by the police and military during the George Floyd protests in 2020 as well as on migrants on the US-Mexico border is the same brand of tear gas manufactured by Defense Technology, a subsidy of Safariland. A wave of artists from the Biennial, including Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, Nicole Eisenman and Nicholas Galanin, demanded immediate removal of their work from the Biennial within hours after the essay was published. After mounting pressure from artists, critics, and gallerists urging the public to boycott the show, Kanders stepped down from his leadership position at the museum. The essay was instrumental in his resignation, and in the museum cutting ties with Kanders' financial endowments that were directly connected to the promotion and use of military weaponry and violence during peaceful social unrest. In December 2022, Artforum was acquired by Penske Media. On Artforum A book by Amy Newman chronicling the early history of the magazine, Challenging Art: Artforum 1962–1974, was published by Soho Press in 2000. Sarah Thornton's documentary book Seven Days in the Art World (2008) contains a chapter titled "The Magazine" which is set in the offices of Artforum. In it, Thornton says, "Artforum is to art what Vogue is to fashion and Rolling Stone was to rock and roll. It’s a trade magazine with crossover cachet and an institution with controversial clout." Notable contributors Hilton Als Walter Darby Bannard Dodie Bellamy Andrew Berardini Maurice Berger Hannah Black Yve-Alain Bois Lizzie Borden Dennis Cooper Arthur C. Danto John Elderfield Manny Farber Hal Foster Michael Fried Christopher Glazek RoseLee Goldberg Nan Goldin Kim Gordon Clement Greenberg Tobi Haslett Dave Hickey A. M. Homes Gary Indiana Donald Judd Max Kozloff Rosalind Krauss Rachel Kushner Thomas Lawson Lucy Lippard Greil Marcus Annette Michelson Robert Morris (artist) Sarah Nicole Prickett Barbara Rose Roberta Smith Robert Smithson Amy Taubin Edmund White Editors-in-chief David Velasco (January 2018–) Michelle Kuo (September 2010–December 2017) Tim Griffin (September 2003–Summer 2010) Jack Bankowsky (September 1992–Summer 2003) Ida Panicelli (March 1988–Summer 1992) Ingrid Sischy (February 1980–February 1988) Joseph Masheck (March 1977–January 1980) In February 1977 Nancy Foote operated as the managing editor without a head editor John Coplans (January 1972–January 1977) Philip Leider (June 1962–December 1971) (Philip Leider left the magazine at the end of the Summer 1971 issue, but remained on the masthead until December 1971) References Further reading External links Artforum website Contemporary art magazines Magazines established in 1962 Magazines