Art Resources
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Useful websites
NZ Galleries & museums
- Auckland Art Gallery,
- Christchurch Art Gallery,
- Dunedin Public Art Gallery,
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery,
- Suter Art Gallery,
- Wellington City Gallery
Overseas Galleries & museums
Click on any link category for a more detailed description
Shelf help
| Subject: | Dewey number: |
|---|---|
| Architecture | 720 |
| Art history, 20th century - e.g. Surrealism, Cubism etc. | 709.04 |
| Art history, general | 709 |
| Drawing | 741 |
| Graphic arts (for more detail, see also the Graphic Arts page) |
760 |
| Handicrafts | 745.5 |
| Interior decoration | 747 |
| New Zealand art | 709.931 |
| New Zealand painters & painting | 759.9931 |
| Painters & history of painting, e.g. Monet, Picasso | 759 |
| Painting techniques - e.g. oil or watercolour painting | 751 |
| Photography | 770-779 |
| Sculpture | 730 |
| Textiles - e.g. quilting, embroidery etc. | 746 |
Magazines
New Zealand & Australian:
New Zealand magazines
- Art New Zealand
- A quarterly magazine, published in Auckland, featuring New Zealand art and artists, reviews of exhibitions and book reviews. The oldest, most dependably long-lasting art magazine we have. Held from 1976 onwards - indexes are also held (reference only 1st & 2nd floors). Also, see the Art New Zealand website
- Art News New Zealand
- An Auckland-based quarterly arts magazine published in association with the Auckland Society of Arts. Includes articles on individual artists, events nationwide, book reviews, etc. Covers theatre and literature as well as the visual arts. Held from 1993 onwards. Also, see the Art News New Zealand website
- Artzone
- New Zealand's guide to galleries (quarterly). Held from August 2003 onwards. See also the Artzone website
- State of the arts - Australia & New Zealand
- A bi-monthly magazine published in Australia which covers art events in both countries. Held from 1998 onwards
Australian magazines:
- Art & Australia
- Quarterly journal
- Australian art collector
- All about the Australian art market with interviews with and articles on Australian artists and collecting Australian art quarterly. The library holds, Issue16(Ap-Je2001)-no23(Ja-Mr2003) & then no28(Ap-Je2004) onwards. See also the Australian art collector website
- Art Asia Pacific
- A quarterly magazine, published in Australia, which attempts to cover all of the Asian-Pacific countries, including New Zealand. Sometimes lashes out with a whole issue devoted to New Zealand, as in the very interesting "Focus on New Zealand" issue. no. 23, published last year. This issue features essays on Bill Hammond, Ava Seymour, Michael Parekowhai, Colin McCahon and the Maori prophets, and Shane Cotton, amongst others. Held from 1993 onwards. Also, see the Art Asia Pacific website
International:
UK magazines
US magazines:
Asian art magazines:
Online databases
- Index New Zealand
- Describes over half a million magazine and newspaper articles published in New Zealand over the past 20 years, including those on New Zealand art and artists. Index New Zealand is updated daily and approximately 2,500 documents are added monthly. Art New Zealand is just one of the publications indexed on INNZ... (more about Index New Zealand)
- New Zealand Artists Database
- This index is a guide to material held in Wellington City Libraries on New Zealand artists. At present that means mainly painters, photographers, sculptors, and mixed media and installation artists, but as the database is expanded craft artists, jewellers, potters and architects will gradually be included. The aim of the database is to be a useful resource for the general interested reader and students at secondary and tertiary levels... (more about the New Zealand Artists Database)
More databases?
The databases listed on this page are a snapshot of just some of the online resources the library offers on the arts. Visit The Arts on MyGateway.info to browse more.
Contact us
This page is written and maintained by Pauline Hayter. My aim is to keep you informed about the visual & graphic arts section of the library and to highlight parts of the collection which may interest you. You can find updated lists of new materials on other arts subjects, such as handicrafts & general design, on our MyLibrary pages. I'd be pleased to hear from you about this page - contact me with any feedback @ pauline.hayter@wcc.govt.nz.
