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Seven Days in the Art World

English · Paperback / Softback

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Sarah Thornton's vivid ethnography-an international hit, now available in twenty translations-reveals the inner workings of the sophisticated subcultures that make up the contemporary art world. In a series of day-in-the-life narratives set in New York, Los Angeles, London, Basel, Venice, and Tokyo, Seven Days in the Art World explores the dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life.


About the author

Sarah Thornton studierte Kunstgeschichte und Soziologie, promovierte über die britische Technoszene und lehrte Soziologie an der University of Sussex und am Goldsmith College. Heute ist sie Autorin für internationale Kunstmagazine, u.a. für Artforum.com und The Art Newspaper, für den New Yorker soiwe für zahlreiche Zeitungen. Der Daily Telegraph bezeichnete sie als Großbritanniens »hippste Akademikerin«.

Summary

Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times [London]: "An indelible portrait of a peculiar society."-Vogue

Product details

Authors Sarah Thornton
Publisher Norton
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.07.2011
 
EAN 9780393337129
ISBN 978-0-393-33712-9
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 145 mm x 211 mm x 19 mm
Weight 244 g
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries

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