From London to Beijing to New York art sales are booming and the art world receives the sort
of breathless media attention once reserved for celebrities and royals. In Seven Days in the
Art World Sarah Thornton a brilliant young sociologist looks at all aspects of buying
selling and creating serious art. Thornton has exceptional access and brings a keen critical
eye to her coverage of this glamorous milieu offering the first authoritative account of what
is now a multi-billion dollar global marketplace-cum-playground for an ever-expanding number of
collectors investors and enthusiasts.
