Art museums often publish a journal, which includes papers primarily based on research about their specific collections. Since 2004, the Tate has been publishing its version online, as the Tate Papers. The tag-line on the Web site promises that the journal will "cover a wide range of subjects: artists, works of art and archives in Tate's collection, art theory, visual culture, conservation and...

In 1978, Judith Hoffberg began publishing the art journal Umbrella. Over the next three decades, the journal would offer up reviews and news regarding artist books, mail art and photography tradebooks. The journal ceased print publication in 2005, but permission was granted to the Herron Art Library of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to digitize the entire print run....