What Robert Altman's film "Prêt-à-Porter" was for the fashion world, Sarah Thornton's book is for the world of the huge boom market of contemporary art: what rules does it work by? Who decides which artist becomes one of the really big (and really expensive) artists? What drives the collectors, the gallery owners - and what does all this mean for art and the artists themselves?
With the tools of an ethnologist, Sarah Thornton explores this unique world of creativity, taste and power, of status, hope, money and intrigue. She has spoken to over 250 insiders, artists, gallery owners, critics, curators and collectors and, as a critical observer, has become part of the art world for a time.
Her book is a vivid portrayal of the people and institutions that will write the art history of the future, peppered with intelligent gossip.
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Number of pages: 320 pages
Published:
ISBN: 978-3-596-18443-9
Publisher: S. Fischerverlage
Type: Paperback
