Art and Architecture

• Artcyclopedia: The Fine Arts Search Engine — A specialized directory and search engine for museum-quality art on the Web
• ArtLex — A dictionary of art terminology, with many illustrations and longer articles on major topics

Art News

• Art Daily — An online newspaper for the art world
• ArtsJournal — Arts Journal is a weekday digest of some of the best arts and cultural journalism, with articles from more than 100 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications featuring writing about arts and culture.
• Boston.com Theatre/Arts — Boston theater reviews, museum and art gallery listings, and articles on the performing and visual arts from Boston.com and the Boston Globe
• Boston Phoenix: Arts –Reviews, event listings and features on the performing and visual arts from Boston’s weekly alternative newspaper
• New York Times : Art and Design — Reviews, articles and features

Art Museums and Exhibits

• ArtBabble — This site developed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art shares high-quality art videos from its museum partners.
• Web Gallery of Art — “The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 14.500 reproductions.”
• Art Museum Network — The official website of the world’s leading art museums
• Museum of Fine Arts — Information and features on the events and collections of the Boston museum
• Museum of Modern Art — Information and features on the events and collections of the New York museum
• Institute of Contemporary Art — Boston’s museum of modern art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art — Information and features on the events and collections of the New York museum
• Smithsonian American Art Museum — Information and features on the events and collections of the Washington, D.C., museum
• National Gallery of Art — Information and features on the events and collections of the Washington, D.C., museum
• Art Institute of Chicago — Information and features on the events and collections of the museum
• The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco — Information and features on the events and collections of the museum, Including a searchable database of over 82,000 images
• The Louvre — The website of Paris’s famous art museum includes many Kaleidoscope, which helps you browse the collection from a list of visual themes
• Tate Online — The website of London’s famous Tate Gallery includes over 65,000 works online, an illustrated glossary and subject search British and international modern art
• The State Hermitage Museum — The website of Russia’s best-known art museum includes a large browseable and searchable collection of images, with many advanced features. IBM’s Query By Image Content (QBIC) search technology helps you locate artwork using visual tools

Art Galleries

• ArtNet — This commercial service hosts websites for member artists and art galleries, provides information on exhibits, and more

Art History

• Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Timeline of Art History — “The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.”
• Art History Resources on the Web — A comprehensive and well-organized collection of Art History links by Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College
• The Mother of All Art History Link Pages — A comprehensive and well-organized collection of art history links sponsored by the School of Art and Design of the University of Michigan

Architecture

• American Institute of Architects — The website of the professional association includes information, exhibits and features on the art, practice and appreciation of architecture
• The Great Buildings Collection — A searchable collection of information about hundreds of well-known works of architecture
• Cyburbia: Internet Resources for the Built Environment– A collection from the State University of New York at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning
• Historic Campus Architecture Project — An architecture and landscape database of independent college and university campuses, with information about significant buildings, landscapes, campus plans, and heritage sites of American higher education and identifies sources for further research.

Photography

• Time-Life Photo Site — A gallery of images and photographic essays from the magazines Time and Life
• New York Institute of Photography — Advice for both amateur and professional photographers
• Helios — The National Museum of American Art, Photography Online
• American Museum of Photography — This is a virtual museum with some interesting online exhibits
• Camerapedia — A member-contributed encyclopedia of camera information about still cameras of all types, old and new, including both film and digital