Electronic Resources for Art Research

Modern and Contemporary Art

Seattle Art Museum Modern and Contemporary Art
Selected images from the Seattle Art Museum’s modern and contemporary art collection.

The Artists
Access works of art by new and established artists from 1900 to the present. Includes a portrait of each artist and a biography/portfolio with additional links to images of their works. Membership is necessary to make comments or post to the website, but signing up is free.

Art in Flux
A directory of contemporary art research resources created by Cheryl Shurtleff of the Boise State University Department of Art. Links include museums, artists, theory and references.

Museum of Modern Art
MoMA’s online collection offers access to over 1,000 works. Search by artist, work or keyword, and further filter your search by decade and department.

Modernism
Online project from the Minneapolis Institute of Art that includes over 250 objects. These works characterize nine Modernist movements spanning from 1880 to 1940.

1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art
The 1913 Armory Show was the first exhibition mounted by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. Held from February 17 to March 15, the exhibition became a legendary watershed date in the history of American art. This project, created by Shelly Staples for the American Studies Program at the University of Virginia, attempts to recreate the show as it was in 1913, with images of some works that were present there.

Tate Papers
Online research journal that includes scholarly articles about the collection and programs of the four Tate museums in England.