The Archives of American Art, part of the Smithsonian, is a large resource of primary documents related to the visual arts in America.
Portrait of Frida Kahlo on the patio of her house in Coyoacán, Mexico, January 24, 1948.
The Met, the Whitney, and MoMA all have terrific research facilities with knowledgeable people available to assist you.
Libraries and Research Centers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
ARTstor <click here to access the database
ARTstor is a digital library of more than two million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
An outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world.
The Hunter College Image Kiosk is an image database providing access to over 52,000 images and corresponding metadata. The images and metadata can be copied and pasted into presentation software such as PowerPoint.
Do you need art images digitized? Contact Steven Kowalik skowalik@hunter.cuny.edu to learn about digitizing services for Hunter College faculty and students.