Here are the top 10 most popular art websites
hand picked with careful checking and testing. The quality, taste and the popularity are three standards of choosing these sites. You are welcome to share your favorite animation websites and blogs with us by commenting below.
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deviantArt is the largest art website on the internet which aims to provide a place for any artist to exhibit and discuss art works. Works cover a comprehensive category including photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications, and others.
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Art.Net is a web-based artist collective of more than 450 artists, poets, musicians, painters, sculptors, animators, hacker artists, and other creative people from around the world, aimed at helping artists share their works on the Internet.
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ARTINFO provides art news from around the world, as well as events, museums and gallery information, jobs, and auction reviews. ARTINFO is the online source for Art+Auction, Modern Painters, Culture+Travel, My ARTINFO, and
Art Sales Index.
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ArtBabble is a cloud based
video hosting service for art content and has been called the “YouTube of the arts”.
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Artcyclopedia is an online database of museum-quality fine art which indexes 2,900
art sites, links to around 160,000 works by 9,000 artists.
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ArtDaily is an Internet-based media company founded in 1996. Its website is presented as an online newspaper, with rich content updated each day of the week.
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The Arts Map is an international on-line resource to locate and identify artists and their studios, as well as galleries, art schools, museums and more things related to art.
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Blackbird is an online journal of literature and the arts based in the United States. It publishes fiction, poetry, plays, interviews, reviews, and art by both new and established writers and artists.
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Design Observer is a website devoted to a broad range of design topics centered on graphic design, communications arts, print, typography and criticism.
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Freaking News is a website featuring Photoshop news and contest. Its virtual community of over 17,000 digital artists and members features free daily Photoshop contests that are fueled by global news and events.
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InterArtCenter social network is a popular online community for international digital and fine art artists. The network’s websites provide free of charge graphic design content and information and promote modern digital multimedia & computer art.
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Myartspace is a social network for art professionals, and has been described as a Myspace for artists. It was founded by Catherine McCormack-Skiba in 2005 and was launched in May 2006.
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Virtual Collection of Masterpieces is an international internet project created and maintained by the Asia-Europe Foundation. The project displays images of art masterpieces donated by museums.
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Ugallery is a place to buy original paintings and photographs by top emerging artists. If you are an artist still have not earned the big fame, it is a good idea for you to sell on Ugallery.
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Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists. Pixiv’s main concept is for users to submit their own art illustrations, which excludes most forms of photography, and creative writing can also be submitted.
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Etsy is a large handmade online marketplace where you can buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies. Perhaps it is the most useful site in regard to helping artists and craftsmen sell their works.
