Art and Education Website Directory


Education (Secondary, UK)

DfES - Department for Education and Skills.

OCR - OCR examinations.

The National Curriculum in Action - The NC in practice (examples of students' work).

The National Curriculum in Action - Art and Design - Students' art and design work.

Teachers TV - TV for teachers.



General art

Another Poster for Peace - Modern and classic anti-war posters.

Artlex - An online dictionary of art terms.

Artchive - Artist information and images.

Becks Futures - Pretentious art prize sponsered by a company that sells beer.

Big Draw! Drawing Power - Campaigns to get 'everyone drawing'.



Artists A-Z

Salvador Dalí - The official website of the Salvador Dalí Foundation

M. C. Escher - The official website of the M. C. Escher Foundation

Sagrada Familia - The official website of Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Familia.

Ralph Goings - The official website of Ralph Goings, American Photo-realist painter.

KunstHausWien - The Hundertwasser museum.

The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation - The official Roy Lichtenstein website.

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen - The official website of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Massive scupltures of everyday objects.

Julian Opie - His official website.

The Vincent Van Gogh Gallery - The complete works of Vincent Van Gogh.



Galleries and Museums

The Barbican Art Gallery - Temporary exhibitions at The Barbican.

The Courtald Institue of Art - Over 40,000 searchable images of art. The images I have seen are clear and of a decent size. The search interface is very effective.

The Design Museum - Founded in 1989, the Design Museum in London exhibits modern design, fashion and architecture.

The Hayward Gallery - on the Southbank - London.

The Saatchi Gallery - full of 'art' owned by multi-millionaire Charles Saatchi. Proof that no amount of money can buy taste.

The British Museum - Art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures.

The Tate Galleries - For the Tate Modern, Britain, Liverpool and St Ives..

The Victoria and Albert Museum - The V&A exhibits art and artefacts from many different cultures.




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