8-507: The Arts Desk ( theartsdesk.com ) is a British arts journalism website containing reviews , interviews , news, and other content related to music , theatre , television , films , and other art forms written by journalists from a variety of traditional and web-based publications. It launched in September 2009 as a shareholder collective. In its launching year, it drew around 2000 daily visitors. From 2010 to 2013, its honorary chairman
16-457: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arts journalism Arts journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of the arts including, but not limited to, the visual arts , film , literature , music , theater , and architecture . Traditionally, journalists and critics writing about the arts have backgrounds in writing and the arts; apart from baccalaureate studies in literary criticism,
24-544: The change in focus from various arts to others due to arts journalism. In a study regarding arts journalism in American, French, German, and Dutch newspapers from 1955 to 2005, researchers found increased content on pop culture and cultural advertising, especially in American newspapers. Arts journalism is sometimes referred to as cultural journalism because art journalists often cover cultural events with artistic aspects and aesthetic influence. Their reports provide insight to
32-446: The general public. In short, art magazines can be either trade or consumer magazines, or both. There are also radio and TV features covering art topics. Arts journalism has been one method of discussing and engaging the public with the arts for over a century. Journals such as L'artiste, created in 1831, provided perceptions on exhibits and patterns of contemporary art in the nineteenth century, as well as art criticism. All over
40-558: The humanities, and art history, there is no other formal advanced journalistic training in this field. For instance, an art magazine is a publication with the main topic being art, and is contributed to by people from the practice of artmaking, curating, critical theory, or teaching, among other functions—whether they be institution-based, academy-based, or independent/self-taught. Such a magazine can be published in print, online, or both, and may be aimed at different audiences, including galleries, buyers, amateur or professional artists, and
48-459: The website's editors. Contributors to the website include Aleks Sierz and Adam Sweeting . Upon its launch, The Telegraph deemed it as one of the best culture websites on the internet. In 2012, it won an Online Media Award as the best specialist journalism site, jointly with the website for The Economist . Prospect magazine described it as "Britain’s first professional arts critics website". This entertainment website–related article
56-471: The world, journalists have reported on dancing, architecture, fine arts, and crafting to bring culture and art to readers. Today, arts journalism has an extended reach due to the impact of developing technology, such as social media. Some studies on arts journalism explore how technology has impacted the way the general public views art, an example being that performances are now videoed live and images can be instantly uploaded. Articles have been published on
64-407: Was John Tusa . Its contributing editors are made up by professional critics and veteran journalists who have worked for publications such as The Times , The Guardian , The Telegraph . They are freelance reviewers of art, music, dance and theatre, who post reviews online. In 2019, it signed a deal with JPI Media that would allow I news to feature arts reviews and other articles written by
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