Art in Print

What Art in Print does

Art in Print was a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 2011 by Susan Tallman and Julie Bernatz in Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to addressing the persistent underrepresentation of printed art in the general art press. The organization's core product was a bimonthly journal featuring contemporary criticism, historical research, book and exhibition reviews, new edition coverage, and surveys of gallery, museum, workshop, and market news in the print art world. Across its nine-year run, Art in Print published 52 issues spanning 9 volumes, all archived on JSTOR for global scholarly access, and operated the Prix de Print, a recurring print competition open to artists with or without gallery representation.

The business model was donor-supported: operating revenue derived primarily from institutional foundation grants (including the National Endowment for the Arts, The Malka Fund, The Dedalus Foundation, The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the IFPDA Foundation) supplemented by smaller donations, individual supporter contributions, and limited Benefit Edition print sales at $250-$350 through ETC-Industries / C. Editions Chicago. Distribution was multi-channel: print issues were sold individually via MagCloud, while digital access and archival content were provided through JSTOR and the organization's website, artinprint.org. Audience segments included artists, curators, scholars, collectors, and general art viewers, served globally across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and South America.

The publication ceased active operations with its November-December 2019 issue, leaving the 9-volume JSTOR archive as its lasting institutional asset. The organization had approximately 17 employees and no parent company, subsidiaries, or venture capital involvement, consistent with a mission-driven, independently operated arts non-profit.

Name

Art in Print

Legal name

Art in Print

Website

https://artinprint.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Art in Print was a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that published a bimonthly journal dedicated to prints and printmaking from 2011 to 2019, serving artists, curators, scholars, and collectors globally through JSTOR and MagCloud distribution.

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Product category

Art & Printmaking Journalism

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Art, Photography & Illustrated Books Publishing (MPAJAAAF)

Keywords

• Art journal publication
• Printmaking criticism
• Limited edition prints
• Fine art publishing
• Print competition

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

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Distribution channels3 records

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Core offering

Art in Print was a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that published a bimonthly journal dedicated to prints and printmaking, released in both print and digital form. Beyond the journal, it produced Benefit Editions—limited-edition fine art prints sold to support the publication's mission—and ran the Prix de Print, a recurring bimonthly print competition, while commissioning Artists' Projects for inclusion in the journal.

Product overview

Art in Print was a bimonthly print and digital journal dedicated to printed art, operating from 2011 to 2019. The core product was the journal itself (52 issues across 9 volumes), which featured feature articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, new edition reviews, and market news surveys. The publication also offered Benefit Editions—limited edition art prints sold to support the organization's mission—and operated the Prix de Print, a bimonthly print competition serving artists globally. All Volumes 1-9 are available via JSTOR.

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Products and services

• Art in Print Journal A bimonthly scholarly and critical journal covering original prints and printmaking, distributed in print via MagCloud and digitally through JSTOR, aimed at artists, scholars, collectors, and institutions interested in print art.
• Benefit Editions Limited-edition fine art prints produced in connection with the journal and sold to collectors and patrons to support the organization's non-profit publishing mission.
• Prix de Print A recurring bimonthly print competition hosted by Art in Print, open to printmakers internationally as a programming complement to the journal.
• Artists' Projects Commissioned artists' projects featured within journal issues, showcasing original print-based work by contemporary artists as part of the editorial program.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ETC-Industries / C. Editions ChicagominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArtists Tucker Nichols and Matt Magee donated artwork for Benefit Editions sold through ETC-Industries / C. Editions Chicago to support Art in Print's mission.
• Gallery 16 Editions, San FranciscominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGallery 16 Editions published the Tucker Nichols Benefit Edition for Art in Print.

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Direct peers

• Cabinet Magazine: Independent quarterly magazine on art, culture, and ideas, founded in 2000 and similarly published as a non-commercial cultural publication with thematic issues. Comparable to Art in Print as a small-staff, mission-driven arts periodical that suspended print publication.
• Parkett: Swiss independent art magazine that collaborated directly with contemporary artists on co-produced editions and insert projects. Its artist-collab and limited-edition print business model closely mirrors Art in Print's commissioned artists' projects and Benefit Editions.
• Print Quarterly: UK-based scholarly journal dedicated to prints and printmaking, publishing peer-reviewed research on old master and modern fine-art prints. It is the most direct functional peer to Art in Print, occupying the same niche of print art scholarship with a similar critic- and scholar-led editorial model.

Broad incumbents

• Apollo Magazine: Long-established monthly art magazine covering the visual arts from antiquity to the present, including regular print and collecting coverage. A broader incumbent that periodically covers print art but is not dedicated to it, comparable as a generalist art criticism venue serving collectors and curators.
• Artforum: Leading contemporary art magazine covering criticism, reviews, and feature essays with global distribution. A broad incumbent whose contemporary criticism coverage overlaps with Art in Print's editorial remit but at much larger scale and with a focus on contemporary visual culture rather than prints specifically.
• ARTnews: Long-running American art publication covering the global art market, exhibitions, and collecting. A broad incumbent whose market-news surveys and exhibition coverage overlap with Art in Print's "gallery/museum/workshop/market news surveys" format.
• Frieze: Major international contemporary art magazine and events brand with multiple regional editions and a print quarterly. Comparable to Art in Print as a contemporary art publication with international distribution, but broader in scope and event-driven in business model.
• Art in America: Historic American monthly art magazine covering contemporary art, criticism, and reviews that suspended its print edition in 2020. A broad incumbent with comparable audiences of curators and scholars and a similar trajectory of print-edition contraction.
• The Burlington Magazine: One of the world's oldest continuously published art journals, covering Western art history including prints and works on paper. A scholarly incumbent with overlapping curatorial and historical-research audiences but a much broader scope than Art in Print.

Emerging players

• Juxtapoz: Monthly art magazine focused on lowbrow, contemporary, street, and pop-surrealist art, with strong print and limited-edition culture. An emerging player with partial overlap in print-collector and limited-edition audiences, though focused on a different visual culture niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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