''Third Text'' is a leading

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covering art in a global context. After founder and editor

Rasheed Araeen Rasheed Araeen ( ur, رشید آرائیں; born 1935) is a Karachi born, London-based conceptual artist, sculptor, painter, writer, and curator. He graduated in civil engineering from the NED University of Engineering and Technology in 1962, ...

's earlier art magazine ''Black Phoenix'', which started in 1978 and published only three issues, ''Third Text'' was launched as a theoretical art journal in 1987. The journal was edited by

Jean Fisher Jean Fisher (17 October 1942 – 12 December 2016) was a UK-based art critic and writer. Her research explored the intertwined legacies of colonialism and the emergent conflicts of globalization in Ireland, Native America, the Black Atlantic and ...

(1992–1999), followed by

Richard Appignanesi Richard Appignanesi (born December 20, 1940) is a Canadian writer and editor. He was the originating editor of the internationally successful illustrated ''For Beginners'' book series (since 1991 called the '' Introducing...'' series), as well ...

(2008–2015) and Richard Dyer (2015–present).

Contributors

Contributors include prominent scholars of black studies, feminist theory, and politically engaged art criticism, including Stuart Hall,

Kobena Mercer Kobena Mercer (born 1960) is a British art historian and writer on contemporary art and visual culture. His writing on Robert Mapplethorpe and Rotimi Fani-Kayode has been described as "among the most incisive (and delightful to read) critiques o ...

Paul Gilroy Paul Gilroy (born 16 February 1956) is an English sociologist and cultural studies scholar who is the founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism at University College, London (UCL). Gilroy is the 201 ...

, Laura Mulvey,

Lucy Lippard Lucy Rowland Lippard (born April 14, 1937) is an American writer, art critic, activist, and curator. Lippard was among the first writers to argue for the " dematerialization" at work in conceptual art and was an early champion of feminist art. Sh ...

Coco Fusco Coco Fusco (born Juliana Emilia Fusco Miyares; June 18, 1960) is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator whose work has been exhibited and published internationally. Fusco's work explores gender, identity, race, and power th ...

Ella Shohat Ella Shohat ( Hebrew: אלה חביבה שוחט; Arabic: إيلا حبيبة شوحيط) is a professor of cultural studies at New York University, where she teaches in the departments of Art & Public Policy and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies ...

, Griselda Pollock, Claire Bishop,

TJ Demos T.J. Demos is an art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceram ...

, Gregory Sholette,

Olu Oguibe Olu Oguibe (born 14 October 1964) is a Nigerian-born American artist and academic.Olu Oguibe
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Julia Bryan-Wilson Julia Bryan-Wilson is the Doris and Clarence Malo Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of California, Berkeley. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019. Career Bryan-Wilson received her BA from Swarthmore College in 19 ...

, Benita Parry,

Zeynep Çelik Zeynep Çelik (born 7 April 1996) is a Turkish world and European champion Paralympic judo, Paralympic judoka with visual impairment. Sport career Çelik is tall at . She is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK and is coached by Ahmet Ömre Tür ...

, Boris Groys, Jimmie Durham, Eddie Chambers, and Michael D. Harris.

Relaunch

The journal was relaunched in 2015 with a new group of editors, selected by an independent panel, a new advisory board, and trustees, and it has published a number of guest-edited special issues since its relaunch.

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