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On my TBR. #novemberbythenumbers 7

This is all about the very high end art world. The best chapter was about a NYC gallery.

I've been trying to read this book for years, and finally finished today. It's well written, and it's about a topic I love, but it just didn't do it for me. I think it was mostly the writing style I couldn't get into (too textbook). I wouldn't recommend it unless you're really into the art market.

Here I am again, trying to snatch a few minutes to read! I've been reading this book for years and now I'm really trying to finish it.

A book I read for the #ManhattanArtBookClub, it's eye-opening to how the elite art world operates. ST relates what she sees, whom she interviews, etc., in an investigative journalism/travelogue format. The industry can be as zany as the media portrays. Shocking, revealing, head-scratching, intriguing, enlightening. Museums, auction houses, biennials, magazine offices: it's a romp! #PairWith: Laurent-Perrier Ultra Brut NV Champagne, chilled.

Adapted from the back of the book...an ethnography of the subcultures that make up the contemporary art world. It's been awhile since I read it, but I remember finding it eye opening. The art world is really a world into itself...

This book has garnered a variety of reactions, but so far its observations are sharp and interesting.