Websites for Fine Arts

Art organisations

The Art Newspaper
Arts Council of England
Arts Council of Wales
Axis : the online resource for contemporary art : 'profiles of professional artists and curators, interviews, discussions, art news, debates and showcases the artists to watch'.
British Council: Art, Architecture and Design
Department for culture, media and sport - central UK Government department responsible for the arts, sport and recreation including libraries, museums and galleries
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture: image and text collections from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Material Culture Program
National Art Library at the V & A : a major public reference library
Regional Arts Boards
Arts, Creative Industries and Film & TV in Scotland

BBC Arts and culture
Internet for art and design : a free, interactive tutorial to improve your Internet research skills
JISC digital media : still images. moving images and sound advice
McGraw-Hill Art Gallery: an electronic guide to art on the web
National Fine Art Education Digital Collection: "a national resource that celebrates the history and achievement of the artist practitioner in UK art education"
VADS : the online resource for visual arts

Intute : a portal to the best websites for study and research (no longer kept up to date).

Culture 24 : 'latest news, exhibition reviews, links, listings and education resources from thousands of UK museums, galleries, archives and libraries, all in one place'
Digital Art Museum : online resource for the history and practice of digital fine art.
Saatchi online : 'the world's interactive art gallery'

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art : on Gateshead Quays, Gateshead
Hayward Gallery : on the South Bank of the River Thames
Henry Moore Institute : on The Headrow, Leeds
Institute of Contemporary Arts : 'home to the best new art and culture from Britain and around the world.' In central London, on The Mall
Laing Art Gallery : in New Bridge Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Leeds Art Gallery : on the Headrow in Leeds.
Manchester Art Gallery : in Mosley Street, M2 3JL
National Gallery : Trafalgar Square
The Saatchi Gallery : in Chelsea
Tate Britain : Millbank
Tate Modern : on the south bank of the River Thames
Tate Liverpool : at the the Albert Dock, Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery : William Brown Street, Liverpool
York City Art Gallery : in Exhibition Square, York
Yorkshire Sculpture Park : West Bretton, Wakefield

Freer + Sackler Galleries: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur Sackler Gallery
Guggenheim Museum Collection - a selection of works from the New York museum's holdings
Metropolitan Museum of Art: at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York

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