Two Art Publications’ Editors-in-Chief Step Down Within a Week of Each Other

Within one week of each other, Alison Cole of the Art Newspaper and Andrew M. Goldstein of Artnet News announced that they were resigning as their publications’ editors-in-chief.

Last week, Goldstein announced the end of his seven-year tenure at Artnet News in an email addressing his colleagues. “It has been the pride and privilege of my career to work with the extraordinary team of journalists at Artnet News,” Goldstein wrote, “and I owe them my deepest gratitude. In a time of constant, destabilizing change in the art world and the world at large, Artnet’s rigorous reporting has exposed the inner workings of the art market, helped guide the industry through the Covid pandemic, and chronicled the earth-shaking reckonings that the art establishment has faced when it comes to issues of racism, sexism, and colonialism.”

Goldstein was previously chief digital content officer at Phaidon until 2017, when he joined Artnet News. There, he hosted and oversaw the creation of the Art Angle podcast as well as the publication’s subscription news service Artnet Pro and its reported data analysis in the Artnet Intelligence Report. Goldstein also served as editor-in-chief at Artspace’s magazine and as executive editor of Artinfo.

“We also charted a path forward, shining the Klieg light of our audience on the artists, dealers, collectors, museum directors, and other innovators who are changing things for the better, and bringing the best art into the world,” Goldstein added. It isn’t clear where he is headed next.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the Art Newspaper announced Cole’s departure after five and a half years at the helm. She will, however, retain a position as editor-at-large.

Cole is leaving the publication to oversee a newly-created policy unit that will inform cultural policies in the arts and creative industries in the UK.

While at the Art Newspaper, the publication has continued to expand across print and online in the UK and the US. In its announcement of her departure, the publication said it has seen a peak in advertising revenues and circulation since Cole joined.

“Alison took on the challenging task of leading the newspaper’s cultural strategy and its success as the medium of record for the art world,” said the Art Newspaper‘s publisher Inna Bazhenova in a statement. “I look forward to our continued association with Alison as Editor at Large and wish her every success in her new endeavour.”