While it is difficult to describe the nuances of this innovative site from the Guggenheim, one can say with confidence that it is both original and worthwhile. Created alongside an insitu exhibit, ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s-60s, this site is dedicated to the history of the experimental German artists' group Zero (1957-66) and ZERO, an international network of artists aspiring to redefine...

The Getty Museum is known for a number of firsts when it comes to creative art exhibits, and they have recently embarked on the first retrospective fully dedicated to the drawings of Gustav Klimt. This particular exhibition was organized by the Albertina Museum in Vienna, in collaboration with the Getty Museum, to mark the 150th anniversary of Klimt's birth. Klimt was one of the seminal figures of...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents this full retrospective of the French artist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Courbet has been called the first modern artist for his tendency to paint explicit nudity and celebrity life style. The online exhibit includes information about the artist and his influence on the art world. In addition, visitors can listen in on an interview with curator Gary...

This website aims to get fine art into people's homes. The fine art medium happens to be photographs of the originals, but they are really good photographs. For each painting, there is a very detailed explanation of the work, which can be found by clicking on the painting. A selection of ultra-high definition images of paintings are available for viewing on the site. Each painting includes...

The University of South Florida has expanded their digital collections by leaps and bounds in the past few months, and this particular addition is a real find. The Hampton Dunn Postcards Collection contains over 2600 digitized postcards that feature scenes from early twentieth century Florida. Within this collection, visitors will find color images of street scenes, natural vistas, and Floridians...

Step right up to this collection and see hundreds of paper items related to the history of American circuses! This remarkable offering from the Harry Ransom Center draws on the work of noted showmen such as P.T. Barnum, Hageneck-Wallace, Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey. For anyone with an interest in American cultural history, entertainment, and related subjects, the collection is a wonderful...

Movie buffs will love this online version of the Harry Ransom Center's museum exhibit called Making Movies. The emphasis of the exhibit is on the collaborative effort it takes to make a movie. On the site, there are almost 20 features to watch, listen to, revel in, and analyze. The Ransom Center has used its vast collection of "original scripts, storyboards, production photos, and call...

This website displays art and ideas from all three of Harvard University's stunning art museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. The Browse Our Collections tab, which links to 224,935 works of art from every conceivable epoch and geography, offers many hours of edifying entertainment. The collection can be searched by keyword, title, artist, object...

"Perhaps more than any site outside of Europe, the history of Bauhaus is linked intimately with the history of Harvard." So state the authors of the Harvard Art Museum's extensive online collection dedicated to Bauhaus, the art school that led German art, architecture, and design from the dawn of the Weimar Republic in 1919 until the republic's demise in 1933. In 1930, a group of undergraduate...

In 1929, the Heard Museum was founded by early Phoenix settlers Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard. The focus of the museum then and now was "to educate people about the arts, heritage and life ways of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with an emphasis on American Indian tribes of the Southwest." On the website, visitors can learn about the museum's collections, upcoming programs, and...