''ARTnews'' is an American visual-arts magazine, based in
New York City
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. It covers art from ancient to
contemporary times. ARTnews is the oldest and most widely distributed art magazine in the world. It has a readership of 180,000 in 124 countries. It includes news dispatches from correspondents, investigative reports, reviews of exhibitions, and profiles of artists and collectors.
History and operations
The magazine was founded by James Clarence Hyde in 1902 as ''Hydes Weekly Art News'' and was originally published eleven times a year.
From vol. 3, no. 52 (November 5, 1904) to vol. 21, no. 18 (February 10, 1923), the magazine was published as ''American Art News''. From February 1923 to the present, the magazine has been published as ''The Art News'' then ''ARTnews''.
The magazine's
art critics and correspondents include
Arthur Danto
Arthur Coleman Danto (January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013) was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University. He was best known for having been a long-time art critic for '' The Nation'' and for his work in philosop ...
, Linda Yablonsky, Barbara Pollock, Margarett Loke, Hilarie Sheets,
Yale School of Art dean
Robert Storr, Doug McClemont and
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of t ...
director
Glenn D. Lowry
Glenn David Lowry (born September 28, 1954) is an American art historian and director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1995. His initiatives there include strengthening MoMA's contemporary art program, significantly devel ...
.
["Donors Sweetened Director's Pay at MoMA"]
February 16, 2007. ''The New York Times''.
In April 2014,
Milton and Judith Esterow, the magazine's owners since 1972, sold the publication to Skate Capital Corp., a private asset-management firm owned by Sergey Skaterschikov. It was later revealed that Skate Capital was acting on behalf of the Polish company Abbey House, which renamed itself ARTNEWS SA.
Following this change in ownership the magazine merged with ''
Art in America'' in June 2015, owned by Brant Publication's BMP Media Holdings, LLC.
In October 2015 the publishing cadence of ''ARTnews'' was reduced to quarterly.
In 2016, Brant Publications took full control of BMP.
In 2018,
Penske Media Corporation
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, the parent company of
''Variety'' Magazine, acquired ''ARTnews'' and ''
Art in America''.''
Awards
The magazine has won the
George Polk Award
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, the
National Magazine Award
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for General Excellence, the National Headliner Award and the
National Arts Club
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Distinguished Citation for Merit.
The ''ARTnews'' Top 200 Collectors
The ''ARTnews'' Top 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).
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 includes
Leonard Lauder, Edythe and
Eli Broad, Rebecca and Warren Eisenberg, Alison and Peter Klein, Marsha and
Jeffrey Perelman, Tatsumi Sako, Sheri and
Howard Schultz
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.
The full list is announced in both the print and online versions of the magazine.
See also
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List of art magazines
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List of United States magazines
References
External links
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''Artnews'' Top 200 Collectors
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1902 establishments in the United States
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