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The ''Rail's'' print publication is published ten times a year and distributed to universities, galleries, museums, bookstores, and other organizations around the world free of charge.<ref name="auto"/> The ''Rail'' operates a small press called Rail Editions, which publishes literary translations, poetry, and art criticism. In addition to the small press, the ''Rail'' has also organized panel discussions, readings, film screenings, music and dance performances, and has curated exhibitions through a program called Rail Curatorial Projects. Notable among these exhibitions is "Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale that Society Has the Capacity to Destroy: Mare Nostrum" co-curated by Francesca Pietropaolo and Phong Bui, an official Collateral Event of the 2019 Venice Biennale, which ran at Chiesa delle Penitenti, Venice from May to November 2019.
== Mission ==
The ''Brooklyn'' ''Rail'' is committed to supporting artists in their journey and elevating the important role that the arts and humanities play in shaping our society.<ref
== History ==
Originally distributed as reading material for commuters on the L-train between Manhattan and Brooklyn, the ''Brooklyn Rail'' began as a small broadsheet with opinions printed in four columns in 1998.<ref>{{cite
By 2000, the journal had quickly grown into a full-format publication, with [[Phong Bui]] and then-editor [[Theodore Hamm]] sharing oversight duties. Bui comments that it's largely due to support from the arts community, and funding from art foundations, that has made it possible for the journal to maintain its creative autonomy. Hamm notes that the ''Rail's'' non-profit funding, largely provided by private donors, has preserved the magazine's original aspiration to publish "a crucible of slanted opinions, artfully delivered."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/history|title=The Brooklyn Rail|work=brooklynrail.org|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>
▲[[Theodore Hamm]] sharing oversight duties. Bui comments that it's largely due to support from the arts community, and funding from art foundations, that has made it possible for the journal to maintain its creative autonomy. Hamm notes that the ''Rail's'' non-profit funding, largely provided by private donors, has preserved the magazine's original aspiration to publish "a crucible of slanted opinions, artfully delivered."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/history|title=The Brooklyn Rail|work=brooklynrail.org|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>
Editors have included Williams Cole, Christian Parenti, Heather Rogers, Daniel Baird, Emily DeVoti, Alan Lockwood, Ellen Pearlman, Donald Breckenridge, Monica de la Torre, and many more.
As of 2017, the ''Rail'' has interviewed over four hundred artists. A compilation of artist interviews, called ''Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail,'' was published in 2017. Interviews include [[Richard Serra]] and [[Brice Marden]] to [[Alex Da Corte]] and [[House of Ladosha]]. The book was coedited by Jarrett Earnest and Lucas Zwirner and published through [[David Zwirner Books]] The collection includes an introduction by Phong Bui and a selection of hand-drawn portraits he has made of those he has interviewed over the years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Zwirner Books · Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail|url=https://davidzwirnerbooks.com/product/tell-me-something-good-artist-interviews-from-the-brooklyn-rail|access-date=2021-02-10|website=David Zwirner Books}}</ref> ▼
▲As of 2017, the ''Rail'' has interviewed over four hundred artists. A compilation of artist interviews, called ''Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail,'' was published in 2017. Interviews include [[Richard Serra]] and [[Brice Marden]] to [[Alex Da Corte]] and [[House of Ladosha]]. The book was coedited by Jarrett Earnest and Lucas Zwirner and published through [[David Zwirner Books]] The collection includes an introduction by Phong Bui and a selection of hand-drawn portraits he has made of those he has interviewed over the years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Zwirner Books · Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail|url=https://davidzwirnerbooks.com/product/tell-me-something-good-artist-interviews-from-the-brooklyn-rail|access-date=2021-02-10|website=David Zwirner Books}}</ref>
== Notable contributors ==
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*[[John Ashbery]]
*[[Dore Ashton]]
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*[[Charles Bernstein (poet)|Charles Bernstein]]
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*[[Thyrza Nichols Goodeve]]
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*[[Bob Holman]]
*[[Joan Kee]]
*[[Donald Kuspit]]
*[[Ann Lauterbach]]
*[[Ralph Lemon]]
*[[Jonathan Lethem]]
*[[Lucy Lippard]]
*[[Barbara London (curator)|Barbara London]]
*[[Paul Mattick Jr.]]
*[[Ann McCoy]]
*[[Jonas Mekas]]
*[[W. J. T. Mitchell]]
*[[Robert C. Morgan]]
*[[Eileen Myles]]
*[[Saul Ostrow]]
*[[Marjorie Perloff]]
*[[Harry Philbrick]]
*[[Francesca Pietropaolo]]
*[[Robert Pincus-Witten]]
*[[Joachim Pissarro]]
*[[Kristin Prevallet]]
*[[Carter Ratcliff]]
*[[Maura Reilly]]
*[[Barbara Rose]]
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*[[David Shapiro (poet)|David Shapiro]]
▲*[[Nancy Spero]]
*[[Lowery Stokes Sims]]
*[[Pamela Sneed]]
*[[Robert Storr (art academic)|Robert Storr]]
*[[David Levi Strauss]]
*[[John Yau]]{{colend}}▼
*[[Cole Swensen]]
*[[Cecilia Vicuña]]
*[[Jasmine Wahi]]
*[[Anne Waldman]]
*[[Amei Wallach]]
*[[McKenzie Wark]]
*[[Marina Warner]]
*[[Lawrence Weschler]]
*[[Peter Lamborn Wilson]]
*[[John Yau]]
== Projects ==
=== Rail Curatorial Projects ===
In 2013, the ''Brooklyn Rail'' established Rail Curatorial Projects, an initiative to manifest the journal's goals within an exhibition context. That same year, the ''Brooklyn Rail'' was invited by the Dedalus Foundation to curate an exhibition which resulted in ''Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year One'' (2013, Industry City),<ref>Smith, Roberta, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/07/arts/design/come-together-surviving-sandy-samples-300-artists.html?_r=0 "Art, A Balm After the Storm"] New York Times, December 12, 2013</ref> a momentous exhibition of hundreds of New York and Brooklyn artists. ''Come Together'' was named the #1 exhibition in New York City by [[Jerry Saltz]] in ''New York Magazine''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2013/top-10-art-shows/|title=The 10 Best Art Shows of the Year|website=NYMag.com|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> and in the [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']], [[Roberta Smith]] wrote, “This egalitarian show makes palpable the greatness of New York’s real art world.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/07/arts/design/come-together-surviving-sandy-samples-300-artists.html|title=
Since then, the Rail Curatorial Projects has curated a number of shows including ''Ad Reinhardt at 100'' at TEMP Art Space;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://curatorialprojects.brooklynrail.org/ad-reinhardt-at-100|title=Ad Reinhardt At 100 {{!}} Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects|website=curatorialprojects.brooklynrail.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2013/11/13/the-semi-secret-history-of-modernist-comic-artist-ad-reinhardt/|title=The Semi-Secret History of
In May 2019, the ''Rail'' was invited to curate an exhibition for the [[58th Venice Biennale|2019 Venice Biennale]]. The show was a continuation of 2017's ''OCCUPY MANA,'' curated by the Rail's [[Phong Bui]] and Italian art historian, critic and curator Francesca Pietropaolo, the show consisted of 73 different artists; with works discussing the social and ecological climate of our reality titled '
=== We the Immigrants ===
[[File:Julaug09.jpg|alt=Cover with image of 2 hands, the palms facing up|thumb|July/August 2009 cover]]
We the Immigrants is a project that at promotes and elevates [[immigrants]] in the many communities across America. It honors the artists and innovators who have immigrated to the U.S. and made an impact across the sciences, arts, and humanities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=We The Immigrants|url=https://brooklynrail.org/projects/we-the-immigrants/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=brooklynrail.org|language=en-us}}</ref> It is an ongoing online project, featuring links to Wikipedia pages and organizes immigrants along with their name, country of origin and year of birth in a checkered layout inspired by Zoom.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=
=== The New Social Environment ===
In March, 2020, as the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]] forced arts organizations and museums around the world to close their doors, the team at the Brooklyn Rail
== Rail Editions ==
Rail Editions is a press imprint of the ''Brooklyn Rail'' which publishes books of art, poetry, fiction, artists’ writings, works in translation, and more.
Previous titles include: ''On Ron Gorchov,'' (2008) edited by [[Phong Bui]]; ''Pieces of a Decade: Brooklyn Rail Nonfiction 2000–2010,'' (2010) edited by [[Theodore Hamm]] and Williams Cole; ''Texts on (Texts on) Art,'' (2012) a collection of essays by the art historian Joseph Masheck; ''The Brooklyn Rail Fiction Anthology 2,'' (2013) edited by Donald Breckenridge; ''Oh Sandy! A Remembrance,'' (2015), a collection of poems commissioned in the wake of superstorm Hurricane Sandy; ''Cephalonia,'' (2016) a narrative poem by [[Luigi Ballerini]]; ''Swept Up By Art,'' (2016) the second memoir of the art historian and critic [[Irving Sandler]]; and ''Our Book: Florbela Espanca Selected Poems,'' (2018) the first translation into English of Portuguese poet [[Florbela Espanca]]'s poetry.<ref name="store.brooklynrail.org">{{cite web|url=https://store.brooklynrail.org/store/category/83|title=Brooklyn Rail : Store : Rail Editions|website=store.brooklynrail.org}}</ref> Most recently two books have been published, ''Words Apart and Others''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.brooklynrail.org/store/product/1130|title=Brooklyn Rail : Store : Rail Editions : Words Apart and Others by Jonas Mekas|website=store.brooklynrail.org|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref>(2018) by Jonas Mekas as well as a companion of responses, ''Message Ahead'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.brooklynrail.org/store/product/1129|title=Brooklyn Rail : Store : Rail Editions : Message Ahead|website=store.brooklynrail.org|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref>▼
▲Previous titles include: ''On Ron Gorchov
=== Special editions ===
* River Rail (January 2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brooklyn Rail – An Independent Forum for Visual Arts, Culture, and Politics – RIVER RAIL|url=https://brooklynrail.org/special/RIVER_RAIL/|website=brooklynrail.org}}</ref>
*I Love [[John Giorno]] (June 2017)
*On the State of Art Criticism in Europe (May 2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brooklyn Rail – An Independent Forum for Visual Arts, Culture, and Politics – ART CRIT EUROPE|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/special/ART_CRIT_EUROPE/|website=www.brooklynrail.org}}</ref>
*[[Ad Reinhardt]] (January 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/special/AD_REINHARDT/|title=The Brooklyn Rail – An Independent Forum for Visual Arts, Culture, and Politics – AD REINHARDT|website=www.brooklynrail.org}}</ref>
== Reception ==
[[Robert Storr (art academic)|Robert Storr]] has called it "the murmur of the city in print."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=
Former ''[[The Nation|Nation]]'' publisher [[Victor Navasky]] considered it "a non-establishment paper that questioned the establishment's assumptions without falling victim to the counterculture's pieties."
For the late [[Nancy Spero]], the paper was "an eminently readable, informative, and intellectually wide-ranging publication, alert to current trends, controversies, and ideas, and filled with necessary information."<ref name="auto" />
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Poet [[John Ashbery]] has written: "how wonderful to have a new newspaper that cares about literature and the arts and isn't afraid to say so. The ''Brooklyn Rail'' is a welcome addition to the New York scene."<ref name="auto" />
American painter [[Alex Katz]] has said that the ''Rail'' "has the young energy that goes with the young people who come to New York to grow in the arts. It would be a bad city without it. If it wasn't for the ''Brooklyn Rail'', the city would be a desert.”<ref
In 2013 the ''Rail'' was awarded the Best Art Reporting by the [[International Association of Art Critics]], United States Section (AICA-USA).<ref>{{cite web|title=AICA Announces Best Show Awards for 2013
== See also ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Farago|first=Jason|date=2020-09-30|title=The Philip Guston Show Should Be Reinstated|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/arts/design/philip-guston-shows-open-letter.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-01-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news|last=Somaiya|first=Ravi|date=2015-11-02|title=The Hustle of Publishing Art News in the Postprint Era
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