The following list is sourced from Google Scholar's Top Publications metrics page for Visual Arts. If you experience difficulties with access from this page, please go to Primo's Journal Search, enter the journal title, and select an appropriate database from which to access the journal.
- Studies in Art Education
- Art Education
- International Journal of Art & Design Education
- Leonardo
- Digital Creativity
- Journal of Visual Culture
- Design and Culture
- The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
- The Senses and Society
- Third Text
- The Art Bulletin
- International Journal of Education Through Art
- Museum Worlds
- Art History
- Visual Arts Research
- Artforum
- Journal of Design History
- History of Photography
- Art Journal
- Visual Inquiry
Journals with South African and African coverage:
- ADA: Architecture Design Art. Johannesburg, from 1989 to 1996. Founded by Jennifer Sorrell
- Africa e Mediterraneo
- African Arts
- Afriche e Orienti
- Africultures
- Afrik'Art. Dakar, from 2005 and associated with the Dakar Biennale.
- Art Africa (was Art South Africa)
- Art nègre. Namur, Belgium.
- Arts d'Afrique Noire, then "Arts Premiers". Arnouville, France.
- ArtThrob
- Atlantica Revista de Arte y Pensamiento
- Black Art. Claremont, USA, from 1976.
- Chimurenga
- Critical Arts
- De Arte
- Drum Magazine (Print Journal) Website: http://www.drum.co.za/
- Image & Text: a journal for design
- NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art
- New Culture: A Review of Contemporary African Arts. Founded by Demas Nwoko, New Culture Studios Ibadan, Nigeria, from 1978.
- Revue Noire
- Savvy: Art, Contemporary, African
- South African Art Times
- South African Journal of Art History
- South African Journal of Cultural History
- South African Museums Association Bulletin
- Staffrider (Print journal)
- Third Text Africa
- Transitions Magazine: a journal of the Arts, Culture & Society
For a full list of journals approved by the Department of Higher Education (DHET) refer to our Accredited Journals page.