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- 2008035056 abstract "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 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.".
- 2008035056 contributor B11113184.
- 2008035056 created "c2008.".
- 2008035056 date "2008".
- 2008035056 date "c2008.".
- 2008035056 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2008035056 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index.".
- 2008035056 description "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 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.".
- 2008035056 description "The auction -- The crit -- The fair -- The prize -- The magazine -- The studio visit -- The biennale.".
- 2008035056 extent "xix, 274 p. :".
- 2008035056 identifier "039306722X (hardcover)".
- 2008035056 identifier "9780393067224 (hardcover)".
- 2008035056 identifier 2008035056.html.
- 2008035056 issued "2008".
- 2008035056 issued "c2008.".
- 2008035056 language "eng".
- 2008035056 publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- 2008035056 subject "709.05 22".
- 2008035056 subject "Art Competitions.".
- 2008035056 subject "Art Exhibitions.".
- 2008035056 subject "Art Marketing.".
- 2008035056 subject "Art auctions.".
- 2008035056 subject "Art criticism.".
- 2008035056 subject "N8600 .T485 2008".
- 2008035056 tableOfContents "The auction -- The crit -- The fair -- The prize -- The magazine -- The studio visit -- The biennale.".
- 2008035056 title "Seven days in the art world / Sarah Thornton.".
- 2008035056 type "text".