the end of artonpaper magazine
…at least for now.
Quotes from an email written by the co-publishers of artonpaper magazine…
“Forty years after the founding of the Print Collectors Newsletter, our predecessor, it is with great sadness that we announce the temporary closure of artonpaper magazine.
Emotionally, this has been very hard for us. We know, for instance, that the magazine’s absence will leave an important segment of the art world – namely, publishers of limited editions prints, multiples, and artists’ books – unattended at a difficult time. Nevertheless, all of our efforts to ride out the recession (reducing the magazine’s size and thereby cutting our printing costs in half, laying off staff, creating other revenue streams) have proved inadequate in compensating for the 65% drop in advertising revenue we experienced over the past year and a half.
We want you to know that we did not go gently. In addition to making drastic changes to our daily operations, and exploring a variety of long-term strategic options, we also spent six months looking for new financing, possibly even a new owner. We set January 15, 2010 as a final deadline. When that date arrived without an investment, we had to close shop.
It is certainly our hope that six to twelve months from now, when the economy has improved, someone new will come along and revive the publication, either in print or digital form.”
A sad day for printmaking indeed.
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Just heard the rumor, now the confirmation… What a loss.
This is terrible news.
It was one of the national publications open to submissions. They would print info about editions from unknown shops and individuals. What shall unite us now?
Very sad indeed but the magazine in my opinion is totally viable if run properly. Art magazines are international by the nature of the content but trying to get a hold of Art on Paper outside of the US was like pulling teeth. You could wait six months for a copy in the UK through the subscription and it wasn’t available in any store in Europe!
Very sad. I am a subscriber and have been for years. This is a hard time for all magazines. Viability of AOP in the best of times must not be in the numbers if they couldn’t find a buyer for the concept/company.
One of my favorite reads. A sad say indeed.
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I’m sad to hear that; not two days ago, I found out about these guys and bought a magazine.
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