Resources for Visual Arts
- Design and Art Australia OnlineOpen access database that presents biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Project MuseJournals and books; includes Visual Art Research and Leonardo.
- Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic NovelsArticles covering interviews, commentary, theory and criticism on underground and independent North American and European comics and graphic novels.
- WARCProvides the latest evidence, expertise and guidance to make marketers more effective. See in particular Brands & Branding; Creativity & Craft; Design (Under Media Channels & Touchpoints).
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The following is a list of selected journals in the Visual Arts. This is by no means an exhaustive list. For more journals for the Visual Arts go to A-Z Journals where you can search by title, keyword or subject area.
- Art + AustraliaPublished by VCA, focuses on contemporary art and its relationship to broader theoretical, social and geo-political contexts.
- Art AsiaPacificLeading English-language periodical covering contemporary art and culture from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Print only - Melbourne & Warrnambool PER 709.5 Aaa/Pqj - ArtforumIn addition to the online version the print version which includes current holdings is held at the Burwood Campus MEL PER 705 A786. For images published in Artforum go directly to the Artforum website (Note: full text is not available here) at www.artforum.com/.
- Art Monthly AustraliaAustralasia’s only monthly visual arts magazine placing visual arts in a contemporary, historical and regional context.
- Artist Profile ArchiveArtist Profile is a quarterly journal of in-depth articles about contemporary visual artists. Industry professionals engage leading practitioners and emerging talent in conversations about their art, in their own words, while our exclusive photo shoots offer an intimate glimpse into artists' working lives. Artist Profile presents the artists behind the art.
- The British Art JournalArticles cover most fields of art-historical research, including painting and the graphic arts, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts. Contains high resolution images.
- e-fluxLaunched in 2008, e-flux journal is a monthly art publication featuring essays and contributions by some of the most engaged artists and thinkers working today.
- Flash artAn international bimonthly magazine and publishing platform dedicated to thinking about contemporary art.
- Journal for Artistic ResearchAn international, online, Open Access and peer-reviewed journal for the identification, publication and dissemination of artistic research and its methodologies, from all arts disciplines.
- Journal of Visual Art PracticeJVAP is concerned with visual art practice including the social, economic, political and cultural frames within which the formal concerns of art and visual art practice are located.
- Visual Arts Research: educational, historical, philosophical and psychological perspectivesProvides a forum for historical, critical, cultural, psychological, educational and conceptual research in visual arts and aesthetic education.
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The Burwood and Waterfront campus libraries have a rich collection of visual art journals in print. At Burwood campus these are located in the Periodicals compactus, in the far right corner of Level 1 of the Burwood library. You cannot borrow the print journals, but can use them in the library to read, scan and photocopy. Please don't cut up or damage these journals - some of the older issues are irreplaceable! They are an amazing resource worth exploring.
Key titles include:
- Art and Australia MELB PER 709.94 Art, WATERFT PER 709.9405 Art
- Art AsiaPacific MELB PER 709.5 Aaa/Pqj
- Artforum MELB PER 705 A786, WATERFT PER 705 Art/For
- Modern Painters MELB PER 705 Faj/Mpa
- Parkett MELB PER 709.04 Par/Ket
Image source: photos by Marina Minns, 2020.
- Australian Network for Art & TechnologyANAT expedites experimentation and innovation across art, science and technology by identifying opportunities and delivering projects that enable artists to contribute meaningfully to Australia’s reputation for creativity, diversity and innovation.
- Creative VictoriaCreative Victoria champions and supports the state's creative industries, spanning arts, culture, screen, design and more.
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