Jeremy Borot: A very smart thought provoking book about the different worlds that cohabite in the art scene. Even beyond art, it is striking to observe how eco-systems are built around populations that may often ignore one another and even sometimes despice one another... and though create a coherent and compelling whole. It's a great piece of work for anyone interested in art, in particular contemporary art.
France on Jul 28, 2021
A Customer: It's a deceptively sophisticated jog through one very small aspect of "the art world." And that aspect is, overwhelmingly, the economic and pretentious side. She misses deeper truths. At no time does she convey the depth of conviction that many artists have about their work, or how that depth of conviction might be shared by a viewer.
Even her description of the studio (and artist) focus on a celebrity successful arts who has others executing his ideas. She portrait mostly the aftermath of a long and difficult artistic journey.
Germany on Jan 05, 2021
Antonio GARCIA GARCIA: She really paints with words.
Spain on Sep 27, 2019
Amazon Customer: For a person who has always been fascinated by the art world and didn't have much insider information, I really enjoyed the book.
India on May 18, 2017
Jorge Andreas: A delightful read which makes me want to travel and see the many places that Thornton has visited.
Canada on Jun 29, 2015
Manna Ash: If "all the world's a stage" then Sarah Thornton's "Seven Days in the Art World" captures some entertaining performances by elitist cabals of the contemporary art world in seven acts. Over the span of five years, cultural sociologist Thornton visits seven different stages during the rise of mass contemporary art consumption: Christie's auction house in Manhattan; a critique session at a California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) seminar class in Los Angeles; Art Basel in Switzerland; Tate Museum's Turner Prize competition in London; Artforum magazine; Japanese artist/celebrity Takashi Murakami's studios; and Venice Biennale.
Although Thornton's "participant observations" on the surface are predictable and reinforce the stereotypical attitudes and scenarios affixed to the "high class" art world, her insider access offers readers a closer look at the personas and relationship dynamics of those at the top of their game in the art market. Christopher Burge, Christie's chief auctioneer, with his script book in hand does a final rehearsal run in preparation for the night auction's bidding blitz. At Art Basel, Thornton meets Tim Blum and Jeff Poe, owners and art dealers of a Los...
United States on Mar 02, 2012
S. McGee: This is, hands-down, the single best guide for outsiders to the inner life of the art world, from the fledgling artists hoping to make their mark to the affluent collectors and the dealers, curators and advisors who surround them.
Her structure is carefully chosen and works beautifully -- breaking the art world down into seven parts, each devoted to a specific group or dimension (the auction, the studio visit, the art fair, etc.), she sheds light on the characters and issues that arise in the context of each. There is enough overlap to make this structure function -- for instance, we encounter gallerists Jeff Poe and Tim Blum first at ArtBasel, then rejoin them as part of her chapter on visiting Takashi Murakami's studio(s), where Poe and Blum discuss an upcoming retrospective with the artist and museum curators. To me, the most intriguing and enlightening part of this structure was the way it shifted, from one chapter to the next, from a view of the art from the outside (the perspective of the collector or the critic, say) to the inside (the creative process itself.) So, a chapter about the "crit" process at CalArts is followed immediately by one about the vast artworld...
United States on Nov 26, 2008
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| Language | English | ||
| Best Sellers Rank | #390 in Business of Art Reference#4,561 in Arts & Photography Criticism | #21 in Professional Photography #58 in Business of Art Reference #16,830 in Reference | #18 in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
| Hardcover | 304 pages | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-0393067224 | ||
| Arts & Photography Criticism | Arts & Photography Criticism | ||
| Item Weight | 2.15 pounds | ||
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition | ||
| Dimensions | 6 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches | ||
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| ISBN-10 | 039306722X |
United States on Dec 23, 2021