contemplating Sarah Thornton‘s arguments for not writing about the art market, I find argument number 8 especially interesting: 8. It implies that money is the most important thing about art. As an art-critic, my job is to ignore the money side of art in my search for meaning. But we all know the money issue is integrated…
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To write or not to write …
Sarah Thornton cont.: Top 10 reasons NOT to write about the art market 1. It gives too much exposure to artists who attain high prices. 2. It enables manipulators to publicize the artists whose prices they spike at auction. 3. It never seems to lead to regulation. 4. The most interesting stories are libelous. 5. Oligarchs…
thank god I’m not an art critic –
– ooops, I almost forgot: I AM!!! Sarah Thornton’s Seven Days in the Art World was named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times. These days Thornton is releasing a new text, called 33 Artists in 3 Acts. The book is organized around a series of interviews and seeks to…
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