ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, with more than 13,000 new entries being added each year. Entries date back as far as the late 1960s.

ABM is the premier source of information on modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards, including photography since its invention. It includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on famous and lesser-known artists, movements, and trends. The coverage of ABM is wide-ranging and includes performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theatre arts, conservation, crafts, ceramic and glass art, ethnic arts, graphic and museum design, fashion, and calligraphy, as well as traditional media including illustration, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing.

ABM is used by students and researchers around the world to pinpoint publications and writings relevant to their area of study. Its extensive classification system and comprehensive abstracts make it an ideal source for information on artists, art movements, art history and theory, design, photography, and crafts.

Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:

• Art history
• Art theory
• Body art
• Cartoons and caricatures
• Computer art
• Conservation and restoration
• Costume
• Crafts
• Design
• Ethnic and tribal art
• Fibre arts
• Folk art
• Forgeries
• Graffiti
• Iconography
• Interior decoration
• Illustration
• Jewellery
• Museums and galleries
• Music and art
• Performance art
• Philosophy and art
• Photography
• Pottery
• Religion and art
• Sculpture
• Society and art
• Symbolism
• Textiles
• Typography
• Woodwork