They make for fast-paced, engaging reading. It makes sense why she would choose these particular days and moments: extremes are fun. She didn’t just attend an MFA crit class: she sat in on Michael Asher’s legendary marathon session at CalArts, known for going longer than the average crit by a good ten hours. She didn’t just go to a fair: she went to one of the highest-attended fairs in the world during the height of the art market. She didn’t just visit an artist studio: she visited Takashi Murakami’s massive international operation on the day he unveiled one of his most ambitious sculptures to date. The picture Thornton paints is one of extremes. In what reads like part ethnography, part investigative journalism, part gossip column, the book flies around the world to relay some of the most high-drama, large-personality, and high-stakes scenes of the art world. When I introduced this book here last month, I said it sounded like a whirlwind. Welcome back, book lovers! Today we’re here to discuss Sarah Thornton’s Seven Days in the Art World.
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