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The Art Journal/AJO Editorial Board invites nominations for the position of Reviews Editor for a three-year term, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028. The candidate may be an artist, art historian, art critic, art educator, curator, or other art professional; institutional affiliation is not required. Art Journal published quarterly by CAA, is devoted to twentieth- and twenty-first-century art and visual culture.

Working with the journal’s Editorial Board, the reviews editor is responsible for commissioning all book and exhibition reviews in Art Journal (approximately three per issue). The Reviews Editor selects books and exhibitions for review, commissions reviewers, and determines the appropriate length and character of reviews. The Reviews Editor also works with authors and CAA’s staff editors in the development and preparation of review manuscripts for publication. The person in this position is expected to keep abreast of newly published and important books and recent exhibitions in twentieth-century and contemporary art, criticism, theory, and visual culture. The three-year term includes membership on the Art Journal Editorial Board and an annual honorarium, paid quarterly.

The Reviews Editor attends virtual Art Journal/Art Journal Open Editorial Board meetings via Microsoft Teams in the spring and fall plus one onsite at the CAA Annual Conference in February each year, and submits an annual report to the CAA VP for Publications.  

Candidates must be current CAA members in good standing and should not be serving on the editorial board of a competitive journal or on another CAA editorial board or committee. Members may not publish their own work in the journal during the term of service. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Interested applicants—both self-nominated or nominated by someone else—should submit a CV and a cover letter as a single PDF document to Eugenia Bell, CAA Editorial Director.

Deadline: April 18