Online Contemporary Art Archives

Vektor is currently researching all contemporary art archives in Europe, that have online data. This list is growing and we appreciate all hints about archives that we forgot to list. Additional support for the Eastern European Partners (which cannot get financial support through the European Union) is provided by the Austrian Bundeskanzleramt Kunstsektion. Financial support for the associated Vektor partners in Eastern Europe for a translation project of their archival data is provided by Kulturkontakt Austria. Thank you!

Slovenia (compiled by Moderna Galerija Ljubljana).

http://www.mg-lj-si is the website of the Moderna Galerija, some data of their archive can be searched for online. Slovenian and English
http://www.ljudmila.org contains self presentations by Slovenian artists. Slovenian and English
http://www.kibla.org is a Slovenian Multimedia organization active in Maribor. Slovenian and English
http://www.ljnovice.com/galerija/ went online in 2001 with the support by the Association of Slovenian Artists. Commercial. Slovenian and English

Archives of Contemporary Art in the Czech Republic.

This text reflects the status of czech contemporary art archives in March 2002and contains links to online ressources. Compiled by Centrum pro studium dějin českého výtvarného umění po roce 1945 (Research Center of the Academy in Prague) more >>

Linklist from the John Hansard Gallery - Great Britain

Online Resources

ELAN European List of Artist Names is now called European Art Net!

ELAN or European Art Net is a cooperation between the Kunstbulletin Zurich and the basis wien in the framework of Vektor. The goal is to connect databases containing material on contemporary art. We went online on December 23rd, 2002. Please have a look! Feedback is warmly welcome. Go to European Art Net

Contemporary art documentation collections in the United Kingdom & Ireland

From Jacqueline Cooke, Goldsmith College

In the United Kingdom there are publicly accessible research collections of ephemeral and archival material on contemporary art in the national libraries and archives, in galleries, institutions and in the libraries of art colleges and universities.

This list begins to map the subject area, with a selection of collections that are likely to be of interest to international researchers of contemporary art. There are many other collections with a more local or historical focus, reflecting the nature of the material and of the historically context-specific nature of collecting practices.

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