“Many outsiders see the art world as elitist… and it is, except it is also oddly down-to-earth and embracing of oddballs who don’t fit in well anywhere else.” – Sarah Thornton, author of Seven Days in the Art World, an account of seven defining experiences in today’s art scene (from The Biennale in Venice to The Studio Visit at Murakami’s Japanese workspace). [Paper Magazine's Dec/Jan issue - not online yet]