Artforum Archive This link opens in a new windowProQuest's Artforum Archive offers electronic access to the backfile of Artforum magazine (later Artforum International), the premier magazine for international contemporary art, from its first issue in 1962 to 2020. Artforum has covered the full range of contemporary art in all media from painting, sculpture, and installation, through to body art, video/audio art, and performance art. It also covers adjacent cultural forms such as architecture, film, fashion, photography, and music. The content is digitized as full-page, color images, with searchable text.