Art Periodicals and their part in my downfall

I haven't written anything about Art journals, magazines or periodicals for this research assignment as I'm not the greatest multi-tasker. I know my idea was to read one a week and review it but I just haven't got round to it.

I have so far read Art Review and a weekly email I get called Art Info, but I really don't get it writing about Art is thus far a pretty closed book to me. I find reading about art does not really convey to me anything about the work even with pictures In fact since I started painting again I have started to actively disregard photos. It isn't really that surprising, I have never really been one for Magazines , my favourite form of mass media is radio, specifically Radio 4. I will endeavour though in fact in the couple of days of bus rides that I have been writing this during , I have bought 3 very different periodicals Which I will review eventually and probably post much later.

I did spend several weeks reading or at least leafing through a copy Art Review from the David Lynch article to the 25 Artists to look out for in the future. I can't really say very much about it because it was pretty unmemorable I never really did get into it, It seems really to be about glossy pictures and adverts revenue from galleries in New York and Germany. I mentioned the 25 artists because I found out that a friend of mine was an artist, I'd only ever seen him at parties and in the pub and to me the most notable thing was how he fancied my ex-girlfriend and how unpleasant it was for that he got mugged. Maybe my priorities are skewed for an Art student but the only thing that sticks out about what I read was what I found out about a friend and that David Lynch of the produces, as a hobby, art that gets publicity because he's famous for making films. I'm easily distracted I know, in fact I have a special report all about it, but I think anybody would have difficulty reading Art Review because of all the ads. I don't know how many times I got confused between ad and article but I think its a big part of why the magazine is sitting mournfully by my bed not and i keep pretending to myself that I'll read some more.