It is. A Magazine for Abstract Art was published as a limited edition fine arts magazine between 1958 to 1965. Founded by the abstract expressionist sculptor Philip Pavia, who served as designer, editor and publisher, the magazine was intended to replace and extend the training and comraderie so many of the mid-century artists had enjoyed first in the Federal Art Project and, then, in the salon-inspired Eighth Street Club — also known as The Club — Pavia founded in 1948, and resigned from in 1958, seeking a third way to think and talk about art. The magazine was for artists by artists — sculptors, painters and the odd poet like Allen Ginsberg or musician like John Cage — and intended to provide a slower, more thoughtful forum for discussion, while actively championing emerging artists and already established ones.
