Art & design

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Key links

Oxford Art Online [24/7]

Comprehensive art resource from Oxford University Press, comprising the full text of The Dictionary of Art, with 45,000 articles and over 40,000 links to images from museums around the world. [Can't get in?]

Search online reference books on art from:

Know UK, CredoReference and Oxford Reference Online [24/7]

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Art & design at Westminster Reference Library

Details of the collections held by Westminster Reference Library, with links to other art & design information sources in London.

National Art Library

Major art reference library site, including access to the library catalogue.

Art & design homework? See Webtastic!

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Museums & galleries

Culture24

Search for UK museums & galleries by area or collection type. Also includes information about current events and exhibitions. There are City Heritage Guides to 10 cities, including London.

MuseumNet

A guide to museums and galleries in the UK. Good for finding smaller, specialist museums that are not listed in 24 Hour Museum.

Art Guide

Guide to the art collections of Britain & Ireland, listing over 650 galleries and museums.

Links to major museums & galleries in London

Fine art

londonart

"Shopwindow" for commercial art galleries, including works for sale in a wide range of media.

Artists Information Company

Website of a-n magazine. Practical advice and information for artists.

Artcyclopedia

Database of thousands of artists and artworks, searchable by name, movement, medium, subject, gender or nationality.

Art Sales Index

Get an idea of how much that painting in your attic might be worth with this database of prices, which includes small pictures of the work in question. Also listed are prices of sculptures, miniatures and prints.

Intute

Contains useful links on a variety or topics in its Creative Arts section.

Photography

Masters of Photography

Basic information about key photographers, from Abbott through Kertesz to Winogrand, with images and further links.

Flickr

With Flickr you able to post your pictures for viewing by your friends, or indeed a wider audience. You can also search and browse through the thousands of pictures others have posted.

A History of Photography from its beginning till the 1920s

People & processes in the early days.

PhotoGraphicLibraries

Gateway to photographic & related resources, including agencies and archives.

Moving Image Gateway

Gateway to websites that relate to moving images and sound.

photoLondon

Highlights the large collections of London photos in libraries, museums and archives (including Westminster Archives).

Design

PP International Directory of Design

Truly international directory of design in the very broadest sense, including organisations, educational institutions and events.

Collectables

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London 2010 Festival of Stamps

Find out about the exhibitions and philatelic events taking place this year accross London. And why not visit the British Library's collection and exhibition?

Architecture

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Open City

Open City is the new name for Open House which celebrates some of London's most significant architecture by opening buildings to the public (the annual event still retains its identity). Open House Weekend 2010

Architecture.com

Site from the Royal Institute of British Architects which includes access to the library catalogue and useful architecture links.

Images of England

Images of the listed buildings of England. Aims to eventually be comprehensive (ie: nearly 400,000 buildings), but even now covers several thousand.

Great Buildings

Gateway to architecture and architects around the world, with lots of pictures.

Fashion

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Fashion Era