The Art Newspaper

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The Art Newspaper
TypeMonthly newspaper
Owner(s)
Founder(s)
  • Umberto Allemandi
  • Anna Somers Cocks
EditorAlison Cole (2018-2023)
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
HeadquartersLondon and New York City
ISSN0960-6556
Websitetheartnewspaper.com

The Art Newspaper is a monthly print publication, with daily updates online, founded in 1990 and based in London and New York City. It covers news of the visual arts as they are affected by international politics and economics, developments in law, tax, the art market, the environment and official cultural policy. Currently, the magazine is without editorial leadership.

History[edit]

The Art Newspaper is published by The Art Newspaper SA and is based on an original concept by the Turin publisher, Umberto Allemandi, who founded the first monthly newspaper, Il Giornale dell'Arte [it], in 1983. It covers news of the visual arts as they are affected by international politics and economics, developments in law, tax, the art market, the environment and official cultural policy. The publication is fed by a network of sister editions, with around fifty correspondents in over thirty countries.

The Art Newspaper produces daily papers during the major art fairs, such as Art Basel and Frieze, and weekly podcasts on topical subjects. It is a campaigning newspaper, which has reported regularly on the trade in illicitly excavated antiquities, on damage to the heritage in warfare, and the maladministration and corruption that prevents Venice being protected from sea level rise, excessive tourism and the cruise ships.

Inna Bazhenova was granted the publishing license to the newspaper in Russia edition and in Spring 2012 The Art Newspaper Russia was launched.[1][2] In 2014 Bazhenova purchased The Art Newspaper for an undisclosed sum.[3] With the purchase she became the owner of the International edition, Chinese, Greek and French editions alongside the Russian edition which she already owned.[4]

In 2018 the company broke relations with Le Journal des Arts and launched The Art Newspaper France. In November of the same year, The Art Newspaper Israel was founded by M.T. Abraham Group.

The Art Newspaper was bought by the AMTD Group in June 2023 and with this they announced that they planned to move the headquarters to Paris.[5] In August, Olga Yarutina became publisher of the Russian edition.[6] This was followed by the launch of The Art Newspaper Türkiye in September 2023.

Reviewers and commentators for the paper include: former Tate director Nicholas Serota, Performa founder-director Roselee Goldberg; former Pompidou Centre director Jean-Hubert Martin; archaeologist Colin Renfrew; Venice Biennale curator Robert Storr, writer Anthony Haden-Guest[7] and artist Grayson Perry. The publication won the National Art Collections Fund prize in 1992.

The Art Newspaper network[edit]

(in chronological order of year of establishment)

  • Il Giornale dell'Arte [it] (Turin, Italy, founded in 1983)[6]
  • The Art Newspaper (London, founded in 1990, based in London and New York City)[8]
  • The Art Newspaper Greece (Athens, founded in 1992, formerly called Ta Nea tis Technis 1992–2021)[9][10]
  • The Art Newspaper France (Paris, founded in 1994, formerly called Le Journal des Arts 1994–2018)[11]
  • El Periodico del Arte (Madrid, from 1997 to 2002)
  • The Art Newspaper Russia (Moscow, founded in 2012)[12][13]
  • The Art Newspaper China (Shanghai, founded in 2013)[14][15]
  • The Art Newspaper Israel (Tel Aviv, founded in 2018, first published in 2019)[16]
  • The Art Newspaper Türkiye (Istanbul, founded in 2023)[1]

Editors[edit]

Country/Area Circulation dates Editor Start year End year Ref.
Italy (Il Giornale dell'Arte [it]) 1983–now Umberto Allemandi 1983 present
International (The Art Newspaper) 1990–now Anna Somers Cocks 1990 1994 [17][18][19]
Laura Suffield 1994 1996
Anna Somers Cocks 1996 2004
Cristina Ruiz 2004 2008
Jane Morris 2008 2016
Javier Pes 2016 2017
Alison Cole 2017 2023
Greece (The Art Newspaper Greece) 1992–now Alexandra F. Koroxenidis 2021 present
France (The Art Newspaper Edition Française) 1994–2018 Emmanuel Fessy 1994 2001 [20][21]
Philippe Régnier 2001 2011
Jean-Christophe Castelain 2011 2018
2018-now Alexandre Crochet 2018 present
Stéphane Renault 2018 present
Russia (The Art Newspaper Russia) 2012–now Milena Orlova (Милена Орлова) 2012 present [22]
China (The Art Newspaper 艺术新闻) 2013–now Ye Ying 2013 present [23]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "The Art Newspaper будет выходить на русском".
  3. ^ "Art Newspaper Bought by Russian Tycoon". Artforum. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  4. ^ "ArtDependence | The Art Newspaper Sold to Hong Kong Based AMTD". artdependence.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  5. ^ "AMTD adding The Art Newspaper to its global media portfolio after L'Officiel". www.businesswire.com. 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. ^ a b "Il Giornale dell'Arte". www.ilgiornaledellarte.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  7. ^ "Ten questions for Anthony Haden-Guest". Phaidon Press. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  8. ^ "The Art Newspaper – International art news and events". www.theartnewspaper.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  9. ^ "The Art Newspaper". theartnewspaper.gr. Archived from the original on 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  10. ^ "The Art Newspaper network launches Greek edition". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  11. ^ "A la Une". www.artnewspaper.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  12. ^ "The Art Newspaper Russia — новости искусства". www.theartnewspaper.ru. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  13. ^ "The Art Newspaper Russia launches in Moscow – the Art Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  14. ^ "TANC 艺术新闻中文版". www.tanchinese.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  15. ^ "China launch for the Art Newspaper – the Art Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  16. ^ "THE ART NEWSPAPER – ISRAEL EDITION – עיתון האמנות המהדורה הישראלית". Archived from the original on 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  17. ^ Aton, Francesca (2023-10-02). "Two Art Publications' Editors-in-Chief Step Down Within a Week of Each Other". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  18. ^ "Art Newspaper Editor Javier Pes Resigns – ARTnews.com". www.artnews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  19. ^ Viveros-Fauné, Christian (2016-04-20). "Javier Pes Is The Art Newspaper's New Head". Artnet News. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  20. ^ "Since 1982". Allemandi Editore. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  21. ^ Debailleux, Henri-François. ""Le Journal des arts" change de direction". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  22. ^ "Контакты редакции | The Art Newspaper Russia — новости искусства". www.theartnewspaper.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  23. ^ "The Art Newspaper To Publish In China". Jing Daily. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2023-10-22.

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