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 2024"

Féminismes à la bibliothèque

Les nouveautés

Publications

Femmes, années 50 : au fil de l'abstraction, peinture et sculpture

Détail

Benoît DECRON et Daniel SEGALA

Miss Islande

Détail

2019

Archives au présent

Détail

Patrick NARDIN, Catherine PERRET, Soko PHAY et Anna SEIDERER

Les artistes iconographes

Détail

Garance CHABERT et Aurélien MOLE

Cracovie

Détail

Stéphane THIDET, Pierre BAUMANN, Juliette BUSCH...

Les fondamentaux du design textile

Détail

Alex RUSSEL

Moulage et fonderie d'art

Détail

Daniel LAMBERT

Studio Olafur Eliasson : an encyclopedia

Détail

Studio Olafur Eliasson

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.