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Researching contemporary art: Search Engines

Discover social media and other online resources to learn the latest about contemporary art and artists

Search Engines and Social Media

Google, Google Scholar, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu and more.

We recommend trying different search engines as they use different algorithms and some allow you to keep your privacy. Tips for advanced Google searching is here

For discovering blogs, try Pinterest and X, formerly known as Twitter. Searching "best x blog" in Google will get you some lists but then there's lots of work in going through them.

Many artists have Instagram accounts.