27 Publications that Pay for Writing about Art & Design

Today, for our latest roundup of publishers, we have a list of 27 publications that pay for writing about art & design.

We’ve researched payment rates, pitch guidelines, and more, to help you connect with the right editor.

If you want to browse even more opportunities, be sure to check out our database of over 1,500 publishers that pay writers. It’s easily searchable, and includes thousands of listings just like the ones below.

Want to learn the art of pitching in seven days? Then check out our brand new pitching course.

1. Curationist enables users and communities to seek, find, and reimagine cultural heritage through their vast archives of open access images, radical work with metadata, and editorial features shining light on marginalized histories of art and objects. They seek proposals for their editorial features and want to hear from arts writers, artists, historians, curators, librarians, archivists, and anyone in the GLAM field. The editorial features critically investigate and contextualize the Works in open access archives. According to their guidelines, they pay $1500 (aiming for ~1500 words). To learn more, refer to this page.

2. Hyperallergic is an art blog, covering visual artists from around the world. They look for “fresh perspectives from freelance contributors, especially those who come from historically marginalized communities.” They publish art reviews, reported stories, interviews, photo essays, opinion pieces, and more. According to their pitch guide, their standard base rates are $250 for short reviews, essays, and articles (400-600 words) and $500 for longer reviews, features, essays, and reported stories (800+ words).

3. Rhizome champions born-digital art and culture through commissions, exhibitions, scholarship, and digital preservation. They publish writing by artists and specialists for an art-interested audience. They accept pitches for articles that offer new research and perspectives on works in two of their categories: ArtBase and #Artist Profiles. According to their guidelines, rates are $250 for Artist Profiles and $0.50-$0.75/word (up to 1500 words) for articles about works in the Rhizome ArtBase. To learn more, refer to this page.

4. Ceramics Monthly is dedicated to studio ceramics and clay-based art. Writers are welcome to submit to any of the magazine’s numerous departments, which cover everything from studio visits to craft tips. According to their submission guidelines, they pay $0.10 per word for Topical Articles, Profiles, Technical Articles, and Exhibition Reviews. Techno File and Glaze articles are paid a flat fee of $250.

5. Pixlr Blog features content about “mobile photography, graphic design, and anything else that feels like it fits.” According to their submissions page, they pay $200 per post. They pay higher rates for in-depth, tutorial-style content. To learn more about them, visit their blog.

6. Clip Studio Paint is a software for drawing and painting. They look for artists who can create text tutorials with explanatory images (or video tutorials) using their software, Clip Studio. They want tutorials on the following art styles: “concept art, watercolor, oil painting, matte painting, landscape, scenery, graphic design, editorial illustration.” According to their guidelines page, payment varies from $300 to $900.

7. Cornelia Magazine is “a visual arts review magazine for Western New York, USA and Southern Ontario, Canada.” As per their website, they look for “feature-length articles (1500-2000 words) on visual arts-related topics” that have some connection to their region, current exhibitions, or current events that impact visual arts in their region. ​​According to their pitch guide, they pay $450 per article.

8. First American Art Magazine’s goal is to foster a “critical dialogue about Native art. ” They aim to bridge the gap between academia and the general public. They present the arts from an indigenous perspective. Payment rates are not stated publicly. Word count for editorials is 600 – 700 words on one page, 1,000 – 1,200 words on two pages while for features word count is 2,000 – 3,500. They only want submissions from established experts in the field. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.