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

Publications

Figures du fou du Moyen Âge aux Romantiques (Exposition, Paris, musée du Louvre, 16 octobre 2024 - 3 février 2025)

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Élisabeth Antoine-König et Pierre-Yves Le Pogam

Performance (Exposition, Sérignan, Mrac Occitanie, du 6 avril au 22 septembre 2024, Marseille, Centre photographique Marseille, du 12 octobre 2024 au 18 janvier 2025)

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Hélène FRAPPAT

Chiharu Shiota : the souls trembles (Exposition, Paris, Grand Palais, du 11 décembre 2024 au 19 mars 2025)

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Mami KATAOKA

La part affective

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Sophie Orlando

Réussir son portfolio photographique

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Mathieu OUI

Gianni Pettena : Anarchitecture (Exposition, Orléans, Frac Centre Val de Loire, 11 octobre 2024 - 9 mars 2025)

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Elodie ROYER

Wild rose

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Gabrielle DUPLANTIER

Teresa Lanceta, La mémoire tissée : Exposition, Céret, Musée d'art moderne, 2 mars-2 juin 2024

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Jean-Roch DUMONT SAINT PRIEST, Gwendoline CORTHIER-HARDOIN

Paravents / Eva Taulois ; Liza Maignan, Valérie Mazouin, Yvan Poulain, Clara Schulmann

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James HORTON

Au dela du regard Eclairer le musee du design a la mediation

Au-delà du regard : éclairer le musée, du design à la médiation

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Viviana GOBBATO

Marisa Merz : Exposition, LaM, Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 2 mai-22 septembre 2024

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Sébastien DELOT et Grégoire PRANGÉ

Le dessin et les mots : réflexions sur la pratique du design

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Bunpei YORIFUJI

En pratique

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.