{"product_id":"art-and-artists-june-1966-venice-biennale-number","title":"Art and Artists — Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1966 (Venice Biennale Number)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagazine, 21 × 28 cm, 90 pages, illustrated throughout in black-and-white and colour, softcover with original wrappers. Good vintage condition: light creasing, edge wear, rubbing, minor tears to the spine, and age toning throughout. Original Rowney Cryla Colours advertisement to rear cover. Internally clean and complete. Wear consistent with a magazine that has been read, stored, and retained for nearly sixty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark early issue of \u003cem\u003eArt and Artists\u003c\/em\u003e, the influential British magazine founded by Mario Amaya in 1966. Published to coincide with the 33rd Venice Biennale, this special Venice Biennale Number captures a pivotal moment when Pop Art, Minimalism, Colour Field painting, and New York’s expanding influence were reshaping international contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe striking cover reproduces Roy Lichtenstein’s comic-book imagery, signalling the arrival of Pop Art as an international language rather than a purely American phenomenon. Inside are substantial features on Lichtenstein, Anthony Caro, Andy Warhol’s \u003cem\u003eClouds\u003c\/em\u003e, Helen Frankenthaler, Peter Phillips, Gerald Laing, Carl Andre, and the growing presence of American artists in Venice. The issue also reflects on the changing relationship between galleries, museums, and the international exhibition circuit during one of the defining decades of post-war art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than functioning as a conventional exhibition catalogue, this magazine documents contemporary art while it was still becoming history. It records artists before their market canonisation and captures critical debates surrounding Minimalism, Pop, and abstraction as they unfolded in real time. Today, these early issues have become increasingly desirable as primary source material for collectors, curators, and researchers interested in the emergence of the contemporary art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete early issues of \u003cem\u003eArt and Artists\u003c\/em\u003e in presentable condition have become steadily less common, particularly special editions devoted to major international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale. Their significance has grown alongside renewed interest in post-war art publishing and the magazine culture that shaped critical discourse during the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art and Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53783327375698,"sku":"LICHTENSTEIN-ARTARTISTS-INV-1966","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Lichtenstein_Roy_etc._ART_AND_ARTISTS_JUNE_1966_VOLUME_ONE_NUMBER_THREE._1966_front.jpg?v=1781759773","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/art-and-artists-june-1966-venice-biennale-number","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}