Welcome to the Visual Arts Guide. This guide highlights the key resources which can be used to support your research in these areas.
Journal articles are an excellent source of information, particularly if your subject is quite specific or current (e.g. a recent exhibition or contemporary artist).
The Library subscribes to a number of journals in print and electronic format, which you can find with our Library Search. Older issues of print journals are held on the second floor of the library, arranged in alphabetical order by journal title. On the first floor within the Artists Collection you can find the latest issues of Visual Arts journals
Below is table of the key journals to which we provide recent access to. Please note though, we have many more journals available via our databases as well as the below. I.e. if you search in the databases you will find content from many more publications. Also note that print and online access does not always cover all years. Finally, also note that many of these journals have free content on their websites.
| Journal | Format |
|---|---|
| AFTERALL JOURNAL OF ART, CONTEXT AND ENQUIRY | Print only |
| ANOTHER MAGAZINE | Print only |
| APERTURE | Print only |
| ART HISTORY | Online (online is print layout) |
| ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL | Print and online (online is not print layout) |
| ART MONTHLY | Online (online is print layout) |
| BLUE NOTEBOOK | Print only |
| BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Print and online (online is print layout) |
| CREATIVE REVIEW | Print only |
| DAZED | Print only |
| ELEPHANT MAGAZINE | Print only |
| EYE MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF GRAPHIC DESIGN | Print only |
| FLASH ART INTERNATIONAL | Print only |
| FRIEZE | Print only |
| HOTSHOE INTERNATIONAL | Print only |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION | Print and online (online is print layout) |
| JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS AND ART CRITICISM | Print and online (online is print layout) |
| JOURNAL OF DESIGN HISTORY | Print only |
| JOURNAL OF VISUAL CULTURE | Print and online (online is print layout) |
| OXFORD ART JOURNAL | Print only |
| PRINT QUARTERLY | Print only |
| PRINTMAKING TODAY | Print only |
| PUBLIC ART REVIEW | Print only |
| RA MAGAZINE | Print only |
| VAROOM | Print only |
| VIEWPOINT DESIGN | Print only |
| WOMANS ART JOURNAL | Print only |
| RAW VISION | Print only |
You can use library search to see whether we have access to a particular journal. If you have a topic interest in mind we recommend searching within our databases to search across many journals at the same time. Although we have a variety of potentially useful databases, we especially recommend the Art, Design and Architecture Collection database, which indexes a number of journals in the area of Visual Art.
The following websites can be good sources for content engaged with contemporary art (as well as the websites of the journals listed above): ArtReview, The Brooklyn Rail, Cura, e-flux, Mousse, Spike Art Magazine, Tate Etc.
The following websites can be good sources of documentation of contemporary art exhibtions: Art Viewer, Contemporary Art Daily
Axis Web features profiles of professional artists and curators, interviews, discussions, art news, debates and showcases the artists to watch.
