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In partnership with the Nasher Sculpture Center’s 360 Speaker Series
Join us for a conversation with Sarah Thornton, author of Seven Days in the Art World, an international bestseller translated into sixteen languages. Thornton’s new book, 33 Artists in 3 Acts, explores the nature of being a professional artist today—how artists move through the world, create successful works, and command credibility.
With Sarah Thornton as our expert guide, readers gain unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. She interviewed over 130 artists from around the world, including Cindy Sherman, Ai Weiwei, Maurizio Cattelan, Gabriel Orozco, and a nuclear family of creative types (Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their two daughters, Lena and Grace). With a clever structure of richly linked cinematic scenes, 33 Artists in 3 Acts investigates artists' psyches, personas, politics, and social networks. Thornton rummages through artists' bank accounts and bedrooms, exploring their studios as ideas germinate and major works take shape. Witnessing their crises and triumphs, Thornton turns a wry, analytical eye on the different answers–and non-answers–she receives to the question "What is an artist?"
Essential reading for those interested in creative lives, 33 Artists in 3 Acts is a masterful act of storytelling that explores the irony of how being an artist is actually a craft.
Reservations for this event are required. The cost of the event includes a hardcover copy of Sarah Thornton’s book 33 Artists in 3 Acts and your choice of one or two complimentary event tickets.