Download or read book Seven Days In The Art World written by Sarah Thornton and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. Sarah Thornton's shrewd and entertaining fly-on-the-wall narrative takes us behind the scenes of the art world, from art school to auction house, showing us how it works, and giving us a vivid sense of being there.