Seven Days in the Art World
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
This is about the world of modern art, with a chapter on an auction, an art school, and so on. It seems that in this world, “art” is something people do. They may make it, collect it, sell it, or write about it. It doesn’t seem, though, that this sort of art is about anything. As portrayed here, the art world is about fashion, not craft or meaning: more Barnum than Bernini.
