ARTINFO
Encyclopedia
Artinfo is the web site of Louise Blouin Media
, a cultural media group.
Artinfo focuses on coverage of the art world
and culture
with daily updates of breaking news, artist profiles, stories about collectors and collecting, gallery
round-ups from around the world, market trends and analysis, and coverage of art fair
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Louise Blouin Media
Louise Blouin Media is an art magazine, website and book publishing company which was founded in 2001 by Louise Blouin MacBain and is under the parent company LTB Holding. Louise Blouin Media's titles include Art+Auction, Gallery Guide, and Modern Painters magazines. ARTINFO is the online...
, a cultural media group.
Artinfo focuses on coverage of the art world
Art world
The art world is composed of all the people involved in the production, commission, preservation, promotion, criticism, and sale of art. Howard S. Becker describes it as "the network of people whose cooperative activity, organized via their joint knowledge of conventional means of doing things,...
and culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
with daily updates of breaking news, artist profiles, stories about collectors and collecting, gallery
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
round-ups from around the world, market trends and analysis, and coverage of art fair
Art fair
An art fair is a commercial exhibition that shows the work of artists or art dealers. Each entrant has to pay a fee.Art fairs are not to be confused with art exhibitions. Exhibitions are organised by curators....
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