In the pages of a magazine

I subscribe to and read (more or less) a number of the "art" magazines – Art in America, ArtNews, Art & Antiques, Art Papers, Artforum, etc. It's always a thrill to see an artist you know personally (or their work) in those pages. I would consider it a career highlight for any contemporary artist. But I've always thought, as a visual artist, a bigger thrill would be to have your work in a non-art-centric magazine. Imagine your painting prominently displayed (with proper credits) on the wall of a building featured in Architectural Digest. That would be a real coup. Or maybe in Dwell. Or how about a feature in something like Conde Nast, Rolling Stone, or Cosmopolitan?

With that in mind, you can understand my excitement when I was leafing through the newest New Yorker and saw, at page 33, a huge image of one of Amy Stein's photographs from her hugely acclaimed "Domesticated" series. Over the last couple of years, Laura has had some fantastic conversations with Amy. She has always been very open and honest with us. We have wanted to showcase her art here in Charlottesville, but, alas, she's just too big for that – in a good way. Her artistic success has many, many people calling for her and her work. Appearing in The New Yorker (a paid circulation of over 1 million copies) simply proves it.

Congratulations to Amy – she has hit the cross-over market and continues to wow an even bigger audience.