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International
[edit]- Art Price[1]. A well-known publication and website which provides information about prices and auctions involving artworks.
- culturebase.net - The international artist database[2]. A database of artists and institutions with articles signed by researchers. The project was created in 2007 and it is not updated but it features international renewed artists.
Specialized press
[edit]Contemporary art is rarely published on scholar journals and it is mainly documented on publications and specialized journals and magazines. Publications which a more national focus are listened below by continent and country. Here is a list of the most well-know international publications.
- Artforum
- Art press
- frieze (magazine)
- Flash Art (international)
- Parkett
- October (journal)
- Third Text
- List of art magazines
A relevant source to identify influential magazines in contemporary art based around the world is the project Documenta 12 magazines, which produced a selection and a platform for them.
- List of critics and theorists (on the wikiproject)
Exhibitions
[edit]Exhibitions are a main source for contemporary art; they are documented in specific publications (catalogues) and they represent the system through which artists are selected and acknowledged. Documenta and Venice Biennale.
- List of the main contemporary art exhibitions (on the wikiproject)
- List of the main art fairs (on the wikiproject)
- List of biennales on Biennale (incomplete and not mentioning other visual art major recurrent events - triennials and quadrennials and quinquennials)
By continent and country
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North America 
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Europe
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Asia
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South America
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Africa
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Oceania |
Relevant categories
[edit]| Category | What is about |
|---|---|
| Contemporary art magazines | Category of magazines specialized in contemporary art. |
| Books about the visual arts | Category of books focussed on visual arts. |
Artists
[edit]- Andy Warhol[9]
- Pablo Picasso[9]
- Bruce Nauman[9]
- Joseph Beuys[9]
- Gerhard Richter[9]
- Sol LeWitt[9]
- John Baldessari[9]
- Cindy Sherman[9]
- Ed Ruscha[9]
- Lawrence Weiner[9]
- Robert Rauschenberg[9]
- Louise Bourgeois[9]
- Thomas Ruff[9]
- Sigmar Polke[9]
- Georg Baselitz[9]
- William Kentridge[9]
- Dan Graham[9]
- Martin Kippenberger[9]
- Olafur Eliasson[9]
- Douglas Gordon[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ http://www.artlinkart.com/en/.
- ↑ http://www.culturebase.net/links.php.
- ↑ http://www.artlinkart.com/en/.
- ↑ http://www.africultures.com
- ↑ http://www.spla.pro
- ↑ A project of the Smithsonian Libraries by Janat L. Stanley http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/ModernAfricanArt/newmaaintro.cfm.
- ↑ http://www.artthrob.co.za.
- ↑ http://www.artsouthafrica.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The top 20 artists in the world market according to artfacts.net 2012, cited from Alessandro Del Puppo, L'arte contemporanea: Il secondo novecento, Einaudi, 2013, table 5 page 239.