Research Guides: Where to Find Resources (by type): Websites for Contemporary Art / Artists

Recommended Websites

Contemporary Art / Artists / Exhibitions

Art 21
PBS's list of artists in this ongoing program
Arts in Context
searchable directory of modern to contemporary artists, links, contact info and gallery representation
Artists Documentation Program
interviews with contemporary artists
Asia Art Archive
Wide range of documentation, including the personal archives of significant artists, educators, and art professionals, key exhibitions and art spaces on contemporary art in Asia. Many collections are digitized.
Axis Contemporary UK art & craft
Includes lists of artists, writings, events in the UK.
Biennials & other regular art events
tracks international biennial and triennial exhibitions
Burlington Contemporary
Free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art, published by The Burlington Magazine including weekly reviews of exhibitions and books, written by leading critics, artists and scholars.
Catalogues Raisonnés
database of published catalogues raisonnés and one of catalogues in preparation
Craft in America
PBS's resources about contemporary craft artists in this ongoing program
e-flux video & film
conversations, lectures, and symposia at e-flux, featuring some of the most interesting artists and thinkers of our times.
Getty Union List of Artists Names
list includes 190,000 artists; gives the names of other bibliographic resources that will tell more about the artist
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.
MoMA Exhibitions
Exhibitions from MoMA's founding in 1929 to the present are available online.
Visualist
Chicago visual arts calendar

Art History

ArtHist : H-Net Information network for art history
e-mail discussion list for European art history plus many other e-resources, associations, libraries and institutes
Dictionary of Art Historians
biographical dictionary of historic scholars, museum professionals and academic historians of art
Getty Research Portal
Free online search platform providing worldwide access to an extensive collection of digitized art history texts from a range of institutions
Illinois Women Artists Project
Resources & lesson plans.

Blogs

a-n Artists Talking
blog for practices of contemporary UK visual artists
Art21 Magazine
companion to video series on contemporary art
Bad at Sports
a weekly podcast, a series of objects, events, and a daily blog produced in Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit and New York City
Hyperallergic
forum for playful, serious, and radical perspectives on art and culture in the world today

Artist Copyright Resources

Film Screening Copyright Resources

Films and videos from library collections are primarily for educational use (classroom screenings and personal research) and as a general rule libraries do not have performance screening rights for the movies they own. Links below are useful in understanding copyright issues and film screenings.

Performance Rights for Copyrighted Videorecordings
University of Buffalo's Performance Rights for Copyrighted Videos
Public v. Private
Mt. Holyoke University's Resources on whether a screening is public or private to determine permission to screen.