''Art in America'' is an illustrated monthly, international

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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 ...

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 relationshi ...

s, art professionals and other readers interested in the art world. 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. 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, Robert Rauschenberg,

Roy Lichtenstein Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. ...

and

Robert Indiana Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American artist associated with the pop art movement. His iconic image LOVE was first created in 1964 in the form of a card which he sent to several friends and acq ...

also created covers. For its 100th birthday the magazine planned special covers by Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, and Urs Fischer. 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'' 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 (first joined in 1934, editor-in-chief 1941–1970) * Brian O'Doherty (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 (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) sy ...

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 buildings ...

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 *Janet Koplos * Carol Diehl *

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, an ...

Stephen Westfall Stephen Westfall (born 1953 Schenectady, New York) is an American painter, critic, and professor at Rutgers University and Bard College. Biography When Stephen Westfall was an adolescent, he was fascinated by the social spaces created by archi ...

*David Ebony *

Suzi Gablik Suzi Gablik (September 26, 1934 – May 7, 2022) was an American visual artist, author, art critic, and professor of art history and art criticism. She lived in Blacksburg, Virginia. Early life and education Gablik was born in New York City on ...

*Eleanor Heartney * Henry T. Hopkins *Cathy Lebowitz * Joe Lewis *Nancy Princenthal *Raphael Rubinstein *Richard Vine *Robert Berlind * Maurice Berger * Craig Owens *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 ''Art ...

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 h ...

*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 *

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 ...

* Jamey Gambrell *

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 Alfred Corn (born August 14, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. Early life Alfred Corn was born in Bainbridge, Georgia in 1943 and raised in Valdosta, Georgia. Corn graduated from Emory University in 1965 with a B.A. in French literatur ...

Ted Mooney Edward Comstock Mooney (October 19, 1951March 25, 2022) was an American novelist and short story writer. He published four novels: ''Easy Travel to Other Planets'' (1981), ''Traffic and Laughter'' (1990), ''Singing into the Piano'' (1998), and ' ...

* Harold Rosenberg

References

External links

''Art in America''s official websiteEarly volumes of ''Art in America''
from 1913–1922, freely readable at

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