Sarah Thornton
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Thornton speaking at the Los Angeles Public Library in 2014.
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| Born | 1965 |
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| Alma mater | Strathclyde University, Glasgow |
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Sarah L. Thornton is a writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture. Thornton has authored three books and many articles about art, artists, the art market, the history of music technology, dance clubs, raves, cultural hierarchies, subcultures and ethnographic research methods.
Thornton was born in Canada, lived in London, England, for over 20 years and now resides in San Francisco, CA. Her education comprises a BA in the History of Art from Concordia University, Montreal, and a PhD in the Sociology of Culture from Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Her academic posts have included a full-time lecturership at the University of Sussex, and a period as Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London. Thornton worked for one year as a brand planner in a London advertising agency. She was the chief writer about contemporary art for The Economist. Thornton has written for publications including The Sunday Times Magazine,The Art Newspaper,Artforum.com,The New Yorker,The Telegraph,The Guardian, and The New Statesman.
Thornton's most recently published book, 33 Artists in 3 Acts, looks at the lives and work of figures "from all over the art ecosystem, from the market-driven mogul (Jeff Koons) to the profoundly intellectual performance artist (UCLA professor Andrea Fraser) to the impish prankster (Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan.)" The central question guiding the book is: What defines an artist in the 21st century? Thornton received "a range of answers that will startle even art-world insiders." Jackie Wullshlager of the Financial Times opined that Thornton is "skillfully nuanced" and "elevates gossip to sociology, writing with verve, insight and authenticity."
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