Artes (magazine)
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Artes was a Swedish cultural magazine about art
, music
and literature
started in 1975 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
and the Swedish Academy
. Samfundet De Nio
joined soon after. Artes was closed down in 2005 for economic reasons.
Official representative was Horace Engdahl
, as permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. Compared to younger magazines, Artes was known for its stability, genuine quality and as somewhat culturally conservative
.
The magazine produced about 600 pages per year in its four issue. The circulation was about 1500 copies at the end. There was also an English-language periodical, Artes International. Artes was financed by subscriptions and subsidies. The academies of music and arts stood for 90 000 Swedish krona
each per year, while Swedish Academy contributed the main part with 600 000 per year (about 55 000 EUR, 76 000 USD).
as editor. He opened it for advanced essays and held popular essay competitions. He did not avoid the esoteric and the magazine became of favourite of culturally interested readers. Sjöstrand also became a member of the Swedish Academy
in 1975. According to critic Curt Bladh, this gave him insight into the discussions preceding the Nobel Prize in Literature
and several prize winners were previously featured in Artes.
In 1989 Bengt Jangfeldt and Gunnar Harding took over the magazine and turned it into more of "an educational institution" according to Horace Engdahl.
Anna Brodow and Jan Arnald
took over as editors in 2001 and tried to increase the subscriptions and renew the content with more contemporary material. Anna Brodow commented that many of the magazines traditional readers were becoming too old for such heavy material. She also said that it was difficult to cover art, music and literature at the same time.
In April 2005 is was announced that the magazine would be closed at the end of the year. It cost too much and had too few readers according to Beate Sydhoff, permanent secretary of the Academy of Arts. It had lost its government funding a few years earlier because the owners were deemed too economically strong to get subsidies.
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
started in 1975 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
and the Swedish Academy
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...
. Samfundet De Nio
Samfundet De Nio
Samfundet De Nio is a Swedish literary society founded on 14 February 1913 in Stockholm by a testamentary donation from writer Lotten von Kraemer. The society has nine members who are elected for life. Its purpose is to promote Swedish literature, peace and women's issues. It mainly presents a...
joined soon after. Artes was closed down in 2005 for economic reasons.
Official representative was Horace Engdahl
Horace Engdahl
Horace Oscar Axel Engdahl is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997. He was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, i.e. its spokesman, from 1999 to June 2009, when he was succeeded by historian Peter Englund.-Biography:Engdahl was...
, as permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. Compared to younger magazines, Artes was known for its stability, genuine quality and as somewhat culturally conservative
Cultural conservatism
Cultural conservatism is described as the preservation of the heritage of one nation, or of a shared culture that is not defined by national boundaries. Other variants of cultural conservatism are concerned with culture attached to a given language such as Arabic.The shared culture may be as...
.
The magazine produced about 600 pages per year in its four issue. The circulation was about 1500 copies at the end. There was also an English-language periodical, Artes International. Artes was financed by subscriptions and subsidies. The academies of music and arts stood for 90 000 Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...
each per year, while Swedish Academy contributed the main part with 600 000 per year (about 55 000 EUR, 76 000 USD).
History
The magazine was started in 1975 with Östen SjöstrandÖsten Sjöstrand
Östen Sjöstrand was aSwedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975.-Biography:...
as editor. He opened it for advanced essays and held popular essay competitions. He did not avoid the esoteric and the magazine became of favourite of culturally interested readers. Sjöstrand also became a member of the Swedish Academy
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...
in 1975. According to critic Curt Bladh, this gave him insight into the discussions preceding the Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
and several prize winners were previously featured in Artes.
In 1989 Bengt Jangfeldt and Gunnar Harding took over the magazine and turned it into more of "an educational institution" according to Horace Engdahl.
Anna Brodow and Jan Arnald
Jan Arnald
Jan Arnald is a Swedish crime author and literary critic, internationally famous for writing under the pen name Arne Dahl. His writing can also be seen in the Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter...
took over as editors in 2001 and tried to increase the subscriptions and renew the content with more contemporary material. Anna Brodow commented that many of the magazines traditional readers were becoming too old for such heavy material. She also said that it was difficult to cover art, music and literature at the same time.
In April 2005 is was announced that the magazine would be closed at the end of the year. It cost too much and had too few readers according to Beate Sydhoff, permanent secretary of the Academy of Arts. It had lost its government funding a few years earlier because the owners were deemed too economically strong to get subsidies.
External links
- Official website defunct, archived on 2003-04-25