1. What does the ARTINFO Data Bank "From Russia with Art" offer?
2. What information and in what form does the Bank offer?
3. What does an artist stand to gain from joining in?
4. What do specialists and institutions stand to gain from joining the Bank?
5. How many artists are represented in the Bank?
6. How often is the Bank site on the Internet visited?
7. What are our further plans?
8. Who can join your Data Bank?
9. May foreign artists, specialists and organizations join the Bank?
10. How does one join your bank?
11. Can the required data be provided in digital form through the Internet?
12. What is the amount to be paid as the entrance fee?
13. What art projects do we support?
14. Who are our partners?
15. What kind of publishers are ARTINFO?
16. How do I get more detailed information about the content CD-ROMs of the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts"?
17. Where can one purchase CD-ROMs of the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts"?
18. What is the point of buying the CD-ROMs in the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts" if all information is available free of charge from your www-server "From Russia with Art"?
19. How can I do links exchange with ARTINFO?

What does the ARTINFO Data Bank "From Russia with Art" offer?

The world's largest ARTINFO Data Bank "From Russian with Art" offers pictorial and textual information about Russian contemporary art.
Its main purpose is to make available to users the wealth of cultural data and tangible information support for artists, art critics, art historians, students of art, art institutions and art lovers through the Internet and a CD-ROM series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts" which has been published by ARTINFO since 1994.
It is the world's largest computer Data Bank offering information about contemporary Russian art.

What information and in what form does the Bank offer?

Our data bank is designed to store and make available full authentic information about individuals and organizations active in the sphere of art. Information is provided in a number of modes - textual (in Russian and English), still photos, audio and video sequences to give the user the most comprehensive idea of the content of each and every entry.

What does an artist stand to gain from joining in?

First of all, let's look to the future.
By joining the Bank, the artist gets a unique possibility for storing information about oneself and one's art, as well as making this information available to a worldwide audience.
As concerns "our daily bread," we offer our subscribers our services in the organization of sales of their works of art or their pictures.
We do not claim to be able to solve all of your problems but we certainly offer an opportunity not to be overlooked.

What do specialists and institutions stand to gain from joining the Bank?

We receive a lot of questions about art to which only specialists can provide a competent reply. It is natural therefore to provide an opportunity for those who have questions to contact those who know the answers.

How many artists are represented in the Bank?

More than  900, and the number of their works exceeds 7,000.

How often is the Bank site on the Internet visited?

More than 500 visits are registered every day and over 300,000 visits by both professionals and ordinary lovers of art have visited the site since it was opened in November, 1996.
How do they respond and what are they interested in?
First of all, they express sincere appreciation of the possibility to get to know so many interesting artists and their works. Many have asked for a direct contact with the artists.
Some have expressed an interest in purchasing works of art and the number of such people is growing.
Publishers inquire about the copyright and the possibility to publish some of the works of art.
Four CD-ROMs in the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts" have already been published. The disks that are on sale worldwide contain information about more than 400 artists and over 4,000 pictures of their works of art.

What are our further plans?

In the nearest future we are planning to hold a world festival of contemporary art in the Internet to try and attract more interest in contemporary art at all walks of life.

Who can join your Data Bank?

Our Bank is open to all artists, specialists and organizations working in the field of art, whose high professional level is confirmed by exhibitions and/or publications.

May foreign artists, specialists and organizations join the Bank?

Yes, they are welcome. We think that genuine art and professional competence know no boundaries.

How does one join your bank?

It is very simple. It is only necessary to:
- fill out our questionnaire,
- provide a snapshot of yourself,
- provide slides (negatives or photographs) of your works,
- sign a contract for membership of the Bank and pay an entrance fee.
All of the above materials will be returned to you.

Can the required data be provided in digital form through the Internet?

Yes, it's the best way.

What is the amount to be paid as the entrance fee?

See The Main Conditions for placing information in our  Data Bank.

What art projects do we support?

Net Art - a project featuring Russian artists working in the field of the emerging Net Art.
Da-Da-Net - The First Russian Festival of Art Resources.
Organizers - ARTINFO Multimedia Publishers and Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow.
Its aim was to tap the potential of the Russian artists implementing projects on the Internet, identify among the Russian-speaking users of the Internet those who are interested in contemporary art and provide an opportunity for them to place their works in a wider art context, to participate in discussions of electronic community culture and introduce them to western art resources.

Who are our partners?

The Russian Culture Fund.
The ITAR-TASS News Agency.
The Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow.

What kind of publishers are ARTINFO?

See information by company.

How do I get more detailed information about the content CD-ROMs of the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts"?

The simplest way is through the Internet. Choose the Search function on our www-server to get an answer to your question.

Where can one purchase CD-ROMs of the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts"?

Internet users are welcome to place an order with the ARTINFO on-line CDShop.
Those who cannot do so, please contact us at:
- 10, Krymsky Val, Central House of Artist, ARTINFO, Moscow, 117049 Russia,
ph.: (095) 292-3725, fax: (095) 290-3725, 928-7873;
- ITAR-TASS USA Inc., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020,
ph.: (212) 664-0977, fax: (212) 245-4035.

What is the point of buying the CD-ROMs in the series "Computer Collection of Art. Contemporary Fine Arts" if all information is available free of charge from your www-server "From Russia with Art"?

First of all, you can retrieve information from a CD-ROM ten times faster then from a server through the Internet.
Second, the quality of a CD-ROM picture is twice that on the Internet display screen, which is particularly important to specialists and true connoisseurs.
Thirdly, a CD-ROM will be yours to keep regardless of whether our server continues to exist or not.