Seven Days In The Art World

By (author) Thornton Sarah
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A riveting tour through the international art market, conducted by a smart, funny industry insider.
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Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. Sarah Thornton''s shrewd and entertaining fly-on-the-wall narrative takes us behind the scenes of the art world, from art school to auction house, showing us how it works, and giving us a vivid sense of being there.
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Parachutes the reader into the real nitty-gritty of how it all works - openings, dealers, artists, prizes, auctions et al. Reading this book is like having your own spy in the art world
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A thorough insight into the contemporary art world through seven fascinating stories ... a must-have for all art buffs
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Curators and dealers provide the insider info and often the laughs, as the closed world of art is systematically demystified
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An excellent, vivid, wittily written book - the characters are tightly drawn, the events covered are important, and the aphorisms come thick and fast - I''m hoping for a second volume
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Fascinating, not least because while she was researching and writing, it must have seemed like an insider''s view of a world that would last forever. The book may now stand as its memorial
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A coherent account that''s informative and entertaining - for a casual overview of how the international art scene operates, in all its ruthless eccentric, spectacular glory, Seven Days in the Art World is hard to beat
Biographical note:
SARAH THORNTON contributes regularly to Artforum and ArtReview and is the author of Club Cultures and co-author of The Subcultures Reader. She lives in London.She made her first TV appearance in Alan Yentob''s programme on the Frieze arts fair, and several others are in the pipeline.
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A riveting tour through the international art market, conducted by a smart, funny industry insider.