Benezit: Editorial and Image Policies
Editorial program
The 2006, 14-volume English edition of the Benezit Dictionary of Artists was added to Oxford Art Online in the fall of 2011, along with over 100 new entries not in the print edition. Entries will be updated on an ongoing basis with revisions, corrections, and newly commissioned material. All new content updates, guided by art experts serving as Development and Advisory Editors, are announced on the What's New page. Suggestions for new entries are submitted to area specialists and editors for their review. The editors advise on the research, curatorial, educational, and library needs for this resource, including practical matters such as functionality, design, image copyright, and other online publishing issues. Assistant Advisory Editors oversee major updates in specific subject areas and are invited to serve in this capacity on a project-by-project basis.
Advisory Editors
An Advisory Editor, a distinguished art researcher serving a two-year term, directs new content and revisions to Benezit alongside an Oxford project editor.
Current Advisory Editor: Dr. Stephen Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, Frick Art Reference Library
Submissions
We welcome all suggestions for revisions to existing articles or new artists for inclusion. You may contact us through the site, or email suggestions to oxfordarteditor@oup.com. Oxford University Press makes all final decisions regarding the inclusion of content.
If you are suggesting an artist who does not currently have a biography in Benezit, please include the following information:
- Biographical details (date and place of birth, etc.)
- Education
- Group and individual exhibitions
- Paragraph summarizing the subjects generally treated and the artist’s style
- Bibliography
- Museography
Signature images
We are pleased to offer over 11,000 images of artists’ signatures, monograms, and stamps of sale. Benezit entries also direct users to searchable art image collections, such as Bridgeman Education, Art Resource, and ARTstor (some features on these sites may require a subscription). All images in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists are available for educational use (research, homework, papers, etc.) within fair use/fair dealing/educational exemptions permitted under the copyright law in the country where the user/institution is based. Images are not to be used for commercial purposes (publications, posters, merchandise, etc.). Please contact commercial image providers directly if you wish to use signature or art images for commercial purposes. Oxford Art Online is not an image provider or stock photo agency. Please see Privacy Policy and Legal Notices for more information.
If you would like to donate a high-resolution image of the signature of an artist who has a biography in Benezit, you may contact us through the site, or email suggestions to oxfordarteditor@oup.com. We can only accept images that are cleared for worldwide, perpetual online use.
