When reading Aperture and then Artforum I found that there were some differences. For one, Aperture is purely a photographic magazine when Artforum is a magazine that covers a lot of grounds in the art world. Maybe that is why I felt so overwhelmed when first flipping through Artforum. Everything feels somewhat stuffed into the issue and as a view I am bombarded with content and ads. However, in Aperture, the articles come one right after the other. This also reminds me of Artforum’s website. You can tell from the very start that Artforum is just so pregnant with information and some information that does not pertain to the actual magazine, when Aperture has visually economical website and with clear tabs at the header.

well, that and aperture just has a sweeter photo on the cover

An advantage to Artforum, though, is that it covers almost all bases of art, it has reviews on not only artist but openings as well. It covers books, fashion, and film when Aperture only covers photography and artist’s projects.