Edited by

Iain Boyd Whyte, University of Edinburgh, UK
Zoë Strother, Columbia University, USA

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Online ISSN: 1756-1310
Frequency: 3 times per year starting in March 2009

Western art and art practice have been tremendously enriched by indigenous practices across the globe, yet Western art history and theory have failed to engage adequately with the processes of globalization and cultural transmission that are transforming art markets as well as art itself. Charges of elitism, parochialism and conservatism have bedevilled the discipline, and to date no forum has existed for addressing many of the key issues shaping contemporary visual media and informing art and visual culture theory and history at more local levels. The voices of indigenous scholars who in many cases are best placed to provide informed commentary on local art practices have been largely absent from current debates, and classic works by major scholars have been unavailable to an English-speaking audience unable to read non-English texts.

Providing quality English language translations of seminal works presently available only in their source languages, Art in Translation redresses the balance. It offers a genuinely fresh perspective on global art practices, history and theory by tackling the English language hegemony that has long characterized art history and visual studies. Truly global in scope, the journal demonstrates the vitality of art historical and visual culture scholarship undertaken outside of English-speaking territories and cultures. No other forum or scholarly journal currently fulfils this groundbreaking aim.

Supported by generous funding from the Getty Foundation, the journal embraces all areas of the visual arts including painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, design and electronic media. It represents an essential contribution to a discipline in a state of radical transformation.

Submissions will be accepted by invitations.