AMTD Group and The Technology Necessities Group are happy to announce the appointment of Julia Michalska as World Editor-in-Chief of The Artwork Newspaper, the worldwide artwork media firm based in 1990, with Benjamin Sutton taking the function of Editor-in-Chief, Americas. Each of them will change into members of a world editorial committee shaped to manipulate and monitor the worldwide content material and high quality of The Artwork Newspaper.
Since its inception 35 years in the past, The Artwork Newspaper has developed right into a multi-platform model that has upheld its status because the ‘journal of document’ for the artwork world.
Its output contains quite a lot of print publications, a broad on-line presence, podcasts, cell functions, stay occasions and model partnerships that incorporate main artwork festivals akin to Artwork Basel, Frieze, Zona Maco and Artwork Dubai, in addition to main public sale homes and galleries.
It’s now seeking to develop its attain globally by launching outposts in markets starting from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Los Angeles, Miami and Mexico Metropolis.
Julia will lead on world editorial technique, with particular oversight over UK, EMEA and Australia, whereas additionally being accountable for The Artwork Newspaper’s print and digital publications. Benjamin will lead on The Artwork Newspaper’s enlargement, together with editorial protection, in North and South America.
Julia has been with the corporate for practically 20 years, working her manner from Editorial Assistant to Deputy Editor and, most just lately, Interim Co-Editor. She performed an important function in The Artwork Newspaper’s digital evolution and launched its in style podcast The Week in Artwork and suite of newsletters.
“The Artwork Newspaper has a justified status for journalistic integrity and editorial excellence,” Julia Michalska, World Editor-in-Chief of The Artwork Newspaper, says. “Over my 18 years right here I’ve seen—and helped form—how we place ourselves on the forefront of this important, vibrant business. I’m extremely proud to have been chosen to steer this sensible publication, which has been an enormous a part of my life for therefore lengthy. I goal to be a custodian of The Artwork Newspaper’s outstanding legacy, whereas additionally innovating for its new, world future.”
Benjamin has been with the corporate for greater than three years, becoming a member of as Editor, Americas in 2021 following stints at a number of different artwork business publications going again greater than a decade. Since becoming a member of The Artwork Newspaper, he has expanded its attain in Canada and Latin America, whereas persevering with to steer its protection of US information. He additionally helped launch The Artwork Newspaper’s first bilingual English-Spanish particular version in Mexico earlier this yr.
“At a time when impartial media’s capability to carry reality to energy is beneath assault and ever-more important, I couldn’t be prouder of our crew’s tireless work to convey higher readability, consciousness and understanding to the artwork business,” Benjamin Sutton, Editor-in-Chief, Americas says. “We’re now ideally positioned to broaden our protection in tandem with the continuously increasing world artwork group.”
This announcement formally marks a brand new and a world editorial strategy that may proceed the publication’s success in a number of territories.
