By Joe Donahue
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Albany, NY – Once described as "Britain's hippest academic," Sarah Thornton writes about the art world and art market for a slew of publications. Her latest project is the book "Seven Days in the Art World, which looks at how contemporary art became a hip entertainment, a luxury good, and a kind of alternative religion.