Curating, museums and galleries: Getting started

Gilbert & George exhibition. Installation view, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 2019.
Source: Daniel Guimberteau, Flickr. Licence.

Summon is usually the best starting point for finding articles, books and dissertations. 

• video intro to Summon (4 mins) 
• collection of guides if you need help with particular Summon searches

You may also want to run supplementary searches in two other databases:

• Art & Architecture Source
• Google Scholar: an alternative to Summon
  • info about using Scholar
  • video intro to Scholar (3 mins)

Ethics and restitution is an SIA library guide listing many resources in this area.

Women's museums, galleries, exhibitions and collections

• Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA) professional association whose members include gallerists and curators
• Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art (New York)
• Every Woman Biennial (New York and London)
• Feminist Art Maps blog about women artists in major museums
• Gillian Jason Gallery dedicated to modern and contemporary women artists
• International Association of Women's Museums (IAWM)
• Mimosa House London gallery: 'we support dialogue between intergenerational women and queer artists'
• National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
• UK Exhibitions by Women a database
• Woman Made Gallery (Chicago)
• Women's Art Collection (Cambridge, UK)
• Women's Museum (Merano, Italy)