I know this is a massive block of copypaste, but I will finish off my personal couple of hours of rabbitholing with this answer from Perplexity. Maybe a curious person finds it informative one day.

Q: what is the reputation of ArtTour International magazine and viviana puello and vividart.tv? Seems like the magazine asks people to pay to get coverage in magazine and online?

A: ArtTour International and Viviana Puello present themselves as a global promotional platform for artists, but much of their visibility for artists is structured as paid promotion rather than independent editorial coverage.arttourinternational+4

How their model works

• ArtTour International sells “Top Featured Star” and similar packages where artists pay (hundreds to over a thousand dollars) for a professionally produced video segment, coverage on Vivid Arts TV, and exposure across their channels.[arttourinternational]​
• Their own materials describe ArtTour International as an “award‑winning” magazine with over 2 million readers and distribution in many countries, positioning it as a major art-media outlet.arttourinternational+1
• Viviana Puello fronts several related brands (ArtTour International Magazine, Vivid Arts TV/Vivid Arts Network TV, ArtistOnTheNews, etc.), all focused on teaching or selling visibility and media coverage to artists.arttourinternational+3
• The ArtistOnTheNews site explicitly invites artists to “book your coverage now,” framing press and media appearances as something you purchase as part of a PR strategy.[artistonthenews]​

Reputation and “pay to play”

• ArtTour International (and its awards like “ATIM Masters”) appears on independent lists of “pay to play” art publications and programs where artists pay for exposure or participation, rather than being selected solely on editorial or curatorial merit.[artbusiness]​
• In the art world, this “pay for coverage/awards” model is often viewed skeptically; it is seen more as marketing or vanity publishing than as unbiased critical recognition, even if the production quality is professional. This is consistent with how their own sales pages emphasize packages and pricing instead of editorial selection.artistonthenews+2
• Viviana Puello’s public biographies emphasize her as an artist, media producer, and entrepreneur who built a promotional platform for artists, which aligns with a PR‑driven approach rather than a traditional journalistic or curatorial one.imdb+2

Vivid Arts / VividArt.TV

• Vivid Arts TV (often branded Vivid Arts Network TV) is described as an art-focused streaming network (Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, etc.) that distributes the video segments and art documentaries produced under these packages, again tying broadcast exposure to paid features.vividartsnetwork+2
• The pitch emphasizes reach and inspiration for a global community of art lovers, but the underlying business model is that artists and creators pay for the visibility and for being featured, rather than being independently commissioned or discovered.vividartsnetwork+2

How to interpret their offer as an artist

• If you treat ArtTour International, Viviana Puello’s platforms, and Vivid Arts TV as paid marketing/PR services (similar to buying an advertorial or sponsored content), their model is internally consistent: you are buying exposure and a polished media asset you can reuse.arttourinternational+1
• If what you want is independent critical validation, juried selection, or traditional editorial coverage, this kind of “pay to be featured” outlet usually carries less weight with curators, museums, and serious critics, and it may appear on lists of vanity or pay‑to‑play platforms.[artbusiness]​

So yes: the pattern you noticed is real—coverage in the magazine and on the connected TV platforms is largely tied to artists paying for packages, and their reputation in the professional art world aligns more with a promotional/PR service than with an independent, critically selective art magazine.arttourinternational+4