Art in the Rag Mags

Any doubts that art is in fashion are laid to rest by the November issues of “W” and “Men’s Vogue.” This month’s oversized “W” is “The Art Issue,” sporting yet another photo spread of Brice Marden‘s real estate. It contains some good reads: profiles of artworld movers and shakers such as Michael Govan, the Wildensteins and the Glimchers, and features devoted to such art stars as Jeff Koons, Lisa Yuskavage, Richard Prince, Bruce Nauman and (in a very non-minimalist mode) Richard Tuttle.
The cover of “Men’s Vogue” features two Hughs: actor Hugh Jackman and art journalist Hugh Eakin. Although unnamed on the cover, Eakin scores top billing there for his five-page “Raiders of the Lost Art”—reportage from Italy on that country’s antiquities recovery efforts.