Art

Two art critics share their views on what they see in various galleries and museums around the world.

Curators, scholars, and artists discuss modern and contemporary art.

Artists, designers, and curators share their work, their process and their vision. Watch TED Talks from sculptors, painters, illustrators, and photographers -- and those who blur the boundaries.

Learn what made Rome great, how Islamic tile work evolved, why the Renaissance happened, and about the brilliant art being produced today around the globe. Here are hundreds of short videos and articles created by Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker of Smarthistory.org, together with leading art historians and museum partners for the study of art history.

An extensive list of great Internet resources linking to both imagery and scholarship, covering art history from the prehistoric to the present. Includes links to research resources, images, art departments, museums, and galleries.

HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. Great for primary source research.

This site presents a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of global art history through The Met collection. Authored by The Met’s experts, it comprises 300 chronologies, more than 1,000 essays, and close to 7,500 works of art.

The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.

Smarthistory provides conversational, high-quality videos and essays for learning art history. The content is freely available worldwide, and is created by a collaboration of more than 200 art historians, archaeologists, curators, and others.