"Philip Leider, the founding editor in chief of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11. He was ninety-six. His death was confirmed by his daughter Polly Leider. Taking the helm of the magazine from its inception in 1962, Leider made it his mission to separate the world of art from the world of commerce. Under his leadership, Artforum quickly became the most influential and widely respected art publication in the country."
"Leider wasted no time in articulating his ethos, one that would come to permeate Artforum. "Art and artists will flourish when an admiring public buys paintings because they love them," he wrote in the magazine's inaugural issue. "If the myth that buying art is a good investment (in the Wall Street sense) is perpetuated, the result can only be disaster for both.""
Philip Leider died on January 11 in Berkeley, California, at age ninety-six. He took the helm of Artforum at its inception in 1962 and prioritized keeping the world of art distinct from commercial investment. Under his leadership Artforum became a leading and widely respected American art publication. Leider was born in New York City in 1929 to Jewish immigrants and earned a BA in history and an MA in English Literature. He served briefly in the army, left law school, moved to San Francisco, worked as a social worker, and was hired as Artforum's only paid staffer in 1962. He warned against treating art primarily as a Wall Street investment.
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