Guest Lecture: Thoughts on the Globalization of Art by Sarah Thornton

The Third Annual Robert and Daphne Bransten Lecture at the de Young, May 20, 2016: "Thoughts on the Globalization of Art" by Sarah Thornton, author of Seven Days in the Art World and 33 Artists in 3 Acts, formerly the chief writer on contemporary art for The Economist, and currently a contributing editor of Cultured magazine.
Sarah Thornton addresses some of the major trends affecting the art world and artists’ lives. Topics include the growth in global audiences and markets for contemporary art; the investment in artworks as a hedge against currency fluctuations; the effects of migration on artists’ careers; and the popular appeal of physical art objects at a time when much culture is being digitized into thin air.

[@badwjibrilngawa6492]

I found 7 days in the art world in Brooklyn Fulton street between bedford and Nostrand. This book really enriched my understanding

[@claudemontes]

borrowed it from the library, would not have spent a nickle for it. same for the 33 artists/gods in 3 acts.

[@pope400]

Art isn't a quantitative, data-focused world where an equation can make or break validity or significance. Thornton tries to step out of a sociological perspective into that of an artist/critic OFTEN in her talks and writing. Most people in her position do the same thing. Those that can't, talk about how others can. And oft' fuck it up.

[@gybx4094]

Artists have been overshadowed by engineering and technological innovation for over a century. They've developed "innovation envy". So, they're appropriating engineering methodology to transform art into a "machine driven assembly line". It's really sad. The socio-politicization of art has made it stale and nihilistic. It no longer inspires.

[@pope400]

I hate how art today is reduced to a job position that can be "acquired" through the same kinds of "hard work" that makes a good investor....in the eyes of critics that is.

[@gybx4094]

Having been employed in engineering for 43 years, I agree. Those of us in the machine looked to the arts for freedom from the necessary drudgery of our profession. That's no longer possible. CGI has even replaced imagination. There are pockets of inspiration, but it's rare.

[@aaron2709]

Ah, ah, ah, um, um, um.........

[@sharongillesp]

Uh...uh...uh...

[@TMPreRaff]

Her halting... tentative... uh... speaking is distracting.