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As mentioned on the Home page, there do not appear to be any academic or artistic journals whose primary focus is net art. This will hopefully change as the genre expands and ages; for now, it seems that most authors publish (and often self-publish) online. Nevertheless, the following journals have been known to publish reviews and analyses of net art on a somewhat regular basis, so they may be of interest.

Artforum International. (Monthly, 1962-present)
Artforum website.
The grand sire of younger art journals, Artforum continues to chronicle the changing face of new art, with an increasing focus on net art from 1996 to the present day. David Ross praises them for being one of the first paragons of high art culture to “get” net art, which did much to reverse the early prejudice displayed by art snobs.

WIRED. (Monthly, 1993-present)
WIRED website.
One of the few print publications to survive the 2000-01 boom.dot.bust, WIRED magazine continues to function as the Time/Newsweek of cyberculture, putting a user-friendly face on developments in hard technology and tech (and pop) culture alike. Cool & popular websites are regularly featured, some falling under the rubric of net art.

ON OFF / Net art online and in print. (Collaboration between the magazine Hvedekorn and the website afsnitp.dk.)
The title ON OFF alludes to the methodology of this collaborative effort: artists are represented by the work they have done both ONline (net art) and OFFline (tangible artifacts). The website currently hosts approximately 10 articles and 10 artworks (with a perhaps disproportionate focus on Mark Napier). The advanced student will find an extremely long list of links to further investigate.

Ars Electronica. (Annual, 1987-present). Portchester : Art Books International [distributor].
Ars Electronica website.
Ars Electronica’s annual journals (bound like books, and usually shelved as such) showcase the winners and runners-up of the annual Prix Ars Electronica competition, and in recent years the journals have included CDs and DVDs of the works described in the text. Though the broad focus includes films, audio recordings, live performances and works in other media, works of net art can be cherry-picked from each volume.

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