Research Guides: Art: Art Research

Art Magazines

For magazines in Austin Public Library's physical collection, art magazines in print can be found in our catalog.

From the Overdrive website, select Subjects, then scroll to Magazines. Look for the Art or Crafts categories.
From the Libby app, select Preferences, then Magazines under Format. You can then search Art or other keywords for titles.

Creative Commons
A non-profit organization and international network dedicated to educational access and expansion of creative works available to share and build upon legally.
Graphis Archives
A portal to last ten years of photography, advertising, design, and poster annuals.
Intellectual Property Research Guide
Curated by expert librarians, a guide to helping you find and share the images you need with legality and ethics in mind.
LACMA Collections
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art website provides access to free high-resolution images of the museum’s rich encyclopedic collection.
National Gallery of Art
A reseach database that features over 20,000 open access images that are free for download and use.
Web Gallery of Art
A searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. The collection is intended for educational and personal use.
Library of Congress: Pictures
An educational resource that provides prints, drawings, and photographic collections for research and browsing purposes.

Artcyclopedia
A comprehensive index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.
ArtSource
Created by art librarians, a source of Art and Architecture resources. Including electronic exhibitions, new media, art journals, museum information, art organizations, and more.
Getty Publications Virtual Library
J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Conservation Institute, and Getty Research Institute provides access to hundreds of books to read and download for free.
National Gallery of Art Online Editions
Teaching resource features essays on various topics including abstraction, figure drawing, portraiture, and more. Each section contains annotated images, artist biographies, and related glossaries.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
For researching art you own, this resource provides tools such as a guide on how to identify Signatures, Monograms, and Markings, as well as Exhibition Guides and Provenance to determine an art piece's history.

eJournal Finder
A collection of Austin Public Library's online periodicals. You can search specific journal titles or browse arts journals by choosing Art, Architecture & Applied Arts from the subject list.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
The fine arts subsection of research database Gale OneFile, this resource provides articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
JSTOR
Research database for academic journals on social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Also a good resource for primary source documents dating back to the seventeenth century.
Oxford Reference
A center for reference materials including subjects on art and architecture, performing arts, music, and social sciences.