If there is a journal which is specifically on your area of interest, searching your topic in that journal might quickly bring you more relevant articles.
Adbusters
in the database, Points of View Reference Center 2014-present
Afterall: a Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry
in the database, JSTOR 1998-2018
Afterimage (Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism)
in the database, Academic Search Complete 1996-present
Animation
in the database, SAGE Journals 2006-present
Art on Paper
in the database, JSTOR 1998-2009
Artforum International
in the database, ProQuest Central 2002-present
Bookbird
in the database, ProQuest Central 2019-present
Communication Arts
in Library Print Holdings 2 years ago-present
Creative Industries Journal
in the database, Business Source Complete 2008-present
Creative Review
in the database, OmniFile Full Text Mega 1997-2016
Eye: the International Review of Graphic Design
in the database, ProQuest Central 2008-2016
Illustration
in the database, OmniFile Full Text Mega 2006-present
Journal of Visual Art Practice
in the database, Academic Search Complete 2001-present
Journal of Visual Culture
in the database, SAGE Journals 2002-present
October
in the database, Academic Search Complete 1997-12 months ago
Print Quarterly
in the database, JSTOR 1984-2018
Print: America's Graphic Design Magazine
in the database, ProQuest Central1997-2017
Tate Etc.
in the database, ProQuest Central 2009-present
Visible Language
in the database, ProQuest Central 2017-present
Visual culture in Britain
in the database, OmniFile Full Text Mega 2004-12 months ago
Some library databases are specifically focused on publications that examine art. If your search words are returning too many irrelevant results in one of our larger multidisciplinary databases such as Proquest One Academic , EBSCO, or JSTOR, you can try your search in a database that has a smaller set of journals, including art journals, such as those below.