Long-form reporting
3,000–8,000 words. Original research, field reporting, and access. The form the magazine is built around.
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The Journal of Art, Provenance, Science & Civilization
The Journal of Art, Provenance, Science & Civilization
For Contributors
Façinations commissions original reporting, essays, interviews, and visual work from writers, researchers, and photographers.
3,000–8,000 words. Original research, field reporting, and access. The form the magazine is built around.
Documentary work on attribution, authentication, restitution, and ownership history. Evidence-led.
1,500–5,000 words. Argument and synthesis across history, philosophy, economics, and science.
Extended conversations with directors, curators, conservators, scientists, and collectors.
Original photography from sites, laboratories, and collections. Drone and technical imaging welcome.
800–2,000 words. Scholarly and trade publications; major exhibitions and permanent rehangs.
Send a pitch of no more than 400 words describing the story, the evidence or access you have, and why it belongs in Façinations. Include two samples of prior work. We respond to proposals we intend to commission.
Every accepted piece is fact-checked. Contributors should expect to supply sources, contact details for interviewees, and documentation for factual claims. Quotations from published material are cited and kept short; we do not reproduce others' work.
Editorial contact
Address for pitches to be published with Issue No. 1.
Museums and research bodies proposing a Museum of the Month feature or an Earth Archives journey should write to the editors directly.