The library of the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts offers a very rich documentation on art, constituting the main collection of modern and contemporary art in the region. Most of the major French and international art magazines complete this indispensable tool for the constitution of artistic references for students, teachers and art lovers.

News

The library is open to the public from Monday to Friday (9h30-13h and 14h-18h).

A book return box is available outside the building, near the Askip café.

For any information request, please contact us:
bibliotheque@beauxartsnantes.fr

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Library

practical information

Phone : (+33) 02 55 58 64 90
Email : bibliotheque@beauxartsnantes.fr

Adresse:
2 allée Frida-Kahlo - Île de Nantes - FRANCE
1st Floor

bibliographie "Profession artiste 2025"

Féminismes à la bibliothèque

Les nouveautés

The library presents its selection of new items each month

Publications

Faire son papier Recycle artisanal vegetal

Faire son papier : recyclé, artisanal, végétal

Détail

Laura CONILL

L'exposition, théorie et pratique

Détail

Claire MERLEAU-PONTY, Jean-Jacques EZRATI

La médiation culturelle

Détail

Serge CHAUMIER, François MAIRESSE

Quelles histoires s'écrivent dans les musées ? récits, contre-récits et fabrique des imaginaires

Détail

Magali Nachtergael

Vivants

Détail

Mathieu GAFSOU

Le Clou 2024 : Biennale de la jeune création des amis du Musée d'arts de Nantes : du 29 novembre au 21 décembre 2024 à l'Atelier, 1 rue de Chateaubriand à Nantes

Détail

Daphné BOUSSION

Micha Deridder essayages

Détail

Christophe CESBRON, Murielle DURAND-G, Frédéric EMPROU et al.

Claire-Jeanne Jézéquel : Variable atmosphérique

Détail

Claire-Jeanne JÉZÉQUEL

Thu-Van Tran, Nous vivons dans l'éclat : Exposition, Nice, MAMAC

Détail

Hélène GUENIN

Translations

Détail

Jean-François COURTILAT

Intérieurs sensibles de Chantal Akerman : films et installations - passages esthétiques

Détail

Olga KOBRYN, Macha OVTCHINNIKOVA, Eugénie ZVONKINE

ÉL SA : biographie#dissociée : un projet de Miquel Mont

Détail

Miquel Mont, Marion Daniel, Anne-Marie Cornu Althabégoïti

En pratique

the library's collection

25,000 books specialized in the visual arts: consult the online catalog
60 art magazines and general magazines: consult the list of magazines
1 100 DVD
thematic and artist files
files on the school's teachers and artists
filing plan: consult here

Library's tuto

search, borrow, return of documents

Our services

The library offers a workroom with 60 seats, individual reading spaces and a small group workroom (20 people maximum).

Loan: 15 documents for 4 weeks
2 consultation stations for the catalog
3 Mac workstations and a scanner reserved for the school's students
1 copier (A3 and A4 / 0,10€ per copy)
Wifi access
Monitoring of local, regional, national and international artistic and cultural news
Des Online databases such as BSAD, Art Architecture Complete (access restricted to Nantes Fine Arts students).
An online "Materials" database allows students to research the materials used by today's artists (restricted access)
On-site consultation of the dissertations of D.N.S.E.P. graduates from the Nantes Fine Arts School

The Documentary Charter, which can be consulted online, presents the fundamental principles for the constitution, conservation and development of the collections adopted by the library.

Consult and download the library's document charter (PDF) :

CHARTE DOCUMENTAIRE2019_0.pdf91.53 Ko

Conditions de prêt

Consultation on site is free for all. To borrow, registration for a period of one year, upon presentation of an ID and proof of reduction.

Free: students, alumni, students of the public courses of the Nantes School of Fine Arts, art and culture professionals (professional card), artists (MDA or AGESSA), all teachers (professional card), students of the following institutions: University of Nantes, ENSAN, Ciné créatis, ESMA, Audencia, Atelier Chardon Savard.

Reduced rates: 25 €* for students from institutions not covered by the agreement and 38 €* for Nantes residents with Carte blanche and members of the Bibliothèque municipale de Nantes

Full price: 50 €*

* Cheques, credit cards and cash on site.