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  • Australian Art Sales Digest
  • Carter's Price Guide to Antiques
  • Fine Arts and Music Collection
  • Oxford Art Online
  • PriceIt Antiques & Collectibles

Art and design

Finding information about art and artists

This guide has been developed to help you make the most of the print and electronic arts resources at our libraries.

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The library subscribes to these online resources so that you can access them for free with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.

Art at Credo Reference
A collection of reference books covering Art.
Art and Architecture at Oxford Reference Online
A collection of reference books covering Art and Architecture.
Australian Art Sales Digest
Art market information for Australian and New Zealand including auctions, market statistics and news.
Carter’s Price Guide to Antiques
Prices of antiquities, antiques, collectables, retro, vintage and 20th century design.
Fine Arts and Music Collection
Arts-related information from a wide selection of resources.
Oxford Art Online
Includes the online Grove Dictionary of Art and other key resources.
PriceIt
Pricing tool for buyers, sellers, collectors, dealers and appraisers.
Arts, music & antiques in the Source

Art Internet links

Links provided in our Internet Gateway to art web sites and more specific resources offered by the Source.

Art blog posts

Read our posts on art topics on our blog.

Architecture

Craft

Māori art

Photography

Public art