Seven Days in the Art World
by Sarah Thornton · Sarah Thornton
Ethnographic reporting on seven settings that structure the art market: a Christie's auction, an art fair, a critique seminar, a magazine, a prize, a studio visit, and the Venice Biennale. Explains how reputation and price get made.
This link may earn us a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate disclosure
More resources on Contemporary Art
Modern and Contemporary Art and Design specialization (MoMA / Coursera)
Three-course Museum of Modern Art specialization: Modern Art & Ideas, What Is Contemporary Art?, and Seeing Through Photographs. It uses works from MoMA's collection and artist studio visits so learners can analyse modern and contemporary artworks and the social contexts behind them.
Contemporary Art Daily
An archive of exhibition documentation, installation photographs, checklists, and press releases from galleries and museums worldwide, posted daily since 2008. Useful for tracking what artists are actually showing and how work is installed.
Hyperallergic
Brooklyn-based arts publication founded in 2009, publishing exhibition reviews, reporting on museum labor and funding controversies, and opinion writing. Reading it regularly gives a sense of the debates and institutional politics shaping the current art world.
The Week in Art
From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world's big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Contemporary Art
MoMA's six-module survey built around video interviews with artists, architects, and designers working today, organized by themes like media circulation, materials, and power. Prepares you to read recent work in its social and political context.
After the End of Art
Danto's Mellon Lectures argue that art after Warhol's Brillo Boxes escaped any single historical narrative, entering a pluralist era where anything can be art. Grounds the philosophical question of what makes an object art at all.