ART 395 - History and Theory of the Museum

Tips for choosing exhibitions to research:

• Google search for exhibitions based on theme or artist.
• If there is a contemporary artist you're interested in, check their website for lists of exhibits, press, and publications.
• Check the websites of specific museums or galleries for information about past and current exhibits.
• Browse newspapers for reviews of recent exhibits.
• Browse art news websites and monthly art magazines.
• Once you have identified an exhibition title, date, and location, you can use these as search keywords in library sources and elsewhere.

Methods and resources recommended by the class:

• Review websites of museums you're interested in
• Find out where artists you like have exhibited
• Museums on social media
• City event pages / social media
• Artists' social media
• Artnews.com
• Take a virtual tour of a museum
• NAEA; arts listservs/emails
• Word of mouth - classmates, faculty

Not all exhibitions have catalogs! Larger and well-resourced galleries and museums publish most exhibition catalogs.

Identify a few different exhibitions so that you have alternatives to fall back on if one or more of these does not have a catalog.

For information about older exhibitions (>20 yrs ago or more), you may have better luck in the library sources than Google.

To browse recent catalogs, try searching a specialty art bookstore / website. Artbook D.A.P. is one example.