[1] The magazine was relaunched in Cornwall, UK in September of 2015 by the original publisher and co-founder, Derek Guthrie, and Daniel Nanavati with Tom Mullaney in Chicago.
Each section of the book begins with a new essay by the original editor of the pieces therein that reconsiders the era and larger issues at play in the local, national, and international art world when the works were first published.
It enjoyed a nearly three-decade long run, and since its founding in 1973 by Jane Addams Allen and Derek Guthrie, no art periodical published in the Windy City has lasted longer or has achieved the critical mass of readers and admirers that it did.
The critics and artists who wrote for the New Art Examiner, included Devonna Pieszak, Fred Camper, Jan Estep, Ann Wiens, Bill Stamets, Michael A. Weinstein, Adam Green, Robert Storr, Carol Diehl, Jerry Saltz, Eleanor Heartney, Betty McCasland, Carol Squiers, Janet Koplos, Vince Carducci, Danielle Probst, and Mark Staff Brandl.
[2] In 2008, Derek Guthrie visited Chicago, not long after the death of his wife Jane Addams Allen, to give a lecture.
The flurry of excitement prompted Terri Griffith and Kathryn Born to create an anthology to help a new generation understand the significance of the New Art Examiner.
Each section of the book begins with a new essay by the original editor of the pieces therein that reconsiders the era and larger issues at play in the art world when they were first published.