ARTnews

The most widely circulated and award-winning publication in its field, ARTnews covers all art, from the ancient to the cutting edge. It provides behind-the-scenes access to galleries, museums, auction houses, and artists' studios. With profiles of artists and collectors, reviews of gallery and museum exhibitions, news dispatches from a worldwide network of correspondents, and hard-hitting investigative reporting, ARTnews offers lively and comprehensive coverage of the people, places, events, and institutions shaping the international culture scene.

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Julie Mehretu Paints a Picture • In her New York studio, the artist creates enormous, deeply layered abstractions that reference today’s most pressing issues

An Open Book • Nine volumes to add to your collection this summer

Why We Need a 1% Federal Art Sales Tax • A “Warhol for All” tax could provide arts infrastructure for America’s youth

Long Road Home

That One Artwork… • …that inspired creativity of all kinds—as told to ARTnews

Fight at the Museum • Lorraine O’Grady and Andrea Fraser on the limits of institutions and the conservatism of art history

Charting a Path to the Top • A museum and a university are teaming up to address the pipeline problem in leadership positions

WHAT’S NEXT: CITIES TO WATCH

ART & SEOUL • As companies crave art, major collectors build museums, and foreign dealers arrive, the city’s art scene thrives

BONJOUR PARIS • As London goes its own way, Europe gets reacquainted with a once and future art world capital

THE BOROUGH OF ITS OWN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA • Long haunted by its reputation as “the sixth borough of New York” (thanks to actually sustainable living conditions and affordable rents), Philadelphia has come into its own of late in terms of historic art institutions and, increasingly, a unique kind of upstart energy. Artists are experimenting with their own gallery-like spaces, new museums are being built, and the pandemic has further fostered a spirit of collaboration that is driving the city’s art scene forward.

THE NEW SOUTH CAPITAL ATLANTA GEORGIA • As the sprawling hub of the evolving modern South, Atlanta has become an important nexus for all aspects of the culture industry, including, in its own homegrown way, art. A mix of established and evolving institutions is making moves, from museums to newly integrated educational networks. And—in a city whose history and current political complexities make it so that matters of race are never far from mind—certain figures are fighting for promising prospects for the future.

THE COLLABORATION STATION VANCOUVER CANADA • Vancouver, the idyllic coastal destination in the southwest of Canada, owes a good part of its artistic legacy to artist-run centers that emerged decades ago and continue to rank among the most important institutions in the city today. In recent years, as artists have faced rising costs of living, various institutions have banded together in the spirit of camaraderie and collaboration to help keep the creative community thriving. The story of the Vancouver arts community—whose ranks have included Emily Carr, Stan Douglas, Brian Jungen, Ian Wallace, and Ken Lum—is one of kinship and support amid intersecting changes and challenges.

THE ARTIST HAVEN GUADALAJARA MEXICO • One hour by plane from Mexico City and 200 miles from Puerto Vallarta on the West Coast, Guadalajara—Mexico’s seventh-largest city—has long held a special place in the country’s art scene as a center for traditional crafts (ceramics, textiles, etc.) and the hometown of vaunted artists like José Clemente Orozco, Luis Barragán, María Izquierdo, and Chucho Reyes. Now, thanks to its inviting weather, a growing food scene, and a surge of tech...