ARTFORUM V.S. ARTnews

    When going to a bookstore, I usually stops at the art magazine section. Few times I really pick up the ARTFORUM. With the square shapes and countless advertisements, it looks more like the classified adds in a newspaper for me.
     Compare to ARTFORUM, I think ARTnews definitly meets more of the standards for an art magezine. First it is not a square, looking more like a magazine. Instead of huge pictures dominating the pages with little texts in the bottom, the texts in ARTnews looks more like real articles, more abvious and readable. Even though there are many adervertisements in ARTnews too, they still only take less than 60% of the whole magazine. While I feel like in ARTFORUM it is more than 80%. ARTnews is more affordable for college students too. Instead of $10 per issue like the ARTFORUM, ARTnews is $6. When reading ARTnews, I feel I was learning more about the contemporary art world from the collectors and curators point of views. It is better than only able to skan through all the time for the coming exhibitions I will probably not see.