This Top 10 Art Blogs list is by no way a comprehensive summary, as there are so many amazing art blogs out there providing up-to-date, creative and inspiring reviews on art, design, technology, and multi-media. Some of the blogs selected were done so for their commitment to activism, others for their in-depth coverage of the art world as a whole, and still others for their innovative spirit and original content.
and leave comments about other art blogs you enjoy, and I’ll gladly add them below!
1) The Art Newspaper - http://www.theartnewspaper.com/
Arguably one of the most important art journals out there. Reports on old art and new art in both the commercial and non-commercial world. Publishes breaking news on art, art heritage preservation, theoretical explorations, editorials and more.
2) Another Company - http://anothercompany.blogspot.com/
Joachim Baan is a graphic designer, photographer, and the founder of Another Company. He provides fresh and insightful reviews and daily links to info on some of the most creative and innovative art, design, fashion and technology works around.
3) Modern Art Notes - http://www.artsjournal.com/man/
Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes (MAN) is a chronicle of his thoughts and passions for modern and contemporary art. Green started MAN in 2001, and it has since been noted as “the most influential of all visual-art blogs” by the Wall Street Journal. Updated almost daily.
4) Art for a Change - http://art-for-a-change.com/blog/
Mark Vallen, an Los Angeles based artist, takes an international view of the art world, and looks at how art can transform our communities for the better. Topics covered include art and culture, with a focus on socially conscious works.
5) Happy Famous Artists - http://happyfamousartists.blogspot.com/
Simple and sweet art coverage on everything from fetish to science fiction to avant-garde music. Happy Famous Artists boasts it’s “bad art for bad people,” but that’s just part of the fun.
6) Guerrilla Innovation - http://www.guerrilla-innovation.com/
Guerrilla Innovation challenges traditional ideas and situations through unconventional creativity to inspire experiences, expressions and solutions for contemporary issues in our communities. Their “activistic” section is an exciting merger of social action and artistic expression.
7) Information Aesthetics - http://infosthetics.com/
Form follows data in this unique blog about data visualization and visual communication. Features visual narratives on information technology, data organization, and the ways we visualize social media. Think interactive refugee maps, bipartisan blog analyses, and atlases of electromagnetic space as forms of artistic visual expression.
8 ) No Fat Clips!!! - http://dekku.blogspot.com/
Features music videos, short moves, and other forms of visual entertainment. It’s unique layout features coverage written in both English and Italian, side-by-side. Includes info on video exhibitions, animation, short films, and video accompaniments to social action campaigns.
9) Pixelsumo - http://www.pixelsumo.com/
Pixelsumo is the creation of Chris O’Shea, a London-based artist and designer. The blog is all about “play,” exploring the boundaries of design, video games, toys and playgrounds.
10) We Make Money Not Art - http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/
In their own words, We Make Money Not Art visits art galleries, listens to conferences, covers art and design events, takes lots of pictures, interviews creative people, and documents their findings in order to share them with you. A creative intersection between art, design and technology.
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Good list. I would have added Art Fag City wwwartfagcity.com and the Myartspace Blog http://www.myartspace.com/blog. There are so many great art blogs out there. Very tough to make a list like this.
A very useful list - thanks for the post.
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