Seven Days in the Art World

Description

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. Thornton has exceptional access, and brings a keen critical eye to her coverage of this glamorous milieu, offering the first authoritative account of what is now a multi-billion dollar global marketplace-cum-playground for an ever-expanding number of collectors, investors, and enthusiasts.

Table of contents

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.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781847080844
• Publisher : Granta Books
• Imprint : Granta Books
• Publication date : November 2009
• Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : Illustrations
• BIC subject : Cultural studies; The arts: general issues; Media, information & communication industries
• Pages : 304
• Dewey classification : 306.47
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Sarah Thornton