American Art Collector

I read through the last issue of American Art Collector and found it a very interesting comparison to Art Forum. It seemed to serve many of the same functions as Art Forum yet also seemed to speculate on an entirely different market. While Art Forum has articles and ads being taken out by the more elite galleries and focusing on the top tier of artists and their doings, American Art Collector focuses on a sub tier of mostly representational, formal, historicist work. American Art Collector makes the collector hard pressed to find any sculpture, installation, or really any avant-garde conceptual work. American Art Collector is really a representational painting collector's magazine and doesn't deliver any of the high end intrigue that surrounds the pages of Art Forum. It is however very practical, including charts showing various artists' pricing changes over the years. It really attempts to be a simple, straightforward guide for the rich, traditionally-minded collector who doesn't have much time.