The magazine shelves devoted to art are this month groaning under a new arrival with the intriguing title of Turps Banana, writes Matthew Tempest.
Unlike its rivals in the glamorous but niche contemporary art market, Turps Banana's unique selling point is that it is written by painters, for painters.
Indeed, one of the two co-editors is Marcus Harvey, one of the Young British Artist generation of Goldsmith's graduates from the 1980s, and most famous for his 1997 contribution to the Royal Academy Sensation exhibition.
That consisted of a 10ft by 13 ft canvas of the infamous police mugshot of child-killer Myra Hindley, composed entirely of children's handprints.
But don't let that tabloid notoriety put you off - the magazine stands out from its rivals for focusing exclusively and seriously on painting, hence its peculiar name. The debut issue contains features on Richard Diebenkorn, Luc Tuymans, and, perhaps inevitably given its genesis, Damien Hirst writing on the act of painting.
It has rivals, but Frieze, a highly influential and esoteric read, also devotes a great deal of space to film and design, while many feel the long established Modern Painters has moved away from its core audience of practising artists towards a more mainstream, broadsheet newspaper audience.
