''Portfolio Magazine'', also known as ''Portfolio, The Magazine of the Fine Arts'', was published bimonthly from 1979 to 1983 by Portfolio Associates of New York City. The editor and publisher was

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, who went on to edit ''

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'' magazine. Other staff editors included Alexandra Anderson, Manuela Hoelterhoff, Denise Martin, Isolde McNichol, and Carter Wiseman. The first issue was published in April, 1979, with articles by Hilton Kramer, Charles Moffett, and

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. ''Portfolio'' covered European and American painting, photography, architecture, and non-Western art. It aimed at a general audience, rather academics or art insiders. "''Portfolio'' addresses people like me who are collectors, not scholars," a subscriber,

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, told '' The New York Times''. "It's comprehensive, superbly done, helps widen my horizons." Contributing editors included Paul Goldberger, Linda Nochlin,

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, and Vincent Scully. Other contributors included Kenneth Clark, Michael Coe, Owen Edwards, H. W. Janson, Hilton Kramer, Ben Lifson,

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, John Russell, Kirk Varnedoe, and

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. In 1983, ''Portfolio'' was a finalist for a

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in the General Excellence category. It was forced to suspend publication that year when a recession caused a drop in advertising pages.

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