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''Coagula Art Journal'' was founded in 1992 by Mat Gleason as a freely distributed contemporary art magazine. Since its inception, the publication remains free as a PDF download, however readers may still obtain a hard copy via "print on demand". The bi-coastal publication employs tabloid-style commentary, gossip, and reviews of the contemporary art world, which garnered significant influence in being cited in other major publications. The magazine has been referred to as "the publication that the art world loves to hate, and loves to read" (
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) and dubbed "The National Enquirer of the Art World" (''
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''). It has also been described as having "nothing constructive about it and arguably hurtful." In 1998, Smart Art Press released ''Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula''. In 1999, ''Coagula'' selected
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as ''Artist Of The Decade''. On March 16, 2001, Coagula won a free speech lawsuit, brought against the publication by Brooklyn resident Ms. Sheh Zand. Sheh's 1992 lawsuit was over articles appearing in ''Coagula'' issues #3 and #4, and was covered by ''
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''., and the
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. In February 2011, Mat Gleason, founder of Coagula Art Journal, was interviewed by art critic Brian Sherwin for FineArtViews. Gleason stated that Coagula Art Journal was deeply influenced by the writing style of punk zines. He mentioned that Coagula Art Journal will eventually explore internet radio with the launch of CoaguL.A.radio which will provide coverage of the art world. Gleason also stated that “print is dead” and that future releases of Coagula Art Journal will come in the form of a book rather than of a traditional magazine. The interview between Gleason and Sherwin was featured by the
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."FineArtsViews Interviews Mat Gleason, Art Critic/Founder of Coagula Sherwin"
www.huffingtonpost.com . Retrieved 09 March 2011. In April 2012, Gleason launched Coagula Curatorial, a contemporary art gallery on Chinatown's historic Chung King Road. Following the same spirit as the magazine, the gallery has hosted solo shows by contemporary artists such as
Karen Finley Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician, poet, and educator. The case, '' National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley'' (1998), argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, was decided against Finley and the other artist ...
,
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, Gronk,
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, Sheree Rose and others. The gallery also utilizes guest curators, who have included other prominent artists in Coagula exhibitions such as: John Fleck, Diane Gamboa, Germs, Peter Shelton, Gajin Fujita, Sue de Beer, and others. The 113th issue of ''Coagula Art Journal'', May 2016, is the largest ever printed in the magazine’s 24 year history at 88 pages. This issue highlights Eric Minh Swenson's documentary photographs of ''Art Stars'' – 160 women artists, dealers, and writers in the art scene from New York to California – with an introduction by Mat Gleason.


Contributors (past and present)

* Alan Bamberger * Jim Caron * Charlie Finch * Jeff Gillette * Mat Gleason * Gordy Grundy * Bryan Styble * Tulsa Kinney


Covers

''Coagula'' has featured interviews and cover stories of such notable artists as Dan Graham, Ad Reinhardt, Gilbert & George, Matthew Barney, Richard Serra, Sue Coe, John Baldessari, Cindy Sherman, and Larry Clark.


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