ARTH 701 - Contemporary Art: Swartz

A useful place to discover a broad range of materials on a given topic.

If you are studying something about craft in America, then this site will give you images and text materials

New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), includes the Frick Art Reference Library, library of the Brooklyn Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art Library

Free-access, digitized art, architecture, design and craft journals on the Internet

A project of the Asia Art Archive, this database is a compilation of publications about southern Asian nations.

Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) online catalogue raisonné, provided by the National Gallery of Art.

Digitized resources from several institutions, including Gallica - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Getty Research Institute, Heidelberg University Library, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Libraries, Library of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, The Warburg Institute University of London, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, Art Institute of Chicago, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library, Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative, Universidad de Málaga, The Menil Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Frick Art Reference Library, Getty Publications Virtual Library, Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives

access to all kinds of materials in their library and archives, including museum and library exhibitions (most helpful if you know the exhibition or artist you seek is located in their collection or was the subject of a show)

Archive of these two bibliographic databases in science, human, and social sciences created by the Inist-CNRS--use the language selection on the left to restrict to English language options.

Records of quilts and quilt collections

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's resource on the complete works of Robert Rauschenberg

A database of tall buildings produced by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH).

With over 20 million items in its continually growing collections, the Archives is the world’s largest and most widely used resource dedicated to collecting and preserving the papers and primary records of the visual arts in America.

A PBS series and educational resource about 21st century art.

120 video interviews with artists about a favorite artwork in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Interviews with artists and their associates to understand their use of materials.

A clearinghouse of video and media art.

Louisiana Museum in Denmark provides a wide range of videos on contemporary artists.

Avant-garde audio and video resources, including full examples of artworks.

Educational resource to access video art.

A massive searchable compendium of international archives and their holdings

The online catalogue for the French National Archives.

The Smithsonian Institution Libraries artists' files are an exceptional resource for art historical research. Often these files are the only obtainable sources of information on emerging regional and local artists.

The A&AePortal is an authoritative eBook resource that features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design.

Provides a range of general information, has a free subscription newsletter.

Listing of international exhibitions.

South African publication on international contemporary art.

Current international art events and exhibitions.

Articles and information on the international art world with an emphasis on the market and auctions.

Online magazine dedicated to visual and performing arts, also producing a subscription newsletter with headlines.

Artspace is the digital marketplace for fine art and design.

Art magazine skewing towards classical and medieval art with an excellent listing of current events in the calendar of its "What's On" section.

Online art magazine about LA Contemporary Art, includes access to the CARLA podcast.

Magazine on contemporary art, perspective based in Los Angeles.

A bimontly magazine based in Rome, focusing on international contemporary art.

Online portal connected to its print magazine with a calendar section providing detailed guide to exhibitions and art fairs.

Resources on photography, including collection development and funding for artists.

Online publication and community dedicated to electronic and New Media Art.

St. Louis-founded publication with an international perspective, includes essays, interviews, and articles.

Great, simple list of art historical periods/movements and their key characteristics.

Tate Art Museum website provides a useful database of terminology and vocabulary definitions.