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ARTnews
February 2014 cover ofARTnews
EditorSarah Douglas[1]
CategoriesVisual arts
FrequencyQuarterly
Total circulation
(2013)		180,000
FounderJames Clarence Hyde
First issue1902;122 years ago(1902)(asHydes Weekly Art News)
CompanyPenske Media Corporation
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City,New York
LanguageEnglish
Websiteartnews
ISSN0004-3273
OCLC586878190

ARTnewsis an Americanart magazine,based inNew York City.It coversvisual artsfromancienttocontemporarytimes. It is the oldest and most widely distributed art magazine in the world.ARTnewshas a readership of 180,000 in 124 countries. It includes news dispatches from correspondents, investigative reports, reviews of exhibitions, and profiles ofartistsand collectors.

History and operations[edit]

First issue (week ending November 29, 1902)

The magazine was founded by James Clarence Hyde in 1902 asHydes Weekly Art Newsand was originally published eleven times a year.[2][3]

From vol. 3, no. 52 (November 5, 1904) to vol. 21, no. 18 (February 10, 1923), the magazine was published asAmerican Art News.[4]From February 1923 to the present, the magazine has been published asThe Art NewsthenARTnews.[5]

The magazine'sart criticsand correspondents includeArthur Danto,Linda Yablonsky, Barbara Pollock, Margarett Loke, Hilarie Sheets,Yale School of ArtdeanRobert Storr,[6]Doug McClemont andMuseum of Modern ArtdirectorGlenn D. Lowry.[7]

In April 2014,Miltonand Judith Esterow, the magazine's owners since 1972, sold the publication to Skate Capital Corp., a private asset-management firm owned by Sergey Skaterschikov.[8]It was later revealed that Skate Capital was acting on behalf of the Polish company Abbey House, which renamed itself ARTNEWS SA.[1]

Following this change in ownership the magazine merged withArt in Americain June 2015, owned by Brant Publication's BMP Media Holdings, LLC.[9]In October 2015 the publishing cadence ofARTnewswas reduced to quarterly.[9]In 2016, Brant Publications took full control of BMP.[10]

In 2018,Penske Media Corporation,the parent company ofVarietyMagazine, acquiredARTnewsandArt in America.[11]

Awards[edit]

The magazine has won theGeorge Polk Award,theNational Magazine Awardfor General Excellence, the National Headliner Award and theNational Arts ClubDistinguished Citation for Merit.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

TheARTnewsTop 200 Collectors[edit]

TheARTnewsTop 200 list is released annually and contains the top individual art collectors from around the world based on interviews with collectors, curators, dealers, auction houses, and museums. Those on the list are also surveyed, and their responses are used to inform trends and provide data, such as a breakdown of where the most top art collectors live (the United States).[20]

Collectors on the list are profiled with a brief biography focused on the type of art that they collect (contemporary, post war, modern, etc.) and includes their city or cities of residence, a photo, their source of wealth and the years they have been on the Top 200 list, as many collectors are on it for multiple years. The list released in September 2018 includesLeonard Lauder,Edythe andEli Broad,[21]Rebecca and Warren Eisenberg, Alison and Peter Klein, Marsha andJeffrey Perelman,[22]Tatsumi Sako, Sheri andHoward Schultz.[23]The full list is announced in both the print and online versions of the magazine.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abNg, David (June 27, 2014)."ARTnews Magazine Gets New Leadership, With a Twist".Los Angeles Times.ISSN0458-3035.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  2. ^Homer, Thomas Johnston (1922).A Guide to Serial Publications Founded Prior to 1918 and Now Or Recently Current in Boston, Cambridge, and Vicinity.Boston, Massachusetts: Trustees of the Public Library. p. 20 – via books.google /books?id=2qVEAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA20&ots=rVDu3_6L2G&dq=artnews%201902&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=artnews%201902&f=false.
  3. ^"McLean's 1902 Letter"ArchivedMarch 24, 2012, at theWayback MachinePDF format.
  4. ^Homer, Thomas Johnston (1922).A Guide to Serial Publications Founded Prior to 1918 and Now Or Recently Current in Boston, Cambridge, and Vicinity.Boston, Massachusetts: Trustees of the Public Library. p. 20 – via books.google /books?id=2qVEAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA20&ots=rVDu3_6L2G&dq=artnews%201902&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=artnews%201902&f=false.
  5. ^ARTNews,National Library of Australia.
  6. ^"The Influentials: Art".New York.May 3, 2006.Archivedfrom the original on March 31, 2023.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  7. ^(registration required)"Donors Sweetened Director's Pay at MoMA".February 16, 2007.The New York Times.
  8. ^(registration required)Cohen, Patricia (April 8, 2014)."ARTnews Sold to Private Company".The New York Times.
  9. ^abSarah Cascone (October 9, 2015)."'ARTnews' Magazine Ceases Monthly Print Publication After 113 Years ".ARTnet.RetrievedDecember 10,2016.
  10. ^"BMP Media Holdings Completes Transaction to Assume U.S. Assets of Artnews S.A."(Press release). May 27, 2016.RetrievedFebruary 19,2018.
  11. ^"PMC Buys ARTnews, Art in America".Variety.November 13, 2018.RetrievedNovember 23,2018.
  12. ^(registration required)Rachel Lee Harris (July 5, 2009)."Report Finds Abundance of Fake Russian Paintings".The New York Times.Russia.RetrievedDecember 4,2011.
  13. ^Janhavi K. Sapra (June 23, 2010)."Billionaire Art Aficionados".Forbes.RetrievedSeptember 17,2014.
  14. ^Harris, Marlys (July 3, 2007)."How to Marry a Billionaire"(PDF).CNN Money.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on May 18, 2015.RetrievedSeptember 17,2014.
  15. ^Ng, David (June 30, 2010)."L.A. Billionaires Among ARTnews' Top 200 Collectors for 2010".Culture Monster (blog of the Los Angeles Times).Archivedfrom the original on January 14, 2015.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  16. ^Gluckman, Nell (June 27, 2008)."ARTnews Names Top 200 Collectors".The New York Sun.Archived fromthe originalon June 2, 2015.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  17. ^Sandler, Linda (October 30, 2007)."Koons, Hirst Aren't on ARTnews List of Famous Future Artists".Bloomberg News.Archived fromthe originalon September 24, 2015.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  18. ^"The Nouveau Fakes: Russian Avant-Garde Forgeries".The Independent.August 16, 2009.Archivedfrom the original on August 19, 2009.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  19. ^Staff (July 28, 2010)."Kim Chang-il Among World's Top 200 Collectors".The Korea Herald.RetrievedAugust 10,2014.
  20. ^"Where do the world's top art collectors live".Foreign Policy.July 11, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 29,2018.
  21. ^"ARTNews Top 200: Edythe and Eli Broad".Art News.September 10, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 29,2018.
  22. ^"ARTNews Top 200 Collectors: Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman".September 10, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 29,2018.
  23. ^"ARTNews Top 200 Collectors: Sheri and Howard Schultz".Art News.September 10, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 29,2018.

External links[edit]

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