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Spare Parts by Charles Henri Ford6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The history of the art magazine as we know it is as inextricably linked to the history of printing as it is parallel to the evolution of criticism and the emergence of art movements. Thirty years later the state of the art press may be no less in question: the art periodical has received little popular or scholarly focus magazines are still influenced by new technology, academic whim and the fluctuating fortunes of the market and the realm of the ‘art press’ remains a wildly varied and shambolic place. The ‘art press’ was fêted in an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and Studio International published a special survey issue on ‘art magazines’, its cover emblazoned with a bright red, faux spray-painted question mark. In 1976 the art periodical experienced something of a bumper year. ![]() Adolf Meyer, Ein Versuchshaus des Bauhauses in Weimar (A Prototype of the Bauhaus in Weimar), 1923 ![]()
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