Oxford Art Online is anOxford University Press online gateway into art research, which was launched in 2008.[1] It provides access to several online art reference works, includingGrove Art Online (originally published in 1996 in a print version,The Dictionary of Art), the online version of theBenezit Dictionary of Artists, andThe Oxford Companion to Western Art.[2] It also provides access to other Oxford art reference works, including theEncyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), andThe Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.[3][4] The site was updated on 1 December 2017 to enhance page design, search tools, linking, and media capabilities.[5]