Modern Painters is a monthly art magazine published in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 by Louise Blouin Media

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...

. The magazine is published 10 times per year; it includes profiles on two international artists per issue; columns by international contributors; interviews with and articles by contemporary art

Contemporary art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...

ists and curators; and information on exhibitions, books, performances, biennales and festivals.

Mission statement

Modern Painters is an international source of commentary and analysis of contemporary art

Contemporary art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...

 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...

. The magazine offers a direct and uncompromising approach to exploring art in every aspect along with photography

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

, film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

, architecture

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

, books, dance and design. It not only reports on, but helps to define and shape, important events and trends in the art and cultural worlds. Modern Painters provides a visually dynamic and empathetic voice to both readers steeped in the art world and those just entering it.

About Louise Blouin Media

Louise Blouin Media is an art magazine publishing company which was founded in 2001 by Louise Blouin MacBain

Louise Blouin MacBain

Louise Thérèse Blouin , is a French-Canadian magazine publisher and philanthropist. She is the CEO and President of Louise Blouin Media, and the founder and chairman of the Louise T Blouin Foundation.-Early life:...

. Other Louise Blouin Media's titles include Art+Auction

Art & Auction

Art+Auction is a monthly art magazine published in New York City by Louise Blouin Media. The magazine is published 12 times per year; it includes special features & art news stories, art & collector profiles, reviews & auction reports, calendar of art events, art market trends & insider market...

, Gallery Guide, and Culture+Travel magazines. ARTINFO (www.artinfo.com) is the online destination of Louise Blouin Media, which also owns Somogy, the global art book publisher.

External links

• Modern Painters magazine
• Art+Auction magazine
• Gallery Guide magazine
• Culture+Travel magazine
• Louise Blouin Media website
• ARTINFO.com
• The Louise T Blouin Foundation website (also contains information about the Louise T Blouin Institute)