TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornton,Sarah
TI  - Seven days in the art world
SN  - 9780393337129 (pbk.)
AV  - N 8600 T513s 2009
U1  - 709.05 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Art
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Exhibitions
KW  - Art auctions
KW  - Art criticism
KW  - Arte moderno
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Exhibiciones
KW  - Catálogos
KW  - Artistas plásticos contemporáneos
KW  - Trabajos artísticos
KW  - Arte conceptual
KW  - Crítica e interpretación
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -