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ARTnews
Screenshot of ARTnews website showing Zoé Whitley, with Editor Picks stories below it, the lower part is both a link to subscribe Art In America (ARTnews' sister publication) and a form to subscribe to the ARTnews Today Newsletter by email
Screenshot of the website in December 2024
EditorSarah Douglas[1]
CategoriesVisual arts
FrequencyQuarterly
FounderJames Clarence Hyde
First issue1902; 123 years ago (1902) (as Hydes Weekly Art News)
CompanyPenske Media Corporation
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City, New York
LanguageEnglish
Websiteartnews.com
ISSN0004-3273
OCLC586878190

ARTnews is an American art magazine based in New York City. It covers visual arts from ancient to contemporary times. It is the oldest art magazine in the world. In 2015, ARTnews claimed a readership of 180,000 in 124 countries.[2] The publication includes news dispatches from correspondents, investigative reports, reviews of exhibitions, and profiles of artists and collectors. Originally a monthly print magazine, ARTnews transitioned to a digital publication and ceased publishing monthly and quarterly print issues in the 2010s and 2020s after a series of ownership changes that included merging with the magazine Art in America.

History and operations

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First issue (week ending November 29, 1902)

The magazine was founded by James Clarence Hyde in 1902 as Hydes Weekly Art News and was originally published eleven times a year.[3][4]

From vol. 3, no. 52 (November 5, 1904) to vol. 21, no. 18 (February 10, 1923), the magazine was published as American Art News.[5] From February 1923 to the present, the magazine has been published as The Art News then ARTnews.[6]

Alfred M. Frankfurter became editor of the magazine in 1936, eventually acquiring an ownership stake in the company totaling around 80 percent of the shares. In 1962, Frankfurter sold the magazine to The Washington Post Company, which housed the publication in its magazine division under Newsweek.[7] Frankfurter remained in his role as editor until his death in 1965; Thomas B. Hess, who joined the magazine in 1946, became the next editor. Both Hess and Frankfurter focused the magazine on exhibition reviews and longer, critical essays on art. Hess in particular became known for championing abstract expressionism and the New York School of artists.[8]

In the early 1970s, the magazine was struggling financially and had dropped to a circulation of 30,000. Milton Esterow, a former art reporter for The New York Times, led a group of investors to purchase ARTnews in 1972 from Newsweek. Having previously done extensive investigative reporting for the Times culminating in a book on art stolen by Nazis during World War II, Esterow sought to bring a more news-oriented journalistic approach to the magazine, expanding its coverage beyond art reviews and criticism to include art world news and reporting.[9]

In April 2014, Milton and Judith Esterow sold the publication to Skate Capital Corp., a private asset-management firm owned by Sergey Skaterschikov.[10] It was later revealed that Skate Capital was acting on behalf of the Polish company Abbey House, which renamed itself ARTNEWS SA.[1]

Following this change in ownership the magazine merged with Art in America in June 2015, owned by Brant Publication's BMP Media Holdings, LLC.[11] In October 2015 the publishing cadence of ARTnews was reduced to quarterly.[11] In 2016, Brant Publications took full control of BMP.[12]

In 2018, Penske Media Corporation, the parent company of Variety Magazine, acquired ARTnews and Art in America.[13]

ARTnews ceased publishing quarterly print issues in 2021, with a final print edition for December 2021–January 2022.[14]

Notable writers and articles

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The magazine's art critics and correspondents include Thomas B. Hess, Arthur Danto, Linda Yablonsky, Barbara Pollock, Margarett Loke, Hilarie Sheets, Yale School of Art dean Robert Storr,[15] Doug McClemont and Museum of Modern Art director Glenn D. Lowry.[16]

First published in 1971 as "Why Are There No Great Women Artists?" in Woman in Sexist Society: Studies in Power and Powerlessness,[17] Linda Nochlin's famous essay was revised, retitled "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" and published in the January 1971 issue of ARTnews. "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" is generally considered required reading for the fields of feminist art history and feminist art theory inasmuch as it calls out the institutional barriers to the visual arts that women in the Western tradition historically faced; the essay has also served as an important impetus for the rediscovery of women artists, followed as it was by the exhibition Women Artists: 1550–1950.[18] Eleanor Munro called it "epochal",[19] and according to Miriam van Rijsingen "it is considered the genesis of feminist art history."[20]

Awards

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The magazine has won the George Polk Award, the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, the National Headliner Award and the National Arts Club Distinguished Citation for Merit.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

The ARTnews Top 200 Collectors

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The ARTnews Top 200 list is released annually and contains the top individual art collectors from around the world based on interviews with collectors, curators, dealers, auction houses, and museums. Those on the list are also surveyed, and their responses are used to inform trends and provide data, such as a breakdown of where the most top art collectors live (the United States).[29]

Collectors on the list are profiled with a brief biography focused on the type of art that they collect (contemporary, post war, modern, etc.) and includes their city or cities of residence, a photo, their source of wealth and the years they have been on the Top 200 list, as many collectors are on it for multiple years. The list released in September 2018 includes Leonard Lauder, Edythe and Eli Broad,[30] Rebecca and Warren Eisenberg, Alison and Peter Klein, Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman,[31] Tatsumi Sako, Sheri and Howard Schultz.[32] The full list is announced in both the print and online versions of the magazine.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ng, David (June 27, 2014). "ARTnews Magazine Gets New Leadership, With a Twist". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Boucher, Brian (July 29, 2015). "'ARTnews' and 'Art in America' Merge as Print Market Continues to Decline". Artnet News. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  3. ^ Homer, Thomas Johnston (1922). A Guide to Serial Publications Founded Prior to 1918 and Now Or Recently Current in Boston, Cambridge, and Vicinity. Boston, Massachusetts: Trustees of the Public Library. p. 20 – via books.google.com/books?id=2qVEAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA20&ots=rVDu3_6L2G&dq=artnews%201902&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=artnews%201902&f=false.
  4. ^ "McLean's 1902 Letter" Archived March 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine PDF format.
  5. ^ Homer, Thomas Johnston (1922). A Guide to Serial Publications Founded Prior to 1918 and Now Or Recently Current in Boston, Cambridge, and Vicinity. Boston, Massachusetts: Trustees of the Public Library. p. 20 – via books.google.com/books?id=2qVEAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA20&ots=rVDu3_6L2G&dq=artnews%201902&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=artnews%201902&f=false.
  6. ^ ARTNews, National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Sibley, John (August 11, 1962). "Washington Post Buys Magazines; Newspaper Firm Acquires Art News and Portfolio". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  8. ^ Shirey, David L. (August 12, 1972). "Art News Is Sold To 8–Man Group". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  9. ^ Longman, Jeré (October 13, 2025). "Milton Esterow, Who Reported on Art Stolen in World War II, Dies at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  10. ^ (registration required) Cohen, Patricia (April 8, 2014). "ARTnews Sold to Private Company". The New York Times.
  11. ^ a b Sarah Cascone (October 9, 2015). "'ARTnews' Magazine Ceases Monthly Print Publication After 113 Years". ARTnet. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  12. ^ "BMP Media Holdings Completes Transaction to Assume U.S. Assets of Artnews S.A." (Press release). May 27, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  13. ^ "PMC Buys ARTnews, Art in America". Variety. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  14. ^ "ARTnews". Getty Research Institute Library. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  15. ^ "The Influentials: Art". New York. May 3, 2006. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  16. ^ (registration required) "Donors Sweetened Director's Pay at MoMA". February 16, 2007. The New York Times.
  17. ^ Nochlin, Linda (1971). "Why Are There No Great Women Artists?". In Gornick, Vivian; Moran, Barbara (eds.). Woman in Sexist Society: Studies in Power and Powerlessness. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-09199-7.
  18. ^ Howe, Florence (Fall 1977). "Editorial". Women's Studies Newsletter. 5 (4): 2. JSTOR 40042534.
  19. ^ Munro, Eleanor C. (2000). Originals: American Women Artists. Da Capo. pp. 7, 531. ISBN 9780306809552.
  20. ^ Rijsingen, Miriam van (1995). "How purple can it be?: Feminist art history". In Rosemarie Buikema, Anneke Smeli (ed.). Women's Studies and Culture: A Feminist Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 94–105. ISBN 9781856493123.
  21. ^ (registration required) Rachel Lee Harris (July 5, 2009). "Report Finds Abundance of Fake Russian Paintings". The New York Times. Russia. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  22. ^ Janhavi K. Sapra (June 23, 2010). "Billionaire Art Aficionados". Forbes. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  23. ^ Harris, Marlys (July 3, 2007). "How to Marry a Billionaire" (PDF). CNN Money. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  24. ^ Ng, David (June 30, 2010). "L.A. Billionaires Among ARTnews' Top 200 Collectors for 2010". Culture Monster (blog of the Los Angeles Times). Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  25. ^ Gluckman, Nell (June 27, 2008). "ARTnews Names Top 200 Collectors". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  26. ^ Sandler, Linda (October 30, 2007). "Koons, Hirst Aren't on ARTnews List of Famous Future Artists". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  27. ^ "The Nouveau Fakes: Russian Avant-Garde Forgeries". The Independent. August 16, 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  28. ^ Staff (July 28, 2010). "Kim Chang-il Among World's Top 200 Collectors". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  29. ^ "Where do the world's top art collectors live". Foreign Policy. July 11, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  30. ^ "ARTNews Top 200: Edythe and Eli Broad". Art News. September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  31. ^ "ARTNews Top 200 Collectors: Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman". September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  32. ^ "ARTNews Top 200 Collectors: Sheri and Howard Schultz". Art News. September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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