''Art in America'' is an illustrated monthly, international magazine concentrating on the

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic co ...

world in the

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, including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It is designed for collectors, artists,

art dealer An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells works of art, or acts as the intermediary between the buyers and sellers of art. An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationsh ...

s, art professionals and other readers interested in the

art world The art world comprises everyone involved in producing, commissioning, presenting, preserving, promoting, chronicling, criticizing, buying and selling fine art. It is recognized that there are many art worlds, defined either by location or alte ...

. It has an active website, ArtinAmericaMagazine.com. ''Art in America'' is influential in the way it promotes exploration of important art movements. Over the years it has continued to reach a broad audience of individuals with interest pertaining to these cultural trends and movements.

History

Art in America Vol 1 Issue 1 January 1913

Founded in 1913, ''Art in America'' covers the

visual art The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts ...

world, both in the United States and abroad, with a concentration on

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and contemporary

art fairs An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhi ...

. Between 1921 and 1939 the magazine was published under the title ''Art in America and Elsewhere''. A number of well-known artists have been commissioned to design special covers for the magazine.

Edward Steichen Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator, renowned as one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography. Steichen was credited with tr ...

did one for its 50th birthday;

Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and hi ...

, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Indiana also created covers. For its 100th birthday the magazine planned special covers by

Richard Prince Richard Prince (born 1949) is an American painter and photographer. In the mid-1970s, Prince made drawings and painterly collages that he has since disowned. His image, ''Untitled (Cowboy)'', a rephotographing of a photograph by Sam Abell and ...

Cindy Sherman Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often co ...

, and

Urs Fischer Urs Fischer (born 2 May 1973) is a Swiss-born contemporary visual artist living in New York City. Fischer’s practice includes sculpture, installation and photography. Education and early career Born to two doctors as the second of two children ...

. Long-time editor Elizabeth C. Baker, who led the magazine for 34 years, resigned in June 2008 and was replaced by staff senior editor Marcia E. Vetrocq. She served as editor until January 2011. During her tenure, the magazine was re-designed, its international coverage expanded, and a website launched. Art market blogger and Bloomberg reporter Lindsay Pollock was named

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

in January 2011. Pollock announced that she was leaving in April 2017. Cynthia Zabel joined ''Art in America'' in 2005 as advertising director, and in 2008 was named publisher. ''Art in America'' was sold to ARTnews SA, parent of ''

ARTnews ''ARTnews'' is an American visual-arts magazine, based in New York City. 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 countr ...

'' in 2015. In 2016, Brant Publications acquired both ''Art in America'' and ''ARTnews'' from ARTnews SA. In 2018, Penske Media Corporation, the parent company of ''Variety'' magazine, acquired ARTnews and Art in America from Brant.'' The print magazine used to be published 11 times a year, but as of 2021 it is published bi-monthly 6 times a year. The publication schedule was changed in 2020: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May issues followed the old publication schedule, mid-year double-issues were adopted and 3 more 2020 issues were produced Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec and a double length Gallery Guide. Select reviews and features are uploaded to the website.

Timeline

Timeline: 100 Years of ''Art in America''

Editors-in-chief

*Wilhelm Valentiner (1913–1917) *Frederic Fairchild Sherman (1917–1940; founder) *

Jean Lipman Jean Herzberg Lipman (1909 – June 20, 1998) was an American artist, collector, and art historian, a pioneer in the study of American folk art. Biography A native of Manhattan, where she was born Jean Herzberg, Lipman grew up in Midtown before ...

(first joined in 1934, editor-in-chief 1941–1970) *

Brian O'Doherty Brian O'Doherty (4 May 1928 – 7 November 2022) was an Irish-American art critic, writer, visual artist, and academic. He lived in New York City for over 50 years, serving as an art critic for ''The New York Times'' and NBC, as well as an edit ...

(1971–1974) *Elizabeth C. Baker (1974–2008) *Marcia Vetrocq (2008–2011) * Lindsay Pollock (2011–2017) *William S. Smith (2017–)

Managing editors

*Joan Simon (1974–1983) *

Nancy Marmer Nancy Marmer is a writer, art critic and editor who lives in New York City. From 1979 through 1998, Marmer was an editor at Art in America magazine—first as a senior and executive editor (1979-1982), then as managing editor and book review editor ...

(1983–1997) *Richard Vine (1998–2008, 2013–) *David Ebony (2008–2013)

Readership

''Art in America'' is widely read by art dealers, collectors, historians, art professionals, and others. It contains news and

art criticism Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation but it is que ...

of painting, sculpture, photography,

installation art Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...

performance art Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...

digital art Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process, or more specifically computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various name ...

video Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syst ...

and

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

in exhibition reviews, artist profiles, and feature articles.

Art in Action

''Chelsea Art Guide'' is a bi-monthly, free publication produced by ''Art in America''. Chelsea Art is a current guide to New York's vast contemporary art district. With exhibition listings and an annotated map, Chelsea Art is a guide to the constantly changing geography of Chelsea.

ArtinAmericaMagazine.com

ArtinAmericaMagazine.com is ''Art in America''s

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. Its offerings include a calendar of art world events, videos, live coverage of art fairs, and information on auctions.

Notable contributors

Dave Hickey David Hickey (December 5, 1938 – November 12, 2021) was an American art critic who wrote for many American publications including ''Rolling Stone'', ''ARTnews'', ''Art in America'', ''Artforum'', ''Harper's Magazine'', and ''Vanity Fair''. He ...

*Janet Koplos *

Carol Diehl Carol Diehl is an American artist, art critic and poet. In addition to her writing, most recently appearing in her blog ''Art Vent'',''Art Vent''Carol Diehl blog Retrieved March 8, 2018. she is best known for her paintings, which have often docume ...

Mark Staff Brandl Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955) is an American-born artist, art historian and philosopher of art now living primarily in Switzerland. History Born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in Pekin, Illinois, Brandl is the son of Earl and Ruth Brandl, ...

* Stephen Westfall *David Ebony * Suzi Gablik *Eleanor Heartney * Henry T. Hopkins *Cathy Lebowitz * Joe Lewis *Nancy Princenthal *Raphael Rubinstein *Richard Vine *Robert Berlind *

Maurice Berger Maurice Berger (May 22, 1956 – March 22, 2020) was an American cultural historian, curator, and art critic, who served as a Research Professor and Chief Curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore ...

Craig Owens Craigery "Craig" Owens (born August 26, 1984) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of Chiodos. He has also had an involvement in various projects such as Cinematic Sunrise, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Isles & Glaciers, ...

*Brian Wallis *Christopher Phillips *

G. Roger Denson G. Roger Denson (born 1956) is an American journalist, cultural and art critic, theoretician, novelist, and curator. He is a regular contributor to ''The Huffington Post'', his writings have also appeared in such international publications as '' Ar ...

Linda Nochlin Linda Nochlin (''née'' Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and writer. As a prominent feminist art ...

*Lee Rosenbaum *

Hal Foster Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip '' Prince Valiant''. His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship ...

*Nancy Marmer * Walter Robinson *Charles Stuckey *Peter Plagens *

Peter Schjeldahl Peter Charles Schjeldahl (; March 20, 1942 – October 21, 2022) was an American art critic, poet, and educator. He was noted for being the head art critic at ''The New Yorker'', having earlier written for ''The Village Voice'', ''ARTnews'', and ...

Travis Jeppesen Travis Jeppesen is an American novelist, poet, artist, and art critic. He is known, among other works, for his novel '' The Suiciders''; a non-fiction novel about North Korea, ''See You Again in Pyongyang''; and for his object-oriented writing wo ...

Jamey Gambrell Jamey Gambrell (April 10, 1954 – February 15, 2020) was an American translator of Russian literature, and an expert in modern art. She was an editor with the '' Art in America'' magazine, and was a winner of the Thornton Wilder Prize for Trans ...

Carter Ratcliff Carter Ratcliff (born 1941 in Seattle, Washington) is an American art critic, writer and poet. His books on art include "John Singer Sargent" (Abbeville Press, 1982); "Robert Longo" ( Rizzoli, 1985); "The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Post ...

* Alfred Corn * Ted Mooney *

Harold Rosenberg Harold Rosenberg (February 2, 1906 – July 11, 1978) was an American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic. He coined the term Action Painting in 1952 for what was later to be known as abstract expressionism. Rosenberg is best known for ...

References

External links

''Art in America''s official websiteEarly volumes of ''Art in America''
from 1913–1922, freely readable at HathiTrust. {{DEFAULTSORT:Art In America Visual arts magazines published in the United States Monthly magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1913 Contemporary art magazines American contemporary art 1913 establishments in the United States Magazines published in New York City Penske Media Corporation