ARTnews MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY

SPECIAL ISSUE, TOURING SMITHSONIAN EXHIBITION, AND BOOK CHRONICLE A CENTURY OF ART AROUND THE GLOBE

New York, NY - ARTnews, the most widely-circulated art magazine in the world and one of the oldest independently-run magazines, will commemorate its 100th anniversary this November. To celebrate this milestone event, ARTnews will publish a special November issue of the magazine, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has organized a traveling exhibition, "Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews Photographs," and Yale University Press will publish a book by the same name. The exhibition is sponsored nationally by AXA Art Insurance Corporation.

As revealed in the book's introduction by journalist Pete Hamill, ARTnews has consistently reported on art's impact on our culture, from the Armory Show to the current rage for digital art. Just as art in America evolved from an elite concern to a public interest, ARTnews evolved from a small-circulation broadsheet for collectors into an award-winning international news magazine on the art world for general readers. In spite of the Great Depression, two world wars, various ownerships, several name and mission changes, and ups-and-downs in circulation and revenue, ARTnews has survived and prospered due to the dedication and vision of six successive editors.

Editor and Publisher Milton Esterow says, "ARTnews is proud to remain an independently-owned magazine in an era where this has become a challenge and a rarity. We are committed to our role as news journalists, and to our editorial vision that understands the art world as a place where news happens. The history of ARTnews documents the changes in the art world over the last 10 decades and the changing perception of art, which the magazine has both mirrored and helped mold."