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Web Resources

Websites
abstractcritical.com  good articles as in a magazine
artcyclopedia.com  searchable index of artists works in museums
artforum.com  monthly art magazine
arthistoryarchive.com comprehensive, organized, searchable
artinthepicture.com  introduction to art history
artnews.com
artofthezero.com  Russian modernist unauthenticated art
artsy.net   galleries, auctions, art fairs
bertc.com  Bert Christensen, art treasure trove
bookcoverarchive.com
dailyserving.com , contemporary art
galleryintell.com    galleries, shows, artists, interviews
Google Arts and Culture    Enter that as a Google Search  
hyperallergic.com   articles and essays
ibiblio.org      Web Museum, Paris
theartstory.org  searchable by artist, movement, and idea
visual-art-cork.com  art encyclopedia based in Cork, Ireland
widewalls.ch  artists, galleries, auctions, fairs, shows, ch denotes Swiss
wikiart.org  comprehensive art site
Museum Websites
Guggenheim Museum
www.tate.org.uk  excellent website and free admission museum
www.nationalgallery.org.uk  excellent website and free admission museum
www.nga.gov   USA National Gallery of Art excellent website
www.nytimes.com/section/arts New York Times Arts Section
http://www.museum-ritter.de  excellent website of an abstract art museum
supported by the Ritter chocolate company.  Click EN for english.
Many German cities, even smaller ones, have fine museums with
surprisingly good websites.  For example, do a Google search:
Munich Museums. Then choose from the museums. They all have a
choice for English. Their exhibitions are good and many times you
can easily search by artists name.
They give substantial descriptions of the art and artist.
You can try this approach for other countries as well.
Blogs
altoonsultan.com
artfullyawear.com -- a woman wears custom art dresses
KateShanley.com art blog
gallerytravels.blogspot.com    by Anne Russinof
drawingatduke.blogspot.com
RationalAbstract.blogspot.com
Art & Artists blog

Videos
The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings on YouTube.  Six parts
Art Through Time: A Global View – Annenberg Learner,  13 part series
Artists at work   This or similar search term yields many famous artists.
Imperfect Paintings, creating art inspired by notable abstract artists.
Mona Hatoum  + and -, 1994 by dotstu  13 seconds
    See screenshot below of a video from Imperfect paintings on YouTube. 
         

Documentary Films
My Architect by Nathaniel Kahn, about his architect father Louis Kahn. 
The Price of Everything by Nathaniel Kahn, about the art market.

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