Virtual Library
Museums
Humanities
Culture
Art Galleries
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This page includes an eclectic collection of
World Wide Web
services connected with art galleries and archives
as part of the WWW Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp).
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Australia:
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Canada:
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Finland:
Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki.
Fine art.
(In Finnish,
English and Swedish.)
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France:
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Germany:
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Hong Kong:
Hong Kong Museum of Art.
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Iceland:
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik.
(In Icelandic and
English.)
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Ireland:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
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Israel:
Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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Italy:
Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
(In Italian and
English.)
Includes QuickTimeVR Virtual Reality of some of
the galleries and an
index of artists with some images such as
Botticelli's
The Birth of Venus.
See also
Virtual Uffizi (unofficial guide).
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Japan:
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Korea:
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.
(In Korean and
English.)
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Netherlands:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
(In
English,
Dutch, German, French, Italian and Spanish.)
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Russia:
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South Africa:
South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
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Spain:
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UK:
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USA:
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
One of the largest art museums in the world.
See the
collections and
museum shop.
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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Tour the
collection.
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National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
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National Museum of African Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City.
See
current exhibitions and
the permanent collection.
1998 Best of the Web competition winners.
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J. Paul Getty Museum at the
Getty Center, Los Angeles, California.
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Dallas Museum of Art, Texas.
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Denver Art Museum, Colorado.
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California.
Includes a large image database.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California.
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum, Illinois.
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
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Seattle Art Museum, Washington.
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The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Other sites
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Artchive by Mark Harden.
Excellent on-line art collection.
See
galleries.
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WebMuseum.
A pioneering virtual art collection including
many on-line paintings, originally maintained by
Nicolas Pioch.
Winner of a
Best of the Web
1994
Award for
Best Use of Multiple Media.
Still a useful if static resource.
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Guggenheim Museum,
New York /
SoHo /
Bilbao /
Berlin /
Venice.
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La Trobe University Art Museum, Australia.
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St. Petersburg Pictures Gallery, Russia.
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Yale Centre for British Art, USA.
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The
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA.
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Stuart Collection of Sculpture,
University of California, San Diego, USA.
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Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture exhibitions.
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ArtServe - art history image collections and presentations,
Australian National University (ANU), Canberra.
27.000 images, requires registration and payment for full use.
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Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA),
University of Califormia, San Diego, USA.
Aims to provide links to other art resources such as image and sound
galleries.
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Art Work by John Jacobsen, 1993 onwards.
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@art gallery, an electronic art gallery affiliated with the School
of Art and Design, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
USA. The site includes
"the place" by artist Joseph Squier.
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Kaleidospace Independent Internet Artists.
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Information on the
Louvre
and
Musee d'Orsay,
Paris (from USA) including images of the museums,
listing of current expositions, as well as images of art and objects.
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On-line
postcard collection at Cambridge, UK.
Contributions welcome by post!
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Images for art history at the
Australian National University including
National Gallery of Australia information held at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
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MATLAB Image Gallery
from
Mathworks, USA. Still and moving images.
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Contours of the Mind, A Celebration of Fractals, Feedback
and Chaos.
An exhibition of Sonic and Visual Art at the Australian
National University Drill Hall Gallery,
23 June - 24 July 1994.
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Reiff II Museum, Aachen, Germany (mostly in German).
Realized Electronically Illustrated Fast Frame
Interactive Information.
Artists may submit electronic artworks for possible inclusion at the
reception.
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Isaacs/Innuit Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
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Evolutionary Architecture exhibitions
and
Tokyo Guide
from
Ellipsis, UK.
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WILDCAT Gallery (Worldwide Internet Library Displaying
Campus Artistic Talents),
University of Arizona, USA.
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Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry,
Geometry Center, University of Minnesota, USA.
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Virtual Gallery, Japan.
Contemporary art, photographs, illustrations.
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Island Art Publishers - Art Online, British Columbia, Canada.
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12hr-ISBN-JPEG Project
(mirrored
in the UK).
A round-the-clock posting of sequenced postmodern photographs
by Brad Brace.
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Pixel and Paper Art Gallery,
London Calling.
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Royal College of Art, London, UK.
See
exhibitions.
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Art on the Net,
artists sharing works together on the Internet.
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The Cooker, an Internet site by the artist
Jake Tilson,
originally at the
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, UK.
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Hosokawa's Computer Graphics Gallery, Japan.
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AusArts, the ANU Institute of the Arts Library Server,
Australian National University, Canberra.
See
Exhibitions, Galleries and Concerts and
Australian Art Exhibitions and Web Sites.
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SITO artchives and collabspace
collaborative art projects.
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Arthole, permanent and temporary galleries of
photographs, paintings,and video.
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ProArts, East Bay Open Studios - images
from artists living in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA.
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Virtual Gallery: Art Meets Technology,
Digital Research Centre, University of Derby, UK.
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Implicate Beauty - Computational Art by Brian Evans.
Includes exhibition rooms of fracticals, a screening room, a
hearing room and a guestbook.
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Find Arts Gallery:
A Revolving Show of Artists, from
Find Arts.
See also
artist search facilities.
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Dialogues of Peace,
Palais des Nations, United Nations headquarters, Geneva.
Also in the surrounding Ariana Park, from July 2 to October 26, 1995.
Organized by the Association Française d'Action Artistique (AFAA).
An international exhibition of contemporary art by 60 artists
specially chosen by the Secretariat of the United Nations' 50th
Anniversary.
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Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.
Privately owned Artist-Society.
Exhibitions, galleries and a
virtual gallery.
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Absolut Access sponsored exhibition at the
Serpentine Gallery, London, and elsewhere
(available until September 1995).
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AAA Gallery, The Netherlands.
Contemporary Dutch artists -
works of art for sale, updated every 3 months.
(Also in Dutch.)
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The Gallery Page, The Netherlands.
A virtual gallery for exhibitions by contemporary artists.
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Museum of Bad Art, Boston, USA.
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Asian Arts exhibitions, articles and galleries, from
Web Art Publishing.
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Cézanne and modern art
(opening soon).
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Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the
White House.
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The Electric Gallery, contemporary paintings, many for sale.
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ArtHouse, an alternative on-line gallery space and
discussion forum, based in the UK.
Includes other
art links.
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The Sovereign Collection, Fine Art Gallery,
Portland, Oregon, USA.
Paintings, sculpture, prints, objects d' art.
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Greg Manning Galleries, West Caldwell, New Jersey.
Auction, purchases, sales, appraisals; established 1905.
Classical Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Islamic antiquities, Asian art
and antiques, Pre Columbian art, Coptic and religious antiques,
militaria, rare coins, objects d'art.
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7th Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
A public art project, including
links.
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Scope Art Gallery,
New York, USA.
Virtual gallery of new modern art.
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ARTscope, artists,
galleries, classifieds, etc.
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Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany.
Includes a
live camera.
(In German.)
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ARTEC Art Gallery, France.
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Webfelt Museum of Early Cyberart.
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Art on the Net, Japan.
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Open Art artists,
galleries, etc.
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Barcelona Gallery, Spain. Contemporary art.
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Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
Venue for new art.
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The European Cyber Gallery of Modern Art.
(In
English and German.)
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The Berlin Wall - 30 artists for freedom.
(In French,
English and German.)
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Copenhagen Art Gallery, Denmark.
Danish contemporary art from expressionism to neo-realism.
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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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ArtSeenSoho, New York, USA.
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Kuri Hoshe Gallery, UK.
Paintings and drawings by Gerald O'Connell.
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Virtual Exhibition from the
Art Department,
Bradfield College, UK.
An example if what all schools should be attempting on-line.
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Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK.
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The Bridgeman Art Library, London, UK /
New York, USA.
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Federation of Canadian Artists, Canada.
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Dave Archer Space Art Electric Glass Paintings,
San Rafael, California, USA.
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Art by Jennifer Hathaway, New York, USA.
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Courtauld Gallery,
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK.
(Reopening Autumn 1998.)
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Bowieart.com on-line
gallery of art works by
David Bowie and others.
(Includes items for sale.)
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New exhibitions of contemporary art -
listings for art galleries around the UK.
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The Gimp Gallery - using the freely available
GIMP image manipulation program.
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Latin American Art "Museum",
a virtual gallery by Fernando Urena Rib.
(In Spanish.)
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Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, USA.
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ArtistGuide: hundreds of contemporary
artists and their work.
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Postcards from Iceland.
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The Cowdisley Institute, Australia.
See the
Fine Art Gallery.
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Printmakers Council, UK.
See on-line
PMC Gallery and
Printmaker Studio Gallery.
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Roger Dean Gallery.
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WebMagick ~ Virtual Art, UK.
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The Art Historian's Circle Webring.
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Art-on-line from
The Interactive Collector.
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Net-Art, Italy.
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Cambridge & East Anglian Artists Gallery,
Vasari,
Brameur, UK.
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Robert Downing, RCA.
Artist-In-Residence, University of Toronto, Canada.
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German Galleries:
index of galleries, cities and artists in Germany.
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Angst Art Arena, Australia.
Virtual gallery of intense iconagraphy.
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Vatican Art, Pittsburgh, USA.
Replicas from Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel for sale.
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Art Bank Old Master, Italy.
Also in Italian:
searchable databank of art and artists, including prices.
34,000 records (10th to 18th century).
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Ignat Bednarik (1882-1963), a Romanian painter.
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Easel.com on-line gallery of paintings and prints.
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Marine Art Information Center picture gallery.
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Museum of Web Art (MOWA).
Art, technology and culture of the World Wide Web.
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Artwork Gallery,
World of Escher.
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Museo Picasso Virtual, including
Museums, Galleries & Collections,
a
Tour of Picasso's Life and
a
Chronology of Works (1889-1972).
Wonderful!
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Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
See also
vanGogh.com, a commercial site on Vincent van Gogh.
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ArtWanted.com, on-line art gallery.
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Art Scene China, contemporary Chinese art gallery.
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Fondation Claude Monet á Giverny, France.
See also
Giverny-art.com including
Dans les Jardins de Claude Monet.
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ArtMuseum.net, Intel Corporation.
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Artnet.com, a portal to the world of art.
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Galleries Magazine - Art Galleries on the UK.
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Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd, UK.
Auction houses
Other guides
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Art Museum Network (AMN).
Official Web site of the world's leading art museums.
See:
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Art galleries & exhibitions and
art museums,
World Arts Resources.
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Internet for the Fine Arts, on-line artists,
galleries and resources for the fine arts.
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Fine Arts and the
History of Art
in the WWW
Virtual Library.
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The Art Site on the World Wide Web.
Not Waiting for the Information Highway: Art Galleries on the
World Wide Web, an on-line article with
hyperlinks by Margaret L. McLaughlin.
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ACM SIGGRAPH Internet Art Guide.
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Art sites from
Websight.
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Art Planet, a commercial Internet Fine Art Directory.
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Art Galleries and Online Exhibitions
list by subject matter from
World Wide Arts Resources.
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artnetweb, New York City, USA.
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The UK's monthly arts guide, including
Art on the Internet links and
A to Z of Art list of UK art galleries.
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Lateral Arts - contemporary art available from leading
young artists in Britain.
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Dia Center for the Arts,
a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts organization, New York, USA.
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ADAM Project,
an information gateway to selected resources on the
Internet in art, design, architecture and media.
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National Endowment for the Arts, USA.
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The Visual Arts
Obituary Page.
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Electroarts, Postmodernism in Cyberspace.
Multimedia including frames, moving images and sound from the
Fine Art Department,
University of Reading, UK.
See also
BA Degree Show exhibition (26/6/96-1/7/96).
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Art Now Gallery Guide.
See
Gallery Pages and
Artist Home Pages.
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Swissart Network, art guide to Switzerland.
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Computer Artworks Ltd., UK.
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The Virtual Museum of Art. (Large images.)
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Yunnan Art, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
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Lateral Arts - affordable contemporary art.
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Artistguide, an on-line guide to a selection of contemporary
artists and commercial art
galleries.
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Art Resource, New York, USA.
North American representation of a number of major art galleries.
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D*A*M - WEB art by various dutch artists.
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WorldGallery, UK.
Online prints, posters and picture framing.
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World Gallery by
Image Exchange.
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Web Gallery of Art.
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Britart.com.
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The-Artists.com.
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Art Fund, UK.
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artnose "news" - sniffing around the art market
(wonderful stuff! ;-).
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Artcyclopedia, guide to fine art of the Internet.
Search engine scanning 1,200 cultural institutions.
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art-online TM, a fine art directory.
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Artprice, art market information (in English and French).
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ArtNewsLetter by David Coombes.
Includes news and current exhibition information in the UK.
This service is brought to you by
Jonathan Bowen
as part of
VLmp.