Bøker av Sarah Thornton

A riveting tour through the international art market, conducted by a smart, funny industry insider.

This is an innovative contribution to the study of popular culture, focusing on the youth cultures that revolve around dance clubs and raves.

A generational touchstone by the leading authority on the art world, a captivating book in three parts which seeks to answer the contentious question 'What is an Artist?'

All it took was a lapse... a momentary lapse... to bring Clementine Jones'' world crashing down. Now she''s living like a hermit in small-town Katinga, coaching the local footy club. She''s supposed to be lying low, but here she is, with her team on the cusp of their first premiership in fifty years - and the whole bloody town counting on her, cheering her on. So why the hell would her star player quit on the eve of the finals? It''s a question she wishes she''d left alone. Others are starting to ask questions too - questions about her. Clem''s not the only one with a secret, and as tension builds, the dark violence just below the town''s surface threatens to erupt. Pretty soon there''ll be nowhere left for Clem to hide.

This compelling narrative goes behind the scenes with the world s most important living artists to humanize and demystify contemporary art."