fiction ... someone who makes an effort to know it . " Certainly Murakami's work sits between many universes - art and cartoon ...
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