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About:
Aedra Fine Arts Publishing was founded in 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey and initially started as an artist community and curatorial organization hosting physical exhibits and artistic events across New Jersey. AFA evolved its focus on publishing an international catalogue with curatorial reviews on some of the finest established artists in the world. The AFA catalogue is published in three formats consisting of the AFA website, Substack page, and linen wrap hardcover books. In addition, the Titan Contemporary Journal also publishes articles but with a focus on philosophical interpretations of concepts surrounding contemporary art. Titan Contemporary Journal essays are published inside the linen wrap hardcover book editions of the Artist Feature Catalogue in addition to the AFA website. An international art publisher, AFA offers the public insight and analysis through scholarly essays on groundbreaking, innovative contemporary art.
How to Support Aedra Fine Arts Publishing:
The best way to support AFA is to purchase the Artist Feature Catalogue book volumes in either linen wrap hardcover or paperback editions. AFA remains mostly concerned about archiving the catalogue. We encourage readers to donate a copy of the paperback or hardcover catalogue to your local library, for sharing with others, in order to preserve the essays and art for many years to come. You can also support the operational endeavors of AFA by purchasing copies not only for yourself, but also for your professional and personal contacts. The catalogues also make for great gifts or reading material for long commutes for work or as a travel companion. Ideally, the Artist Feature Catalogue would be best served as archived in a professional or personal collection so as to be safeguarded to stand the test of time.
What is 'the catalogue'?
The AFA Catalogue is not a magazine but rather a collection of scholarly essays published in a hardcover artbook format as well as presented digitally in a manner similar to an exhibition catalogue. Only prize winners from AFA edition competitions are included in all formats of the catalogue, digitally and in print. The catalogue includes artists who have works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artists included in the catalogue have also been critically published by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, National Geographic, Financial Times, Newsweek, and The Guardian. There are also quite a few artists in the catalogue who are represented by some of the most respected galleries in the world. AFA editions include notable award achievers such as National Endowment for the Arts and Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant recipients as well as International Photography Awards (IPA) winners.
Administration:
Curator & Editor: Michael Athanasius Hanna
Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, United States
formerly based in Jersey City, New Jersey and Paterson, New Jersey
email: curator@aedrafinearts.com
