Bibliograph

Yi shu shi jie zhong de qi tian, Seven days in the art world / Sarah Thornton, Sala Sangdun zhu ; He Yunchao yi

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Label

Yi shu shi jie zhong de qi tian, Seven days in the art world / Sarah Thornton, Sala Sangdun zhu ; He Yunchao yi

Language

chi

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Yi shu shi jie zhong de qi tian

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1201913319

Responsibility statement

Sala Sangdun zhu ; He Yunchao yi

Sub title

Seven days in the art world / Sarah Thornton

Summary

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

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