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MACA (MA in Contemporary Art): More online resources

Resources for MACA (MA in Contemporary Art) students in London

 


Abraham Cruzvillegas, Empty Lot, 2015-16. Mixed media (dimensions variable).
Installation view, Tate Modern, 2015. Source: Alexander Baxevanis, Flickr (edited). Licence.

 

Please see the separate guides listed in the first section of this guide for resources for particular topics, such as digital art or performance art.  

 

African and Asian Visual Artists Archive
2000 images of works by artists of recent Afritcan and Asian descent working in Britain since World War Two.

 

ARTmargins
Very good website about 'contemporary art across the evolving global peripheries.'

 

Asia Art Archive
Covers contemporary and near-contemporary Asian art.

 

Burlington Contemporary: Reviews
New site for reviews of contemporary exhibitions.

 

Contemporary Art Library
'More than 370,000 images, documents and videos representing more than 12,500 exhibitions, performances and other projects.'

 

Gallery Gurls
Blog by Black Latinx New York-based author Jasmin Hernandez, focussing on BIPOC artists, curators and gallerists, both male and female. Includes interviews and studio visits.

 

Hyperallergic
Website, email newsletter and podcast, with much analysis of contemporary art and the art world.

 

Images guide
For many sources of images of artworks.

 

iniva reading lists
iniva specialises in exhibiting the work of culturally diverse artists.  These bibliographies provide suggestions for reading on various topics.

 

International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA)
'INCAA members are dedicated to creating, sharing and preserving knowledge needed to conserve modern and contemporary art.'

 

Ocula
Aims to provide information about 'leading contemporary artists, exhibitions and galleries worldwide' for 'an influential global audience.'

 

Performance art

 

Public art
List of suggested websites compiled by the SIA library

 

Social media guide
Important for information and comment about the latest developments in the art world.

 

UbuWeb
'Dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.'