And now for something completely different
http://www.nber.org/books/gale08-1/
This Web page gives access to the full pre-publication text of the forthcoming book 'And Now for Something Completely Different: Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art' by David W. Galenson (Department of Economics, University of Chicago). Galenson specialises in examining the art world from the perspective of economics and markets. The website states that the book will be "forthcoming from Cambridge University Press". Chapters are provided as PDF files. Chapter titles include: 'You Cannot be Serious: The Conceptual Artist as Trickster'; 'Painting by Proxy: The Conceptual Artist as Manufacturer'; and 'The State of Advanced Art: The Late Twentieth Century and Beyond', among others. This book may be useful for those seeking an overview of the 20th century avant-garde from the perspective of the complex interactions between individual creativity and relatively free markets.
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Armory show
http://www.thearmoryshow.com/
This is the website of The Armory Show, an annual exhibition and art fair held at the Armory in New York since 1999. The website has information about the history and development of the event as well as visiting information. There is also a list of exhibitors for each year, including galleries, projects and presses. Each year the show commissions an artist to create original designs to market the show and images created since 2002, when this began, can be found on the website alongside benefit prints produced for sale each year. An online gallery has images from the Armory show each year, dating back to 2001. There are private sections of the website requiring a log-in for both exhibitors and VIPs.
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Armoury arts week
http://www.armoryartsweek.com/
This is the website of Armoury Arts Week, an annual events held in New York. The events encompass several art fairs including Volta, The Armoury Show and various satellite fairs such as Pool, Fountain and the Art Now Fair. The website has informaton about the aims of all three fairs and links to their individual websites. There is information about visiting the fairs as well as details of public events, for which there is also an online calendar. The 'Attractions' section of the website has a list of participating institutions and venues with external links to their own websites where possible.
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Art Basel
http://www.artbasel.com/
Art Basel is an annual art fair held in Basel and also in Miami (Art Basel Miami Beach). This is the website for the 2006 exhibition and there are separate sections for the two exhibitions held in June and December respectively. For both art fairs there are a list of exhibitors including galleries, artists and public art projects with images of the work available in jpeg format. The catalogue and tickets for these events are available to order from the website and a list of events can be downloaded as a PDF file. There is general information about the fairs and opportunity to join the mailing list. Links to the websites of artists and galleries are included throughout the website under text.
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Art guide : the art lover's guide to Britain and Ireland
http://www.artguide.org/
Art Guide is a searchable online guide to the art collections contained within museums and galleries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The guide offers a number of routes to finding information. The 'Museum guide' section can be browsed by geographic location; special interest area, such as ceramics, design or video art; or via a series of special listings, including museums with websites, Pre-raphaelite, Impressionists, modern art and 'glorious eccentrics'. An alphabetical artists index is also available enabling museums containing collections of a specific artist to be identified. Other features of the site include a 'What's on' section for current exhibition information and a clickable map to find collections in particular areas of the UK and Ireland.
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Art in America
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/
This the website of the well-known contemporary art magazine 'Art in America', and it has all the information one would expect to find on the website of a major fine arts magazine. Available online are many freely accessible full-text articles, news and reviews, and 23 free videos including many interviews with artists. There is an archive of small cover scans from 1980 to date - but, while these are very pretty, they do not yet link through to tables of contents and full-text content. At April 2009, the keyword search feature only appears to search the 2009 issues. This is an elegant and engaging new website for a major arts publication, and the amount of online content would seem likely to grow in the future. Full-text articles from Art in America (after 2000) can currently also be freely found online via FindArticles, by searching Google for "key phrase" site:findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/
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Art Newspaper
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/
The Art Newspaper is a monthly publication based in London, which is also published in New York that provides news coverage of the international art world, focusing particularly on legal, political and economic issues. This online version includes news and in-depth articles from recent issues, ranged under headings such as today's artist, art market, exhibitions, art & law, conservation and museums, although a subscription is required to access the full archive content. There is a 'what's on' section with listings of upcoming exhibitions and events as well as a jobs listing. The site also provides subscription information for the print version, an RSS feed and an online discussion forum. Subscribers also receive a regular newsletter for the Art Newspaper.
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Art Wolf, The
http://www.theartwolf.com/
The Art Wolf is an independent website in both Spanish and English with news, articles and reviews from the art world. The website has a broad range of free information on the arts including: a section devoted to artists, organised by period and style; articles, organised by subject; news and events and other services such as portfolio hosting, art cards and art-based computer games (requiring Java). Art Wolf also publish their manifesto on the website along with contact details and links to other art related websites. As the website is free there are a number of adverts around the content.
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Art.signal : contemporary art magazine
http://magazine.art-signal.com/en/
'Art.signal' is a free magazine on the subject of 20th century and contemporary art and artists. At September 2008 there are six full-text issues available online in PDF format. The website does not require registration. This illustrated magazine is produced to a high professional standard, and includes short interviews and short informative texts. The magazine contains dual texts in the Spanish and English languages. As an example of the contents, the fourth issue contains articles on the Rubell Family Collection, an interview with Alice Maher; plus articles on African architecture, and American experimental music. This magazine will be a useful free addition to libraries seeking to add full-text arts magazines to their digital collection.
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Artbank
http://www.artbank.com/
Artbank.com Ltd. is a "neutral, independent fine art trading platform where quality art can be placed for sale by art galleries, art dealers and private/corporate collectors." Artbank's sister site, ArtistBank.com, where artists can sell their own work online, is still under construction. The artworks on Artbank can be browsed by artist, category or style. A search facility is also available. Artists' biographies are provided, where available.
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Artist Hans Abbing : the economist/sociologist Hans Abbing
http://www.xs4all.nl/~abbing/
The personal website of Dutch academic and artist Hans Abbing contains free chapters from his book 'Why Are Artists Poor? : the Exeptional Economy of the Arts' (Amsterdam University Press, 2004). The chapters are in full-text form, are in English, and comprise: the preface, conclusion and epilogue of the book. His website also contains some of Abbing's other texts and papers on art, in full-text form, along with a full listing of his publications and projects. The website also contains galleries of photographs, paintings and drawings by Abbing.
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Artline
http://www.artline.com/
Artline describes itself as a portal site, "the premier guide to fine art". It is a database of art dealers and art associations. The website lists artists in alphabetical order within the medium of painting, prints, drawing, sculpture or photography and directs the user to the website of the dealers or galleries for each artist. Artline also lists the member art associations with links to their websites and the member galleries, organised by country or state in the United States. With an American bias the website has a calendar of events and a news column, which is produced quarterly. There is also a search facility and a link to the home page of 'Artline Plus', which lists the significant dealers and galleries for the greater Washington DC area and Mid-Atlantic States and which also links to 'Galleries Magazine'.
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ArtlinePlus : mid Atlantic
http://www.artline.com/plus/
ArtlinePlus describes itself as "the virtual portal site for the greater Washington DC area and Mid-Atlantic states for significant art dealers, artists, galleries, art organisations, services and 'Galleries Magazine'". It is a database of art dealers and art associations. The website lists artists in alphabetical order and directs the user to the website of the dealers or galleries for each artist. ArtlinePlus lists the member art associations with links to their websites, the member galleries and the art services available. The website also has a calendar of noteworthy events and links to Artline and 'Galleries Magazine'.
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Artnet
http://www.artnet.com/
Sponsored by AXA Art and CUSTOM HOUSE Global foreign exchange among others and founded in 1989, artnet AG has its head quarters in Frankfurt, Germany, but its principal operations, artnet Worldwide, is based in New York. It was set up by a group of art dealers who wanted to create an up to date information service on works offered on the art market, with prices, news and analysis, without incurring the usual high costs associated with the traditional art market. The website includes sections on: artists, listed alphabetically; a gallery search; events; research, which includes links to museums and the Grove Dictionary of Art; a directory, which can be searched or browsed; and a link to the 'artnet Magazine'. Free membership is required and allows subscription to: the Fine Art Auctions Database; African Art Auctions Database; and the 'artnet Newsletter'.
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Arts Markets
http://www.artsmarkets.com/
Arts Markets organises one-day events in the UK for artists, to allow them to "sell their work to the buying public in an efficient and cost effective manner." These events provide a chance for art enthusiasts, collectors and galleries to discover new artists, as well as meet well-known names. The website provides information about the latest event and includes a page of guidelines for artists.
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Bachmann Eckenstein art and antiques
http://www.art-antiques.ch
This is the website for Bachmann Eckenstein, a company based in Switzerland, dealing mainly in Asian and Buddhist art and antiques. A highly visual resource, the site contains a wealth of information on the pieces within their collection, alongside detailed photographs. The site is split into the categories China, Japan, Himalaya/India and Buddhist art, and then further subdivisions allow browsing under specific type of antique, including bronzes, porcelain, photography, and sculpture. There is a search facility available, a related links page, and a mailing list service. The website also contains a section providing full details of past exhibitions held at the gallery, dating back to 2001.
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Creative industries mapping document 2001
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Publications/archive_2001/ci_ma
This is the archived website of the Creative Industries Mapping document, which was first produced by the Department of Culture Media and Sport in 1998 to improve awareness of the importance of the creative industries to the British economy. This version of the mapping document was produced in 2001 and supersedes the earlier 1998 version. The document identifies the different industries which fall under the umbrella of the 'creative industries'; these are: advertising; architecture; art and antiques market; crafts; design; designer fashion; film and video; interactive leisure software; music; performing arts; publishing; software and computer services; and television and radio. Each industry has a dedicated section within the document which provides details of the activities involved as well as information about aspects of the industry, such as details of revenue, exports, employment, market share, regional distribution, economic impact and potential for growth. Each section of the document is available as a PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat).
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Cultural industries : the British experience in international perspective
http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/conferences/culturalindustries/proc/culturalindust
'Cultural industries: the British experience in international perspective' is a free ebook that contains the full-text proceedings of a 2006 conference of the same name held at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. This 233-page 75,000-word book is available online in standard PDF format. The book contains chapters on: "The Creative Industries: Definitions, Quantification and Practice"; "Methodology and Ideology in the Evaluation of Cultural Investments"; "The Question of Quality in a Comparison of British and German Theatre"; "The Creative Industries and Cultural Politics in Britain from the 1960s to Cool Britannia"; and "From Gentlemanly Publishing to Conglomerates: The Contemporary Literary Field in the UK", among others. There is no index. There is a list of contributors at the end of the book, including email contact addresses.
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Extreme collecting
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting/
Extreme Collecting was a series of AHRC funded workshops organised by University College, London (UCL) and the British Museum, which took place in 2007 and 2008. The workshops aimed to address the controversial practice of extreme collecting, challenging the maintenance of nineteenth century notions of collecting to encourage museums to embrace the acquisition of difficult objects - such as the mundane or mass produced, or those which are ephemeral or prone to rapid decay. Each workshop included expert speakers, whose presentation abstracts are included on the website.
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museum.com
http://www.museum.com/jb/start.html
This website, based in Dusseldorf, Germany, is also known as Museums of the World. It divides into three main categories; museums, galleries and suppliers. It is open for all museums and galleries worldwide to register, and descriptions are published in the original language of the contributing organisation. Within "museums" one can search via names, geographical areas, and categories. One can also search via exhibitions, news items, top 100, and look through the discussions lists (registration required). Under "galleries" one can search on galleries via keyword and location, also on name of artist, online exhibition or geographical event. If keywords and descriptions are keyed in it will search for a particular artwork. "Suppliers" will search for any businesses worldwide, and there is a tree which breaks down the types of businesses registered.
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Own art
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ownart/
Part of the Arts Council website, Own Art is a service from the Arts Council run through ArtCo Trading Ltd. It a scheme that is designed to make it "easy and affordable for everyone to buy contemporary works of art and craft" using loans that do not acrue interest and are paid in installments. The website has information about the scheme, for both galleries and potential users, including financial information and also details of participating galleries, searchable by map and keyword. There is also feedback from users of the scheme and frequently asked questions on the website. The news section has updates on new members to the scheme and general news and a copy of the Own Art evaluation report can be downloaded in PDF format from this page.
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Photo Review
http://www.photoreview.org/
The Photo Review is the publisher of photography magazines, newsletters, and market summaries, all aimed at those involved in collecting, exhibiting and dealing in fine photography. The Photo Review website has details of the main critical print journal, 'The Photo Review' , which it is said has recently extended coverage "to include the European scene". There are also details of two print newsletters: 'The Photo Review Newsletter', which is published eight times per year; and 'The Photography Collector' newsletter. Accompanying the main magazine and newsletters is an annual volume titled 'The Photographic Art Market', which "lists all photographs sold at the major photography auctions for the calendar year". The website contains details of all these publications, with subscription rates and details. There is also an online gallery showing 50 photographs by 50 photographers.
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Pilot
http://www.pilotlondon.org/
Pilot is an annual event in London where "100 internationally renowned curators, artists, writers and collectors each nominated their favorite unrepresented artist who each showed one piece of work at the event." There is a list of the chosen artists, with links to their personal websites, and also of the people who nominated the artist. There is also an archive of all the talks that took place during the event, with the audio recording of the talk available to download. The books that accompanied both Pilot events are also available to download as PDF files from the website. There is a search facility on the website, searchable by name, country or keyword, there is also general information about the event and contact details. The archive section of the website contains information from Pilot:1, which took place in 2004. The website also features press cuttings about the event and a comprehensive links page.
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Provenance research
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/provenance/
This section of the Harvard Art Museum's website is dedicated to provenance research, based on the works in their collection that were acquired in or after 1933, or made in or before 1945. The staff at Harvard Art Museum have committed to "examine the provenance of works in their collections to determine whether they may have been subject to looting or other improper transactions". The website has an explanation of what provenance means and also looks at the scope of research relevant to the museum. There are reports on the progress of this research as well as recent findings published on the website. As the number of works being investigated is over 5,000, the entire list can be searched alphabetically or by keyword. There is a bibliography section and website links on provenance research as well as a list of publications containing images of works for the Harvard Art Museum's collection.
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Publish and be damned
http://www.publishandbedamned.org/
Publish and Be Damned "demonstrates individual approaches to making and distributing the work of artists, writers and musicians outside of the commercial mainstream." It does this through magazine fairs, a touring archive and special events. The website provides an overview of the material that is produced by Publish and Be Damned. The 'Public Library' section includes an archive of material from the stalls at the 2004 and 2005 self-publishing fairs held in Clerkenwell, London, as well as material from other sources.
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