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Seven days in the art world

In a series of beautifully paced 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.--From publisher's description.

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  • "Seven days in the art world"@it
  • "7 days in the art world"

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  • "From London to Beijing to New York, art sales are booming, and the art world receives the sort of breathless media attention once reserved for celebrities and royals. In Seven Days in the Art World, Sarah Thornton, a brilliant young sociologist, looks at all aspects of buying, selling, and creating serious art."
  • "In a series of beautifully paced 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.--From publisher's description."@en
  • "In a series of beautifully paced 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.--From publisher's 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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Een Britse kunsthistorica/sociologe schetst een beeld van de dagelijkse gang van zaken in de internationale kunstwereld."
  • "Des ventes aux enchères aux biennales et autres foires internationales, en passant par les musées, Sarah Thornton nous emmène dans les coulisses du monde et du marché de l'art. Commissaires-priseurs, collectionneurs, artistes, marchands... Comment se tissent les liens et évoluent les influences entre les différents acteurs de cette microsociété internationale ? Si l'ouvrage souligne la spéculation et ceux qui investissent dans l'art comme dans une valeur sûre, des questions de fond transparaissent : qu'est-ce qu'un artiste ? Existe t-il un corrélat entre le prix exorbitant d'une œuvre et sa valeur esthétique ? Vente aux enchères chez Christie's à New-York, discussion avec le français Philippe Ségalot, expert et acheteur pour François Pinault, séance d'une Master Class à l'Institut Californien des Beaux-Arts de Californie, Foire de Bâle... À chaque chapitre, nous découvrons une des capitales internationales de l'art et l'une de ses différentes facettes. On s'engouffre dans les coulisses de la remise du Turner Prize qui sacre l'artiste contemporain de l'année, à la Tate Gallery, à Londres. Retour aux États-Unis pour explorer la rédaction du magazine Artforum International. Puis direction Tokyo, et l'atelier de l'artiste Murakami qui a repensé le célèbre monogramme de Louis Vuitton, à la demande de Marc Jacobs. Enfin, l'enquête se termine à la biennale de Venise, dans le chaos de la plus ancienne exposition internationale. La biennale de 2009 se déroulera du 7 juin au 22 novembre."
  • "Enquête de la sociologue, spécialiste du marché de l'art, sur les acteurs du boom du marché de l'art contemporain et le fonctionnement des manifestations et institutions artistiques. Elle s'arrête dans six villes emblématiques de l'art comme New York, Bâle, Venise ou Londres et s'intéresse aux liens entre artistes, collectionneurs, critiques, experts et marchands d'art."

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  • "Exhibition catalogs"
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  • "Genres littéraires"
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  • "Seven days in art world"
  • "Art : achter de schermen van de kunstwereld"
  • "Siete días en el mundo del arte"
  • "Semʹ dneĭ v iskusstve"
  • "Siete días en el mundo del arte"@es
  • "Семь дней в искусстве"
  • "Sieben Tage in der Kunstwelt"
  • "Sept jours dans le monde de l'art"
  • "Seven days in the art world"
  • "Seven days in the art world"@en
  • "Il giro del mondo dell'arte in sette giorni"
  • "Siedem dni w świecie sztuki"@pl
  • "Il giro del mondo dell'arte in sette giorni"@it

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