The magazine was founded by James Clarence Hyde in 1902 as Hydes Weekly Art News and was originally published eleven times a year.
From vol. 3, no. 52 (November 5, 1904) to vol. 21, no. 18 (February 10, 1923), the magazine was published as American Art News. From February 1923 to the present, the magazine has been published as The Art News then ARTnews. Following this change in ownership, the magazine merged with Art in America in June 2015, owned by Brant Publication’s BMP Media Holdings, LLC.
The magazine has won the George Polk Award, the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, the National Headliner Award and the National Arts Club Distinguished Citation for Merit.
The ARTnews Top 200 list is released annually and contains the top individual art collectors from around the world based on interviews with collectors, curators, dealers, auction houses, and museums. Those on the list are also surveyed, and their responses are used to inform trends and provide data, such as a breakdown of where the top art collectors live (the United States).
Collectors on the list are profiled with a brief biography focused on the type of art that they collect (contemporary, post-war, modern, etc.) and include their city or cities of residence, a photo, their source of wealth and the years they have been on the Top 200 list, as many collectors are on it for multiple years.
According to artnews.com; en.wikipedia.org. Source of photos: internet
