ARTnews

ARTnews is an American online arts magazine based in New York City, formerly issued in print. Founded in 1902 and now the oldest art publication in the world, it covers visual arts from ancient to contemporary times. The publication includes news dispatches from correspondents, investigative reports, exhibition reviews, and profiles of artists and art collectors. Originally a print magazine issued at varying frequencies throughout its history, ARTnews transitioned to a digital publication and ceased its 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== ===1902–1936: Founding and early history=== thumb|First issue (week ending November 29, 1902)|353x353px The magazine was founded in New York City by James Clarence Hyde in 1902 as '''''Hyde's Weekly Art News''', a single–sheet publication issued weekly, covering news about artists, galleries, museums, and the policies impacting them. Hyde had previously worked as a culture reporter for The New York Herald. In its early years, the magazine was primarily a trade publication for the art industry. Hyde renamed the magazine American Art News in November 1904 and expanded it to include multiple pages and illustrations, publishing weekly during the art season between November and May. The same year, James Bliss Townsend, a former art critic at the Herald, purchased the magazine from Hyde and became editor. As editor, Townsend had generally conservative tastes and disliked modern or avant-garde art, but he softened his stance toward the end of his time leading the magazine.