Secondly artists were almost never asked to write about their art making and artwork the founder of Leonardo was told “if you have to plug it in, it isn’t art”.Until the end of WWII academic publishing was carried out by Academies of Art and Academies of Science, and other non-profits such as some Universities, not by commercial publishers.When Leonardo Journal was founded by Frank Malina, at Pergamon Press, it was different in a number of desirable ways: As part of this ISAST is carrying out a strategic review to try and understand the future of academic publishing.
Roger Malina is stepping down as Executive Editor of Leonardo publications after 40 years of volunteer labor.
