“I owe you the truth in painting and I will tell it to you.” ~Paul Cézanne

 

 

Illustration: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519), Seated Woman, c. 1495. Coll: British Museum

ARTES, the fine arts magazine, continues to grow, reaching a broader, international audience. Working in partnership with organizations like Washington, D.C.-based Smithsonian Institution and International Arts & Artists, we are able to report on rarely-seen and unique collections that are being made available to smaller museums, academic institutions and libraries throughout the world. And, on the subject of overseas coverage, ARTES has come to rely on a cadre of international writer—some who are able to travel in search of art events, and some to live and work in exciting and intriguing corners of the world—to bring their perspective to the pages of ARTES.

So, with modest resources and a long reach, thanks to the enthusiasm of our army of critics, essayists, museum and academic professionals, we are able to provide an in-depth, thoughtful and colorful perspective on the world of fine art, architecture and design. Our ongoing passion for what ARTES represents in the virtual publishing world can be found in the thoughtfulness and integrity of the editorial content of the magazine each day. We are on track for seven-million hits in 2012, with enough content downloaded each month to constitute a small lending library. This kind of activity reflects on the quality of material we include on the ‘pages’ of the magazine, but also reflects magnificently on the integrity and value proposition that our readers are looking for.

Use our QR code to bookmark ARTES, a fine arts magazine, on your iPhone or other portable device and be certain to ‘friend’ us on our Facebook page. If you can curb your enthusiasm to 140 characters-or-less, Twitter is out there for you, too. And, as always, if you’re a writer with a specialty in art, architecture, design, or the cultural scene in general, consider this an open invitation to join the ranks of those who contribute regularly, and watch their visibility on the global art stage grow. You will be in good company…and may even find your own social networking site(s) getting a boost from the exposure that 150,000 motivated ARTES readers can provide.

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Thanks for reading,

Richard Friswell

Publisher & Managing Editor