AT - Albertina - Wien www.albertina.at

Besides some Michelangelos, Dürers and other old masters, the collection of the Albertina also comprises photographs with an emphasis on Austria and American photography of the 1960s and 1970s. The site offers basic information and a useful bio-bibliography on photography in Austria.

AT - Forum Stadtpark - Graz forum.mur.at

The Forum Stadtpark describes itself as "interdisciplinary laboratory for contemporary art.” Its offerings, which sometimes include photography, range from excitingly innovative works to pretentious drivel. The site offers in-depth information on the current program.

AT - Galerie Fotohof - Salzburg www.fotohof.or.at

Fotohof shows contemporary photographic art. The site provides informatioon on current and past shows, and you can search their library. The site is only in English, probably a sign that they consider themselves a venue of international importance. It's actually an important venue in Austria.

AT - Generali Foundation www.gfound.or.at

The Generali Foundation collects art and organizes exhibitions with an emphasis on critical and conceptual art practice (as the word "practice” suggests, theory is never far behind). The site informs on exhibitions, projects, and goals. Cool design, naturally in sans-serif font.

AT - Kunsthalle Wien www.kunsthallewien.at

Kunsthalle Wien often shows photography and informs on its extensive site about the current shows.

AT - Kunsthaus Bregenz www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at

The Kunsthaus Bregenz in its Peter Zumthor shell on the shores of Lake Constance promotes contemporary art in the Vorarlberg province. The usual information is provided in a colorful late-1990s layout. A live-webcam showing the inside of the museum should probably signal a dedication to absolute modernity.

AT - MAK - Wien www.mak.at

The MAK combines applied arts and contemporary art. Roccoco furniture is presented in rooms designed by Donald Judd. Pure will to style. The site is animated throughout and offers in-depth information on collections and exhibitions and a design databank. A virtual museum.

AT - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - Wien www.mumok.at

The MUMOK, a monumental building in the new MuseumsQuartier, presents opulent exhibitions on contemporary art and is home to an impressive collection that ranges from classic modernism to pop art, conceptualism, and Viennese Actionism. You can persue the collection, featuring numerous works that use, integrate, or quote photography, in chronological order on the elegant website. For friends of the good old avant-garde.

AT - Museums-Quartier - Wien www.mqw.at

This site provides links to all the institutions in the new Museumsquartier, Vienna's new large-scale cultural center.

AT - Rupertinum - Salzburg www.rupertinum.at

The Rupertinum, a museum of contemporary art, collects Austrian photography, created since the 1950s, pursuing a very broad understanding of photography that includes new and mixed media. They also award an annual photography prize. Basic info.

AT - Secession - Wien www.secession.at

The Secession in Vienna, an art-nouveau monument with a frieze by Gustav Klimt, has frequently presented exciting shows on photography in contemporary art. The site offers basic information.

AU - Australian Center for Photography - Paddington www.acp.au.com

The Australian Center for Photography presents interesting thematic exhibitions, publishes the magazine "Photofile," and is committed to the advancement of photography in the outback of Australia. The site offers an extensive overview of its various activities. The starting pages are somewhat over-designed, whereas the rest sometimes seems to lack any kind of design. A more consequent approach to self-representation wouldn't hurt.

BE - De Singel - Antwerpen www.desingel.be

An international multimedia art center in Antwerp that keeps surprising us. The site features interesting graphic design and information on the current program.

BE - Fotomuseum - Antwerpen www.provant.be

The stylish site with too much flash animation provides information on the Belgian photo-museum and its new spaces. Regrettably, it's only in Flemish.

BE - Galerie Xavier Hufkens - Brussels www.xavierhufkens.com

Founded in 1987, Gallery Hufkens supplies Brussels with contemporary art whose value is undiminished by stock-market crashes. Works by the artists are on offer online. The site features a coldly austere design. And, of course, there's the ubiquitous annoying flash intro.

BE - Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi musee.photo.infonie.be

The museum offers changing exhibitions and a permanent collection on the history of photography. Its collection of 19th-century travel photography is particularly noteworthy. The site offers basic information and some images.

CA - Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto www.ago.net

Hier flashen und flimmern einem Grundinformationen über das Kunstmuseum von Toronto entgegen. Viel Flash und wenig Inhalt.

CA - The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography - Ottawa cmcp.gallery.ca

This museum is almost exclusively dedicated to Canadian photography. The site documents their exhibitions. If you always wanted to get to know Canadian photography, this is the site to visit.

CA - The National Gallery of Canada national.gallery.ca

The Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada has an impressive collection of photographs that is outlined on the site. Otherwise, it offers the usual basic information in French and English.

CU - Fondo Cubano de la Imagen Fotográfica www.fcif.net

This is where you find everything on photography in the land of the maximo lider: the fototeca cubana, a monthly newsletter, and galleries of photographs. Did you know that even in socialist countries out-of-focus images are considered art these days?

D - Agfa Photo-Historama - Köln www.museenkoeln.de

In 1995, Agfa purchased the Senger collection, one of the then most comprehensive photo collections, and complemented it with a unique selection of photo cameras. The Photo-Historama is one of the few museums dedicated to both the history of photography and of photographic technology. The museum's understanding of photography is historic and sometimes a bit old-fashioned - photographs are still supposed to be in focus and well-composed. The site offers in-depth basic information. The museum is located in the Museum Ludwig Cologne.

D - Arndt & Partner - Berlin www.arndt-partner.de

Founded in 1994, Arndt & Partner have worked their way to the top ever since. Their program is up to international standards, which, sadly enough, always entails a degree of standardization. The site offers the usual information. Its typography, however, makes you suspect that Arndt & Partner are a lawyer's firm.

D - Bauhaus Archiv - Berlin www.bauhaus.de

The Bauhaus Archive holds more than 5'000 photographs by various Bauhaus artists. The site, designed in the Bauhaus style, offers an overview of the history of the Bauhaus and the collections of the archive. It's modernism pure, still stylish and perennially influential.

D - Berlinische Galerie: Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur - Berlin www.berlinischegalerie.de

The Berlinische Galerie is dedicated to art from Berlin and owns a large photo collection (Heinich Zille, Erich Salomon, Herbert Tobias). It also covers GDR photo history. The site provides basic information, presented in a not exactly seductive manner.

D - Büro für Fotos - Köln www.burofurfotos.de

Büro für Fotos ist eine Galerie, in der es zuweilen interessante junge Fotografen zu entdecken gibt. Die schön gestaltete Site (mit lästigem Pop-up-Fenster) bietet textlastige Informationen über die Künstler, Austellungen und Publikationen.

D - c/o-Berlin www.co-berlin.com

According to its self-description, the C/O is a "cultural center for photography.” It mainly shows exhibitions on documentary photography. The clearly structured website provides information on current shows in a layout reminiscent of tourist leaflet.

D - Deichtorhallen - Hamburg www.deichtorhallen.de

The Deichtorhallen regularly show important photo exhibitions. The site documents exhibitions current and past. The site is a must, not least because the Deichtorhallen are now home to F.C. Gundlach's legendary collection.

D - Deutsches Historisches Museum - Berlin www.dhm.de

The German Museum of History collects everything related to German history, among others photographs and the archives of photo agencies. The site provides a good introduction to their collections. No matter what period of German history you are interested in - this is where you'll find the images.

D - Fotografie Forum International - Frankfurt www.ffi-frankfurt.de

Fotografie Forum International presents exhibitions on all aspects of photography. Most exhibitions focus on a single artist. The solid, yet somewhat boring site provides information on the institution and exhibitions current and past.

D - Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum - München www.stadtmuseum-online.de

Munich's municipal museum comprises a photo museum. The site offers basic information and boring design. Too bad, since the program of the museum is quite interesting.

D - Galerie Daniel Buchholz - Köln www.galeriebuchholz.de

Bucholz consistently and consequently shows smart art for smart people, falthough sometimes the art is too smart for its own good. The site provides infos on exhibitions current and past, among others photography and multimedia art with photographic aspects. Basic information and very basic design.

D - Galerie Johnen + Schöttle - Köln www.johnen-schoettle.de

Johnen + Schöttle's solid program focuses on art of the 1980s and 1990s, among others on conceptually inspired photography. The site offers lots of images, but very little text and background information. James Coleman, Elger Esser, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Graham, Candida Höfer, Jeff Wall.

D - Galerie Lichtblick - Köln www.lichtblicknet.com

Galerie Lichtblick, a not-for-profit organization, has presented photo exhibitions for the past 17 years. The shows are extensively documented in text and images on their clearly structured, simply designed, and informative website.

D - Galerie Max Hetzler - Berlin www.maxhetzler.com

Hetzler is Berlin's über-gallery with two branches. The site provides a wealth of images of shows past and present. In addition, works in stock are presented. That's what we call a "shopping experience.” Rineke Dijkstra, Günther Förg, Axel Hütte, Thomas Struth usw.

D - Galerie Wohnmaschine - Berlin www.wohnmaschine.de

Wohnmaschine often shows photography, both one-person and group shows. Space is a recurrent focus. The gallery represents a growing number of Japanese artists. The gallery is always good for a discovery. Basic info.

D - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin www.hamburgerbahnhof.de

The Hamburger Bahnhof, a former train station, is Berlin's latest museum for contemporary art. The site offers info on the building, the collections, and exhibitions current and past.

D - Haus der Kunst - München www.hausderkunst.de

Haus der Kunst presents large-scale retrospectives and thematic exhibitions, sometimes on photography. It's a run-of-the-mill website with infos on exhibitions current and past. Their new head curator is photography maven Thomas Weski.

D - Jablonka Galerie - Köln www.jablonkagalerie.com

Rafael Jablonka runs a gallery with three branches in Cologne, two of them dedicated to usual art-world stars approved by Parkett, and another gallery dedicated to younger and less well-known artist. It's a nicely designed site with lots of images and very little text. Well, galleries aren't museums, after all. Nobuyoshi Araki, Roni Horn, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Beat Streuli, Andy Warhol usw.

D - Kicken Berlin www.kicken-gallery.com

Kicken has worked as a photography dealer since the 1970s, and consequently he offers a comprehensive selection that is definitely blue-chip. The site offers in-depth information on exhibitions, artists, and self-published editions.

D - Künstlerhaus Bethanien - Berlin www.bethanien.de

Künstlerhaus Bethanien runs an international artist-in-residence program whose participants often show their work in the exhibition space of the Künstlerhaus. Now and then, they also invite good photographers. The site offers in-depth information and an archive.

D - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg has dedicated itself to contemporary art. The website is lavish, proffering a wealth of information and plenty of images. This makes up for a will to design that is sometimes a tad too evident.

D - Kunstwerke - Berlin www.kw-berlin.de

Kunstwerke organizes trendy exhibitions on contemporary art with an international appeal and runs an artist-in-residence program.

D - Lenbachhaus - München www.lenbachhaus.de

Besides its collection with an emphasis on the Blaue Reiter group, Neue Sachlichkeit and contemporary art, Lenbachhaus shows changing exhibitions, sometimes on photography, in the opulent villa of 19th-century star portraitist Franz Lenbach. The site provides basic information.

D - Museum Folkwang - Essen www.museum-folkwang.de

The Museum Folkwang presents photo exhibition on a regular basis and has a large collection of photographs. The website offers some information on the museum and the current exhibitions, in a layout reminiscent of a leaflet. In addition, you can learn about the editions of the Kunstring Essen, some of them quite a bargain.

D - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe - Hamburg www.mkg-hamburg.de

Since 1900, the Museum for Arts and Crafts has collected photography and hence owns voluminous holdings. Since 1991, they have concentrated their resources on fashion photography. The site is a design extravaganza - as soon as you move your cursor, something shifts, folds, or turns. But don't let this fool you: the site doesn't offer much more than basic information.

D - Museum für moderne Kunst - Frankfurt www.mmk-frankfurt.de

The site of Frankfurt's Museum of Moldern Art offers, besides the usual information, a virtual tour of the museum, room for room, work for work. Not bad.

D - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst - Berlin www.ngbk.de

NGBK presents thematic exhibitions, critical, political, and quirky. Sadly enough, the site is somewhat meager. Every year, they curate a photo show with a focus on one country, photographic art from Japan, Australia, China, the Netherlands, Switzerland and so on.

D - Portikus - Frankfurt www.portikus.de

Portikus dedicates itself to contemporary art, and it shows on the website, which seems very contemporary, very process- and concept-oriented, replete with typewriter-font and austere design.

D - Sammlung Goetz - München www.sammlung-goetz.de

Ingvild Goetz has assembled one of the best collections of contemporary art (Schütte, Goldin, Arbus, Wall, Horn, Gonzales-Torres, Sherman, Klauke). It is housed a building designed by Herzog & de Meuron and presented to the public in changing exhibitions and in-depth catalogues. The site epitomizes minimalist chic and offers basic information on past and present activities.

D - Schirn Kunsthalle - Frankfurt www.schirn-kunsthalle.de

Die Website der Kunsthalle Schirn flasht dem Betrachter übergestaltete Grundinformationen entgegen. Mehr Inhalt und weniger Design wäre auch was. Eine Grosskunsthalle mit weitgefächertem Programm.

D - SK Stiftung Kultur www.sk-kultur.de

SK Foundation is home to the August Sander archive and a photo collection and presents changing exhibitions. The site offers basic info on the institution and the collection. Parts of the collection are accessible on the net. Not exactly sexy site, but lots of info.

D - Sprengel Museum - Hannover www.sprengel-museum.de

The Sprengel Museum shows contemporary art and has started to collect photography in 1994. Their site provides concise information on current shows. The Sprengel Museum is a treasure trove for photography aficionados, not least because of the annual Spectrum Award for international photography.

D - Thomas Zander - Köln www.kunstmarkt.com

Sophisticated photo-gallery with an emphasis on artistic street photography and New Topographics. Not exactly attractively designed website with plenty of information. Lewis Baltz, William Christenberry, Rineke Dijkstra, Ken Schles, Larry Sultan, Gary Winogrand, Tom Wood

D - ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie - Karlsruhe www.zkm.de

The ZKM has dedicated itself to the exploration of imaging technologies, giddily looking forward to the future, very much in the spirit of the early 1990s, unfazed by the fall of the New Economy and the dot-coms. Those who want to follow the digital whithering away of photography should now and then have look at this site. As is to be expected, the site is exciting and rich. For those who despise vintage prints, hard-boiled post-auratic thinkers, and cybericonoclasts.

DK - Brandts Klaededabrik / Museet for Fotokunst - Odense www.brandts.dk

A photo museum in an old garment factory, extensive basic info on the exhibitions and the collection, but only in Danish.

DK - Danmarks Fotomuseum - Herning www.fotomuseum.dk

The Danish photo museum primarily examines the history of Danish photo technology (the museum was founded by the owner of a photo store) and organizes changing exhibitions. The site provides 360º views of the rooms, images from the exhibitions, and the usual basic information.

ES - Fundacion La Caixa - Barcelona www1.lacaixa.es:8090

One of the largest centers for contemporary art on the Iberian peninsula. The center has been recently enlarged. In other words, something's happening here. Information, however, is only available in Spanish and Katalan.

ES - IVAM - Valencia www.ivam.es

IVAM shows contemporary art and presents an annual award for digital photography. The site seems to aspire to futurist sophistication—everything seems to move or call for interaction. Searching for information amounts to playing a computer game. Annoying.

FI - The Finnish Museum of Photography - Helsinki www.fmp.fi

The Finnish Museum of Photography shows both finnish and international photography. Brief information in English, stylishly somber design.

FR - Centre National de la Photographie - Paris www.cnp-photographie.com

Das CNP zeigt zeitgenössische Fotokunst und ihre neumedialen Ausläufer, avanciertem Kunstszenekonsens folgend. Site gibt Grundinformationen, knappe Beschriebe vergangener Ausstellungen und verfügt über eine pädagogische Abteilung. 2004 wird das CNP im neuen Bildmuseum im Jeu de Paume aufgehen.

FR - Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg) www.cnac-gp.fr

This is what the future of architecture and of the museum looked like when chairs in orange plastic and anti-authoritarian education were considered vanguard. The Popmpidou is still innovative, even in an age less enamoured of the idea of progress. It was one of the first mulit-media museums and has always supported the cause of photography. Extensive information on collections and current shows, lots of text and too few images. The Encyclopédie des Nouveaux Médias is excellent.

FR - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain www.fondation.cartier.fr

Fondation Cartier often features photography in its innovative program of contemporary art. The site richly and intelligently documents past and current shows and the collection of the Fondation. Well-designed, user-friendly, and informative. Warmly recommended.

FR - Galerie 213 - Paris www.galerie213.com

Fomer fashionista Marion de Beaupré mostly shows photography in her gallery, following her own nose, rather than the art-world consensus. Her small, but exquisite bookstore is always worth a visit. The site documents current and past exhibitions. Peter Lindbergh, Ornela Vorpsi. Grete Stern, Peter Fraser, William Eggleston, Mario Sorrenti

FR - Galerie du Jour Agnès b. - Paris www.galeriedujour.com

Like so many fashionistas these days, designer Agnès b. feels an affinity for art and artists, runs a gallery (Ojekere, Sidibe, Keita, Harmony Korine, Kenneth Anger, Martin Parr, Massimo Vitali) and an art-book store, and publishes point d'ironie, a free, internationally distributed leaflet in newspaper format, featuring works by artists (Boltanski, Lum, Billingham, Horn, Feldmann, Parr). And, moreover, she does all of this with perfect taste and intelligence. The site provides info on the various projects and extensively documents the current show.

FR - Galerie Yvon Lambert - Paris www.yvon-lambert.com

Yvon Lambert sells international contemporary art, most of it familiar to Parkett readers. The stylishly understated site offers installation views and basic information on the gallery's program. Classy art for classy people. Christian Boltanski, Nan Goldin, Roni Horn, Andres Serrano, Louise Lawler, Vibeke Tandberg

FR - Maison Européen de la Photographie - Paris www.mep-fr.org

France's photo museum with an emphasis on contemporary photography provides inforamtion on the collection and the exhibition. Classic museum site that tells and shows you quite a lot, but does not yet offer any net-specific content.

FR - Palais de Tokyo - Paris www.palaisdetokyo.com

Palais de Tokyo is the Parisian experimental playground for contemporary art. The site offers all sorts of information in an excessively cute layout. Nevertheless, it's definitely merits a visit.

FR - Patrimoine Photographique - Paris www.patrimoine-photo.org

Die Franzosen wissen, wie wohl niemand sonst, wie man nationales Kulturerbe züchtet, verwaltet und verwahrt. Das Patrimoine Photographique im Hotel Sully hortet fotografisches Kulturerbe, das auf der Website sehr ausführlich und stylish vorgestellt wird. Die Nachlässe diverser Fotografen (u. a. Kertesz, Voinquel, Kenna), die laufenden und vergangenen Ausstellungen werden bild- und textreich auf dem Netz zugänglich gemacht. Très chou.

GB - Barbican Arts Center - London www.barbican.org.uk

The Barbican calls itself a "multi-arts” cultural center and presents, among others, exhibitions on contemporary art. Flashy website with basic information, embellished with too much design and animation.

GB - Cornerhouse - Manchester www.cornerhouse.org

Cornerhouse is Manchester's center for contemporary visual art, and naturally they often present photography exhibitions. The site informs on current events. In addition, there is an excellent on-line bookstore.

GB - Emily Tsingou Gallery - London www.emilytsingougallery.com

Emily Tsingou shows contemporary photographic art, sometimes interesting, sometimes merely trendy. The graphic design of the site has an adequately trendy, somewhat mannered air.

GB - Ikon Gallery - Birmingham dspace.dial.pipex.com

Ikon Gallery shows contemporary art and photography. The site provides info on current and past exhibitions, heavy on text.

GB - Lisson Gallery - London www.lisson.co.uk

Since 1967, the Lisson Gallery has dedicated itself to international and British conetemporary art and has consequently acquired a veneer of solidity and importance. The site has a serious and classic feel and offers extentensive information on the artists in text and image. Francis Alys, John Baldessari, James Casebere, Dan Graham, Jane & Louise Wilson

GB - Michael Hoppen Gallery - London www.michaelhoppen-photo.com

Michael Hoppen sells photo classics in an up-scale environment, which is mirrored by the website that has the feel a classy catalogue printed on heavy paper. Solid, informative, sophisticated, and a bit boring.

GB - Modern Art - Oxford www.moma.org.uk

The Modern Art in Oxford sometimes presents quite exciting exhibitions on contemporary art. The site provides some information on current and past exhibitions, rather short and perfunctory.

GB - Sadie Coles HQ www.sadiecoles.com

In den 90ern eine hyper-trendy Galerie, archetypisch für die Dekade. Ideal für Menschen auf einer Diät von Kokain und Sushi. Die farbig-minimale Gestaltung der Site erinnert an die Speisekarten überteuerter Londoner In-Restaurants.

GB - Tate Modern - London www.tate.org.uk

The Tate Modern in its monumental Herzog&de Meuron building is increasingly drawn to photography. The stylish site offers plenty of information, which is, however, loading somewhat slowly because of the numerous animated images.

GB - The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - Bradford www.nmpft.org.uk

Photography, film, television, and their digital offspring are examined under technological and creative aspects. The site provides info on the exhibitions and the museum. Numerous on-line exhibits (among others on Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, William Henry Fox Talbot, photo equipment in the course of time, the history of Kodak). Lot of knowledge, well-presented. A must.

GB - The National Portrait Gallery - London www.npg.org.uk

The NPG offers a good on-line overview of its collection of photographic portraits, complete with a decent search engine. If you want to gain an understanding of the history of the photographic portrait, we highly recommend this site. The layout is rather sober and clearly structured; there's no attempt at seducing the viewer.

GB - The Photographer's Gallery - London www.photonet.org.uk

The Photographer's Gallery frequently shows remarkable exhibitions and is host to the annually exhibition of the finalists of the renowned Citibank Award for photography. The clearly structured site offers in-depth info and plenty of images. A must.

GB - The Royal Photographic Society - Bradford www.rps.org

The RPS is dedicated to the support of "the art and science of photography” in the United Kingdom. Their website offers information on their activities, points out photo-related events and exhibitions, and has a meassge board for discussions on the theory and practice of photography. In tune with their rather traditional understanding of photography, the site has a discrete conservative layout with no frills and is easy to navigate.

GB - White Cube - London www.whitecube.com

Remember the last decade of the last century? When everyone believed that they'd become stock-market gazillionaires, when art, fashion, and pop coalesced into one glossy, colorful, and sexily brainless visual vortex. White Cube was the perfect epitome of the 1990s and played a significant role in the engineering of the YBA hype. Their website adequately illustrates this with an animated logo, lots of graphic design, clever color schemes, cheap limited editions, and the art stars of the stock-market boom. For those who feel a nostalgic yearning for the utopian phase of capitalism. Nobuyoshi Araki, Sophie Calle, Gregory Crewdson, Anna Gaskell, Nan Goldin, Esko Männikö, Yasumasa Morimura, Walter Niedermayer, Jack Pierson, Sam Taylor-Wood, Jeff Wall.

IT - Galleria Carla Sozzani - Mailand *http:

Carla Sozzani - the sister of Franca Sozzani, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, both of them endowed with an eye for photography - shows international photography and offers an excellent selection of photo books. The site extensively documents the exhibition program.

IT - Isabella Brancolini - Florenz www.isabellabrancolini.it

Isabella Brancolini dedicates herself to contemporary photography in the historical center of Florence - not an easy task. The site is easy to navigate and refreshingly simple. Olivo Barbieri, Leta Peer, Larry Sultan, Massimo Vitali

JP - Taka Iishi Gallery - Tokyo www.takaishiigallery.com

Contemporary art gallery in Tokyo, heavy on photography. Interesting site with lots of images and a stylishly streamlined logo. Doug Aitken, Nobuyoshi Araki, Thomas Demand, Naoya Hatakeyama, Naoto Kawahara, Yuki Kimura, Sean Landers, Daido Moriyama, Kyoko Murase, Jack Pierson

JP - The Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art www.kmopa.com

The Kiyosato Museum shows retrospectives on international and Japanese photography and supports young Japanese photographers with its Young Portfolio Acquisitions that are extensively documented on the site like the exhibitions. An interesting inside view of Japanese photography.

JP - Tokyo Photographic Culture Centre www.tpcc-akasaka.com

Nur in Japanisch, aber für Japanophile vielleicht doch einen Click wert.

LB - Fondation Arabe pour l'image - Beirut www.fai.org.lb

The Fondation supports photographic culture in Arab-speaking countries, collects and organizes exhibitions that are linked on the site. Quite exciting. The site offers basic information, but does not really satisfy the curiousity it arouses, which we consider a good sign.

NL - FOAM fotomuseum amsterdam www.foam.nl

The brilliant and sleek site of Amsterdam's photo museum.

NL - Fotomuseum - Den Haag www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl

An interesting photo museum with an informative, but not exactly elegantly designed, site.

NL - Huis Marseille - Foundation for Photography - Amsterdam www.huismarseille.nl

This quite young museum in Amsterdam shows contemporary photography with a particular emphasis on the Netherlands and collects photography with a relation to contemporary art. The entire collection can be seen on the net. Well-done site.

NL - Kunsthal - Rotterdam www.kunsthal.nl

Kunsthal Rotterdam in its flashy Rem Koolhas building is dedicated to culture in the broadest sense of the word - new and old, high and low - and is committed to an audience-friendly, genre-bending openness. The site offers the usual information on exhibitions and building in subduedly playful graphic design.

NL - Nederlands Fotomuseum - Rotterdam www.nfi.nl

The Nederlands Fotomuseum documents the present and the history of Dutch photography. The site offers concise information about the exhibitions and more extensively describes collections and projects. The site is connected to the Nederlands Fotoarchiv, whose large holdings of photographs are accessible online. For connoisseurs of the Dutch way of living and its culture.

NL - Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam www.stedelijk.nl

The Stedelijik shows exhibitions on a broad array subject as befits one of the world's largest museums. The site is pleasantly simple. Information on the current program, not exactly seductively presented.

NL - Torch Galerie - Amsterdam www.torchgallery.com

An interesting gallery in the spirit of 1990s Amsterdam. The site, which uses both Flash and Shockwave, is hopelessly over-produced. This should probably signal their new-media competence.

NL - witte de with - Rotterdam www.wdw.nl

Until the end of 2005 the center for contemporary art was under the command of Lady Documenta X, Catherine David, and shaped by her intellectualist, conceptual approach. In 2006 Nicolaus Schaffhausen became its new director. The site does not limit itself to merely illustrating the exhibitions and offers lots of background information on the shows and numerous links. Exemplary, heady, and critical with a vengeance.

PT - Centro Cultural de Belem www.ccb.pt

The Centro Cultural de Belem promotes contemporary culture in Portugal. The site, characterized by a charmingly mediteranean lack of structure, is in Portuges only. Information in English may be downloaded as pdf.

PT - Fundação de Serralves - Porto www.serralves.pt

The Serralves, a museum for contemporary art, was founded in 1999 and has since garnered international attention with its exhibitions. Very sleek graphic design.

RU - Soros Foundation Network www.soros.org

Stock-market genius George Soros' foundation is dedicated to the promotion of an "open society” in formerly communist countries. He's a smart boy, and knows that open societies need art. Consequently, he's founded and funded a number of centers for contemporary art in some of these countries. For numerous native photographers they are the only opportunity to show their work. The site is bursting with information, but is not exactly visually attractive. But, for once, this does not really matter.

SE - Hasselblad Center - Göteborg www.hasselbladcenter.se

Hasselblad does not merely manufacture excellent cameras, they also support photography as an art form in an exemplary manner, among others with the annual Hasselbald Award and the Hasselblad Center that shows chaning exhibitions and is home to growing collection. The site in elegant Scandinavian design provides an overview of the exhibitions and other events at the Center.

SE - Malmö Konsthal www.konsthall.malmo.se

The program of the Malmö Konsthal is up to international standards. Lots of images that give you a good idea of their exhibitions.

SE - Rooseum - Malmö www2.rooseum.in-berlin.de

The Rooseum shows contemporary art, often with an experimental twist. The site provides a lot of information and invites browsing. The graphic design exudes a somewhat 1990ish chic.

US - 303 Gallery - New York www.303gallery.com

303 Gallery's program includes a lot of intelligent photography. And its web site is definitely worth a visit—it shows the works from current and past exhibitions, complemented by press releases and biographies. Exemplary.

US - Andover Academy - Addison Gallery - Andover MA www.andover.edu

The Addison Gallery shows American art and has been collecting photography since 1934, from Eadward Muybridge to Man Ray. The site provides basic information and offers a glimpse of the collection.

US - Andrea Rosen Gallery - New York www.andrearosengallery.com

Andrea Rosen, more or less consequently, shows art with a conceptual attitude. The site offers in-depth information in text and image on the artists and the gallery, nicely designed, but in one of those annoying pop-up windows.

US - Berkley Art Museum www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

Gut gemachte Website mit Texten und Bildern zu den laufenden und vergangene Ausstellungen und der vollständigen Sammlung (1'800 Fotografien, naturgemäss viele nordkalifornische Fotografen).

US - Bonni Benrubi Gallery www.bonnibenrubi.com

Bonni Benrubi zeigt Fotografie, neue und alte, bekannte und unbekannte, gute und schlechte. Die Site ist elegant und übersichtlich und informiert bildreich über Ausstellungen und Künstler.

US - Brent Sikkema Gallery - New York www.brentsikkema.com

Brent Sikkema hat viele FotografInnen im Programm, manchmal mit einem leichten Hang zum Geschmäcklerischen. Die Site mit den üblichen Informationen ist einfach und elegant

US - California Museum of Photography - Riverside CA cmp1.ucr.edu

Basic information on the exhibitions and an exemplary extensive overview of the collections (historical photographs of immigrants, Koadk Brownie cameras, an Ansel Adams database with with 1'700 images, photographs from the Forbidden City in 1930s Beijing). Delightful browsing.

US - Center for Creative Photography, University of Tucson, Arizona dizzy.library.arizona.edu

A photo center with a significant collection comprising the archives of more than 180 photographers (Ansel Adams. Wynn Bullock, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Aaron Siskind, Frederick SOmmer. W. Eugene Smith, Edward Weston, etc.). Very good on-line search options.

US - Fraenkel Gallery - San Francisco www.fraenkelgallery.com

One of the most important classic photo galleries, almost as venerable as a museum. Elegant site with concise information on artists. exhibitions, and the gallery's publications. Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Bernd & Hilla Becher, E.J. Bellocq, Harry Callahan, Susan Derges, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Adam Fuss Man Ray, Nan Goldin, John Gutmann, Helen Levitt, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Richard Misrach, Eadweard Muybridge, Nicholas Nixon, Paul Outerbridge, Irving Penn, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Carleton E. Watkins, William Wegman, Edward Weston, Garry Winogrand, Joel-Peter Witkin

US - George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film - Rochester www.eastman.org

The museum in the mansion of the Kodak founder George Eastman is dedicated to the history of photography and film, collects everything from cameras to photographs, and supports research projects. The site offers in-depth information on the exhibitions and collections, a very good "Timeline Of Photography,” shows videos on various historical photographic techniques. Lots of solid, accessibly presented knowledge. Highly recommended. Indispensable for everyone interested in the history of photography.

US - ICA - Boston www.icaboston.org

The ICA shows innovative exhibitions on various topics, but does not have a collection of its own. The site offers basic information.

US - ICP / International Center of Photography - New York www.icp.org

ICP is a museum, a school, and a center for photography at once, founded by Cornell Capa. Those who would like to take classes in photography in New York without enrolling in a college may turn to the ICP. The site provides information on the exhibitions, the collections, the school and the courses. Lots of information, somewhat austere and sober, but worth a visit.

US - Los Angeles County Museum of Art www.lacma.org

One of the largest American museums. The usual information and most of the photography collection that can be searched for artists, dates, and topics.

US - Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art www.moca-la.org

The elegant website of the trendy museum for contemporary art. Their collection (comprising many photographs) is on-line and can be browsed by artist, decade, or classification.

US - Luhring Augustine Gallery - New York www.luhringaugustine.com

Parkett art, heavy on the 1980s. Over-designed pop-up website that introduces the artists with available artwork, biographies and press reviews. Larry Clark, Gregory Crewdson, Günther Förg, Joel Sternfeld.

US - Marian Goodman Gallery www.mariangoodman.com

Classic postmodernism with on a high level. The site has an airy design and provides info on artists and gallery. John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski, Lothar Baumgarten, James Coleman, Tacita Dean, Rineke Dijkstra, Thomas Struth

US - Matthew Marks Gallery - New York www.matthewmarks.com

A gallery, solid as Swiss private bank, that is not only faithful to art-world stars, but also represents individualists like Nayland Blake and David Armstrong. Basic information in white-on-black, which is probably supposed to look classy. Robert Adams, David Armstrong, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Fischli Weiss, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn, Peter Hujar, Inez van Lamsweerde, Tracy Moffat, Sam Taylor-Wood

US - Museum of Contemporary Photography - Chicago www.mocp.org

The museum presents the history of photography since 1945, the collection mainly consists of works by Americcan photographers. The emphasis is on the different uses of photography - in art, documentation, advertising, and science. The site provides the usual basic information.

US - Museum of Fine Art - Boston www.mfa.org

Boston's art museum with the usual basic information on the current shows and a very extensive overview of the collection. All European photographs are on-line (Atget, Sander, Cartier-Bresson, Le Gray), and the curator introduces his personal highlights from the collection.

US - New Langton Arts - San Francisco www.newlangtonarts.org

New Langton Arts organizes exhibitions on contemporary art beyond the narrow confines of the art market, an important venue for experimental art in the Bay Area. The site offers in-depth info on current shows.

US - New York Public Library Photographic Collection *http:

The photo collection of the New York Public Library, an institution that began to collect a broad range of photography very early on, with large holdings from the 19th and 20th centuries. The site introduces the different aspects of the collection, illustrated with many images (among others Berenice Abbott and Lewis Hine). In particular, we recommend the on-line exhibition of the Schomburg Center on images of African Americans in the 19th century. A rich and exciting website, yet the design is not exactly seductive and badly structured.

US - Paul Morris Gallery - New York www.paulmorrisgallery.com

Paul Morris quite consitently shows intelligent art. The site presents an overview of recent and current exhibitions.

US - Photographic Resource Center at Boston University www.bu.edu

Everything on the exhibitions current and past, exciting on-line exhibitions (among others on photography and rock/pop music; photography from Eastern Germany; photography and the development of socialist-realist aesthetics; books in the age of digital media; photography, technology, and science), in-depth news and facts about photography in Boston and New England. Clearly structured site that definitely merits a visit.

US - Pierogi 2000 - New York www.pierogi2000.com

Pierogi 2000 is a gallery in Williamsburg, run by an artist's collective. It's a place where you sometimes make interesting discoveries. The site provides a lot of information in cheeky graphic design. It also offers the on-line version of the Flatfiles, a collection of portfolios by young artists.

US - Rena Bransten Gallery - San Francisco www.renabranstengallery.com

San Francisco's most important gallery for contemporary art. Clearly structurede site with lots of images, concise information and up-to-date news on the artists. Yoshi Abe, Doug Hall, Candida Höfer, Bill Jacobson, Tracy Moffat, Vik Muniz, Paul Seawright.

US - Roebling Hall - New York www.brooklynart.com

Roebling Hall was one of the first galleries to open in Williamsburg. Nowadays, they are almost an institution, showing art of a widely varying quality. The site provides an in-depth overview of exhibitions current and past. Clearly structured, but the typography is somewhat unfortunate.

US - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art www.sfmoma.org

Early on, SF MOMA supported photography on the West Coast. The site offers basic info on the exhibitions and the collections.

US - Santa Monica Museum of Art - Los Angeles www.smmoma.org

The museum for contemporary art at the Bergamot Street Arts Center. Basic information in a stylish layout.

US - SF Camera Work www.sfcamerawork.org

Since the early 1970s, Camera Work has been showing contemporary photography and has exerted a decisive influence on the photography in the Bay Area. Basic information and a look back at past exhibitions.

US - Site Santa Fe www.sitesantafe.org

Not what you'd expext in New Mexico: Site Santa Fe organizes innovative exhibitions on contemporary art and a biennale. The site gives you an overview of past and currenr exhibitions, some of them with extensive on-line gallery tours.

US - The Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh www.warhol.org

What would Andy have been without photography, and what would photography have become without Andy? The site offers rich information on the grey eminence and the current shows.

US - The Art Institute of Chicago www.artic.edu

The AIC is home to an important collection of photographs, among others large parts of Alfred Stieglitz' collection and the collection of art dealer Julian Levy. The museum frequently shows photography exhibitions. The site offers simple basic info.

US - The Corcoran Gallery of Art - Washington DC www.corcoran.org

The Corcoran offers brief information on the current exhibitions and shows some highlights from its collection. However, it does not offer a photo-specific access to the collection. Too bad, since the Corcoran is home to an important photo collection.

US - The Getty Center - Los Angeles www.getty.edu

The Getty owns an important collection of photography whose basis is the Samuel J. Wagstaff Collection. Wagstaff, who discovered his long-time companion Robert Mapplethorpe, started to collect photographs in the late 1960s, when photographs were still cheap and hardly noticed by the art market. Wagstaff's collection decisively defined the canon of photography. The Getty offers an in-depth, extensivle commented overview of his collection. Definitely, it merits a visit.

US - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City www.metmuseum.org

The Met is home to one of the largest collections on the history of photography from its beginnings to today. Among others, it features the Alfred Stieglitz' collection and the Walker Evans Archive. Besides the usual info on the collection and the exhibitions, the site offers a history of photography in 100 images from the collection and in-depth information on historic photographic technology. A must—in reality and on the web.

US - The Museum of Modern Art - New York City www.moma.org

No need for further introduction. No other museum has shaped the history of photography as decisively. The site is excellent. Besides the usual information, it offers an overview of the collection and exciting on-line exhibitions and projects (among others the entirety of Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills, projects by Andreas Gursky, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and Rudy Burckhardt, an overview of the influential New Photography exhibitions). Obviously, MoMA has understood the difference between a website and a leaflet. An absolute must.

US - The Museum of Photographic Arts - San Diego *http:

A museum exploring all aspects of the history of photography with a strong emphasis on socially committed photography and photo-journalism. Well-done website with the usual basic information.

US - The New Museum of Contemporary Art - New York City www.newmuseum.org

The New Museum offers rather little information on its site, but its exhibition that prominently feature photography often provide interesting perspectives on contemporary culture.

US - The Southeastern Museum of Photography - Daytona Beach, FLA www.smponline.org

The Southeastern Museum of Photography was founded more than ten years ago and presents photography from a variety of angles (from the Hubble telescope to newspaper photography in contemporary art). The site provides good on-line versions of the current shows.

US - The Whitney Museum of American Art - New York City www.whitney.org

The Whitney shows American art in all of its variety. The website gives you a broad overview of American art, the museum's exhibitions and collections, and excellent list of links to art projects on the web.

US - Wexner Center of Contemporary Art - Columbus, Ohio www.wexarts.org

The Wexner in the heart of Mid-West frequently presents intelligent shows on contemporary art. The site, however, offers mere basic information.

US - Yancey Richardson Gallery - New York www.yanceyrichardson.com

Yancey Richardson offers a broad range of classic and contemporary photography, more like a classic art dealer than a contemporary gallery with thematic focus. Clearly structured unspectacular web site. Berenice Abbott, Lewis Baltz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Linda Connor, Bruce Cratsley, Mario Cravo Neto, William Eggleston, David Hilliard, Andre Kertesz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisette Model, Sebastiao Salgado, August Sander, Bertien Van Manen