Aims & Scope

Aims

Arts (ISSN 2076-0752) is a peer-reviewed, open access scholarly journal that publishes new and significant research relating to all aspects of the visual and performing arts. The mission of this journal is to provide a venue for thoughtful and critical inquiry, employing innovative approaches. 

We welcome articles that present new and significant scholarship—theoretical, historical, interdisciplinary, and global—that explores all aspects of the visual arts, from studio art to architecture and the performing arts.

Scope

Studio Art: This includes practices such as painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, photography, printmaking, and new media.

Art Theory and Criticism: The history and theories of aesthetics and art criticism. This can include the intersection of art practices with society, culture, and politics.

Architecture: Theory, history, and contemporary practices in the field of the building arts.

The Art Market and Exhibitions: The sale and exhibition of works of art, as well as the institutions and venues that support these practices. This may include studies of curation, museum practices, and the preservation of artistic patrimony.

The Performing Arts: Dance, music, theater, and other art forms that may involve an interaction between the performer and an audience.

Cinema Studies: Historical and theoretical analysis of film, television, and other forms of moving images.

Craft, Design, and Material Culture: New perspectives on how humans interact with physical objects, which may include exploring aesthetics, history, cultural values, and technological innovations.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.

MDPI
Grosspeteranlage 5
CH-4052 Basel
Switzerland

Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Arts will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.

Announcement and Advertisement

Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free in the News & Announcements section of the journal. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is arts@mdpi.com.