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AHC 5123: Research Methods
Resources in Art History for graduate students.
Finding Interviews and Writings
Where to Look
- Contemporary artists may have their own web site containing an artist's statement
- Arts sections of newspapers announce exhibitions and often include interviews with the artist
- Books contain interviews, writings, correspondence, etc.
Search Terms That Work
Using Library Quick Search or the Print Catalog, try these search terms, or substitute the name of a particular artist for the word "artists" below:
artists interviews
artists correspondence
artists statements
artists writings
Talking Art: Interviews with Artists since 1976 by Call Number: N6490 .T25 2007
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings by Call Number: N6490 .T492 2012Artist statements, interviews, and essays.- Letters of the great artists byCall Number: N40 .F743 19631. From Ghiberti to Gainsborough.
2. From Blake to Pollock.
Primary Sources for the Visual Arts in America
- Archives of American Art - Smithsonian InstitutionThe Archives of American Art is the world’s preeminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. Includes 20 million letters, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, financial records, photographs, films, and audiovisual recordings of artists, dealers, collectors, critics, scholars, museums, galleries, associations, and other art world figures. Many have been digitized. Free website.