Research Guides: Fine Art: Periodicals and Ejournals

Rufino Tamayo, Moon Dog, 1973

Current and Bound Print Periodicals

The Academy of Art Library subscribes to a small number of periodicals in print that are housed in two locations within the library, the Current Periodicals tower and the Bound Periodicals stacks. The Current Periodicals tower is located in the library's group study area. Periodicals are shelved alphabetically by title with the latest issue displayed. If you lift up the shelf that the latest issue is on, you will find the previous issues from the current calendar year. At the end of the year, periodicals are bound and placed in our Bound Periodicals stacks adjacent to the Current Periodicals tower. The periodicals are left intact and placed together in a single volume. Please note, many of the periodical titles the library subscribes to in print are available to read in full-text online using the library's databases.

Digital Fine Art Magazines

Access Art and Design digital magazine titles online from a computer or download them to a smartphone or tablet using the Flipster mobile app for offline reading. For a full list of available titles, go to our Flipster account. Below are a few titles specifically related to the School of Fine Art.

Antiques
Published every three months with the seasons, Antiques and Collectables for Pleasure & Profit is entertaining, informative, quirky, educational, intelligently written and beautifully presented. Discover the world of collecting… everything from $500,000 vanity cases to $2 trading cards. If it's interesting, fun, important, eccentric, relevant or amazing, we'll report on it!
Apollo
Founded in 1925 and published monthly, Apollo is one of the world's oldest and most respected magazines on the visual arts. It covers everything from antiquities to contemporary work, as well as providing in-depth discussion of the latest art news and debates; exclusive interviews with the world's greatest collectors and artists; expert information on the market, authoritative guidance on collecting, and reviews and previews of exhibitions worldwide.
Artforum International
Since 1962, Artforum has been the defining voice in contemporary art. Artforum's specially commissioned artist projects, reviews, and essays on film, music, architecture, media, and more lend a unique perspective to the fine arts and to popular culture at large.
Art in America
Each month, Art in America, the world's premier art magazine, delivers in-depth coverage of the global contemporary art scene, both in print and online. Published 11 times per year, every issue contains profiles on respected and rising talents, critical essays and reviews of current exhibitions around the world, written by today's leading artists, curators and historians. Serving as an indispensable record of the art world since its inception in 1913, Art in America is widely read by dealers, collectors, and art experts-as well as nonprofessionals.
The Artist's Magazine
This well-regarded magazine offers practical, step-by-step instruction in all major mediums, how-to help for improving skills and mastering techniques and tips on showing and selling artwork.
ARTnews
ARTnews reports on the art, personalities, issues, trends and events shaping the international art world. Written in clear, well-crafted language that is as comprehensible to the novice as it is to the expert, the magazine offers a lively, provocative, and visually stimulating package that informs as well as entertains with news dispatches from a worldwide network of correspondents, hard-hitting investigative reports, criticism and opinion.
Ceramics: Art & Perception
Ceramics: Art and Perception sets the standard as a dedicated journal on ceramic art. The articles selected and the reviews solicited are well written on a broad range of international artists and subjects relevant to ceramics. With excellent colour photography, this quarterly journal is of a high quality in content and in presentation. We hold an international and multi-cultural viewpoint. With subjects ranging from the functional to the ephemeral, traditional to the philosophical, the provocative and contemporary to the historical and the critical.
Fine Art Connoisseur
Fine Art Connoisseur magazine is published bimonthly, and filled with stories of art, rich reproductions, and excellent writing from top art experts exploring historical American and European art, as well as today's best artists. You'll also find tips for collectors, visits to hidden collections, and fresh insights about art and art trends.
Sculpture
Sculpture is the premiere publication in the field of contemporary three-dimensional art. In addition to exceptional editorial coverage of the current events and issues defining contemporary art, Sculpture offers striking pictorial layouts. Every issue brings lively opinions, penetrating interviews, intimate studio visits, and provocative criticism on both emerging and internationally renowned artists.

Print Fine Art Periodicals

African Arts
African Arts presents original research and critical discourse on traditional, contemporary, and popular African arts and expressive cultures. Since 1967, the journal has reflected the dynamism and diversity of several fields of humanistic study, publishing richly illustrated articles in full color, incorporating the most current theory, practice, and intercultural dialogue. (Academic)
American Art Review
American Art Review chronicles the emergence and growth of American painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and decorative arts . . . with intelligence, sensitivity, style, authority and historical insight. (Academic)
Artforum
Artforum Magazine features in-depth articles and reviews of contemporary art, as well as book reviews, columns on cinema and popular culture, and numerous full-page advertisements from prominent galleries around the world. (Popular)
Art in America
Each month Art in America, the world's premiere art magazine, provides in-depth coverage of the global, and often controversial, art scene. Every issue contains articles on both respected and rising talents, and reviews of current exhibitions around the world. (Popular)
ARTnews
Founded in 1902, ARTnews is the oldest and most widely circulated art magazine in the world. Its readership of 180,000 in 124 countries includes collectors, dealers, historians, artists, museum directors, curators, connoisseurs, and enthusiasts. Published in print four times a year, it reports on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping the international art world. (Popular)
Arts of Asia
Arts of Asia, founded in 1970, is the world's leading fine magazine of Asian art. Published six times a year, it has the largest circulation of any Asian art magazine and is distributed to 90 countries. It has the support of numerous museums, cultural organisations, universities and schools throughout the world, as well as the major dealers and collectors, and students of art. (Academic)
Bomb
BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981. BOMB's founders—New York City based artists and writers—created BOMB because they saw a disparity between the way artists talked about their work among themselves and the way critics described it. (Popular)
Flash Art International
Flash Art is an international bimonthly magazine and publishing platform dedicated to contemporary art, exploring the evolving cultural landscape through the work of leading artists, writers, curators and others. (Popular)
Sculpture
Sculpture is an international, monthly magazine dedicated to all forms of contemporary sculpture. It contains provocative criticisms, knowledgeable technical discussions and timely exploration of new materials and techniques. (Popular)

Ejournals and Online Fine Art Periodicals

The Library provides remote access to journals, magazines, newspapers, and Ebooks through our subscription databases. To access these resources from off-campus, when prompted, enter your name and the 8-digit student or faculty ID number located on the front of your AAU ID card.

Understanding Periodicals

A periodical is a term used to describe any publication that is issued periodically — daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or at some other interval. Examples of periodicals include newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. It is important to understand the difference between types of periodicals in order to find the most relevant materials for your information need.

Popular: Popular periodicals are also known as consumer magazines. They are directed at the general public, and can cover a broad or narrow topic of interest. They usually contain short articles on a variety of topics written by various authors in an informal style. They are useful for their coverage of current events and popular opinion.

Trade: Trade periodicals are also known as professional magazines. They are geared towards the interests of a specific industry or occupation. Articles usually fall somewhere between popular and scholarly—short to medium in length, can contain some advertisements or illustrations, and may or may not contain a bibliography. They are useful for their “insider” coverage of industry trends, practices, and opinions.

Academic: Academic periodicals are also known as scholarly journals or peer-reviewed journals. Written by and for professionals in a particular field, usually employing industry jargon or sophisticated terminology. They consist of original research and commentary on current developments within a specific discipline. Articles are often lengthy, include minimal illustrations and advertisements, and almost always include a bibliography. Useful for their original and rigorous approaches to problem solving by experts in a particular field.