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Sarah or Sara (/ˈsɛərə/;Hebrew: שָׂרָה, Modern Sara, Tiberian Śārā ISO 259-3 Śarra; Latin: Sara; Arabic: سارا or سارة Sāra;) was the wife and half–sister of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai. According to Genesis 17:15, God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant after Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael.
The Hebrew name Sarah indicates a woman of high rank and is translated as "princess" or "noblewoman".
Sarah was the wife of Abraham, as well as being his half-sister, the daughter of his father Terah. Sarah was approximately ten years younger than her husband.
She was considered beautiful to the point that Abraham feared that when they were near more powerful rulers she would be taken away and given to another man. Twice he purposely identified her as being only his sister so that he would be "treated well" for her sake. No reason is given why Sarah remained barren (childless) for a long period of time. She was originally called "Sarai", which is translated "my princess". Later she was called "Sarah", i.e., "princess".
Sarah L. Thornton is a writer and sociologist of culture. Thornton writes principally about art, artists, and the art world but has also authored articles and books about dance clubs, raves, cultural hierarchies, ethnographic research and subcultures.
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 about the contemporary art market and art world for publications including The Sunday Times Magazine,The Art Newspaper,Artforum.com,The New Yorker,The Telegraph,The Guardian, and The New Statesman.
The DIA's Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art offers an in-depth look into the complexities of the contemporary art world through a series of conversations and panel discussions featuring top players in today's art scene. "Which Side Up: What Moves Contemporary Art?" is organized as a "contemporary art world 101" primer and includes one talk per month—two evenings of casual conversations and five moderated panel discussions. In this discussion on November 23, 2014, sociologist and author Sarah Thornton ("Seven Days in the Art World" and "33 Artists in 3 Acts") explores the role of the artist. Is being an artist a radical form of entrepreneurship or a vocational calling like the priesthood? Are their practices an extension of philosophy or an offshoot of entertainment?
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.
Presented November 6, 2014 in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art in partnership with the Nasher Sculpture Center. In conversation with Nasher Sculpture Center Director, Jeremy Strick, author and sociologist, Sarah Thornton discusses her recent book ’33 Artist in 3 Acts’. 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'...
Sarah Thornton, author of the smash hit "Seven Days in the Art World," discusses her brand new book, "33 Artists in 3 Acts," with Heidi Reitmaier, Beatrice C. Mayer Director of Education at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Turning her wry and unflinching gaze on artists themselves, Thornton explores their studios, bank accounts, and bedrooms. Over the course of three “acts,” she examines how key players are performing their roles and explodes many myths of the artist. The annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a significant gift from founding CHF board member and distinguished art dealer Richard Gray and is presented in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. This program was recorded on November 5, 2014 as part of the 25th Anniversary Chicago Humanities...
Who do artists think they are? What myths are they rejecting and propagating? What is the social role of artists in different countries around the world today? How do artists negotiate power? Self-belief? Recognition? Author Sarah Thornton and artist Grayson Perry discuss how artists self-define and play the art-world game with particular attention to politics, kinship and craft, the three themes that structure Thornton’s forthcoming book, 33 Artists in 3 Acts. Thornton gained unprecedented access to major international artists, such as Ai Weiwei, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramović, Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco, Andrea Fraser, Christian Marclay and Isaac Julien to Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry himself. During the course of her five years of research, she investigated issues of ...
Who do artists think they are? How do they command belief in their work? What myths do they enliven and reject? In the summer of 2009, Sarah Thornton began investigating these questions, which eventually became the driving force of her new book, 33 Artists in 3 Acts (WW Norton, 2014). At once ambitious and entertaining, its nonfiction narratives go behind the scenes with a superb cast of living artists—from global superstars to unheralded teachers—to humanize and demystify contemporary art. Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director of the New Museum, is one of three curators featured in its pages because he has presented himself as Maurizio Cattelan—one of the book’s nine recurring artists. During this session, Thornton and Gioni, along with artists Andrea Fraser and Laurie Simmons will discus...
Presented April 16, 2016 at the Nasher Sculpture Center. In a rapidly changing market, who defines the value of art? How can collectors navigate an industry that is increasingly complex in terms of geography and channels of distribution? A panel of art world players with divergent perspectives on the buying and selling of art discuss the shifting hierarchies and new structures that are changing the way sculpture is marketed and thought about. Panelists: Amy Cappellazzo is Chairman and Co-Head of the Fine Art Division of Sotheby’s, which in 2016 acquired Art Agency Partners, the client-centric advisory firm she founded with Allan Schwartzman and Adam Chinn. She previously served as a market leader in the field of contemporary art during a tenure of almost thirteen years at Christie’s whe...
Sociologist Sarah Thornton (www.sarah-thornton.com) describes her new book, SEVEN DAYS IN THE ART WORLD: A fly-on-the-wall account of the smart and strange subcultures that make, trade, curate, collect, and hype contemporary art. The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the...
2011 SCAD deFINE ART guest, Sarah Thornton reveals the inspiration and creative process that led to her nonfiction book "Seven Days in the Art World." Interviewer: Josh Lind (B.F.A., film and television, 2005) creative director, SCAD Collaborative Learning Center
Salon | Book Talk | ‘33 Artists in 3 Acts’ by Sarah Thornton Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director at New Museum, New York; Sarah Thornton, Writer and Sociologist of Art, London Moderator: András Szántó, Author and Cultural Consultant, New York Filmed on site at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2014
Sarah threw 190' + earlier in the season and competed in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials. She is a 2020 Olympic hopeful.
Bill Arning joins sociologist of art and best-selling author of "Seven Days in the Art World" Sarah Thornton for a discussion on her recently published book "33 Artists in 3 Acts." This new publication reveals the behind-the-scenes practices of working contemporary artists from around the globe, including Ai Wei Wei, Caroll Dunham, Yayoi Kasuma, Jeff Koons, and Cindy Sherman among others. "33 Artists in 3 Acts," examines these artists in an attempt to uncover what it truly means to be an artist working in the world today. “Divided into three cinematic “acts” – politics, kinship, and craft– it investigates artists’ psyches, personas, politics, and social networks.” [1] “A masterful picture of 33 artists, keenly bringing details of their lives to the surface with a skilled hand…With effort...
Sarah Thornton, Soziologin und Autorin, San Francisco, und Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Kritiker und Publizist, Düsseldorf, Paris und Bejing. Mitschnitt der Veranstaltung im F3 Schmela Haus am 11.06.2015
Chair: John Stapleton Irene Curtis, President, Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales Sara Thornton, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council Will Riches, Vice-Chair, Police Federation of England and Wales Alison Philips, Editor of Sunday Mirror Mike Cunningham, HM Inspector of Constabulary
Credibility & Confidence: Behind the Scenes with Artists Today Keynote Address by Dr. Sarah Thornton March 27, 2015 Dr. Sarah Thornton in conversation with Francisco-Fernando Granados as part of the Multiple Li(v)es of Art/ists &...CADN Graduate Conference 2015