Art Snobs
The Australian anthropologist Sarah Thornton has completed a study of the art world and traced its hierarchies and status-seekers just as she did the London party scene.
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The Australian anthropologist Sarah Thornton has completed a study of the art world and traced its hierarchies and status-seekers just as she did the London party scene. “Artists like to give the impression of being egalitarian, but Thornton says they are as obsessed with status as anybody.”
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