Art-Rite

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Art-Rite Auction House communicates with its audience by sharing and narrating the history of art through the works of modern and contemporary Italian and international artists presented in the catalogues.

Art-Rite’s editorial perspective was self-characterized as “coverage of the uncovered,” a notion that informed all facets of the magazine, across its writing, design, and photography. This approach allows the public to access different artistic contexts, promoting artistic movements and trends. The cover artists were usually from an older generation than the editors or already had at least some reputation. Vito Acconci, Kathy Acker, Bas Jan Ader, Laurie Anderson, John Baldessari, Gregory Battcock, Lynda Benglis, Mel Bochner, Marcel Broodthaers, Trisha Brown, Chris Burden, Scott Burton, Ulises Carri? The thirteenth issue of legendary 1970’s artist publication Art-Rite, guest edited by Alan Suicide [aka Vega].undated, but late 1977), twenty-four pages crammed with cheerful, fluid drawings evoking commercial illustration of the ’50s.

Among them were Walter Robinson, his roommate Joshua Cohn, and Edit DeAk, a Hungarian immigrant living with her husband, artist Peter Grass, in a 3,500 square foot loft on the top floor of 149 Wooster Street in Soho. Although Art-Rite eventually carried ads, it was distributed free, with stacks left at the front windowsill of galleries. She would hurry through the office, laughing, vivid, bright-clothed, Hungarian, making herself briefly focal before she and Ingrid would run out to a gallery, a studio, a bar.

Published simultaneously in two editions, one with black cover text and one with red, containing substantial interior differences. We were riding on the absurdity of the situation—that we were three nobodies, had no money, had no fame, and didn’t know anybody in the art world. Doherty, Genesis P-Orridge, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, Judy Pfaff, Lil Picard, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Rifka, Dorothea Rockburne, Ed Ruscha, Robert Ryman, David Salle, Carolee Schneemann, Richard Serra, Jack Smith, Patti Smith , Robert Smithson, Holly Solomon, Naomi Spector, Nancy Spero, Pat Steir, Frank Stella, Al an Suicide (Vega), David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, Hannah Wilke, Robert Wilson, Yuri, and Irene von Zahn. January 1977), mostly a group of found photographs invoking speed, violence, and rock ’n’ roll, and Kim MacConnel’s no.