Well, I'm here to write it, finally.
http://www.artishock.cl/2010/11/aquellos-siete-dias-sarah-thornton-en-chile/
Is an old news but that article it's interesting. The online chilean magazine called Artishock, did a review about the book "Seven days in the Art world" by Sarah Thornton and her conference. I like her because her view it's not hypothetical or theoretical: she lived important moments with artists, she interviewed them and then she got her conclusions. She gives us a clear vision about the Art market, the purpose of the gallerists, about art is having a commercial importance over the aesthetic value. She didn't criticize this situation, only discloses the reality of this area. In fact, she pointed out that there are different views and thoughts about art. Like the validation of an artwork: is mere convention. Such thinking was previously expressed by Duchamp, but Thornton revalidated it in our century.
I really wanted to read that book, because is an other way to understand art. While superficially the book discusses the current situation of art and its market, in parallel allows us to realize how much has changed the concept of art and artist. They aren't the same parameters and reading this article made me to see that I have a romantic view about art, that is no longer valid today :( .
