What appears to be a sincere effort on the part of the Sierk Schroeder Foundation fails miserably from the get-go. This stark site claims to propagate Schroeder's work, but broken links and missing GIFs destroy any hope of Schroeder's art making a lasting impact on any visitor. Virtually content-free, devoid of personality, and painfully disappointing, this site's best attribute is its categorized library of artwork. Beside playing second fiddle to Van Gogh in Dutch art history, Schroeder and his constituents need to literally smooth out the rough edges-beveled buttons just don't cut it. - Jason Michaels
Infuse your life with a little culture. The Parthenon Marbles devotes itself to a series of panels "stolen" from the Greek landmark 180 years ago by a British seaman. Controversy stemming from these panels ranges from the British Parliament's opinion that the art rightfully belongs to the British Museum to that of the Greek students creating the site who believe the artifacts were stolen for monetary gain and should be restored to Greece immediately. While this isn't an unbiased look at the feud, the students do present the responses of the British Museum and the British government in their own words. - Clary Alward
Looking to bridge the gap between the Near East and the West, InterArt exhibits the work of Israeli artists, bringing them in contact with international curators, collectors, galleries, and art lovers. Check out the work of young industrial artists, jewelers, and metalworkers. You can also scroll a list of various artists, or wander down Gallery Row, a list of gallery sites across Israel. Housing a diverse selection of artists and mediums, InterArt also provides news of Israeli exhibits abroad. - Emily Soares
Flame, water, synapse-there's some kind of a pattern here. See if you can figure it out at Brnr, a consistently odd site. The site map included is cryptic the first time through, so don't expect any help there. Check out the plumber/droplet/flaming wrench affair, which incorporates the site's inexplicable thematic elements. Grids and beakers, an animated essay on language development (involving boxing gloves and various grunts), and giant wooden matches with interchangeable heads are all trying to say something. But what? Is it arson? Science? Subliminal advertising? Or the unholy union of all three.... - Emily Soares
Spawned from a physical gallery in New York City's Silicon Alley, dotCom online yearns to propagate where its offline companion cannot. Loaded with Prodigy Chat, CU-SeeMe video events, and a mission statement for both the newbie and the old hand, dotCom capitalizes on technology to create a collaborative effort between artists and communities, including a series on online exhibits and various discussions. Well partnered with like-minded companies, dotCom aims to push the digital medium to benefit all artists. This goal in mind, dotCom gallery is indeed taking a step in the right direction. - Jason Michaels
Cultivate your interest in photography by visiting Southern Lights Studio's online showroom, where you'll find the portfolios of a handful of photographers doing it New Orleans style. Wandering through the studio, you'll find windows to many places and many faces that express personalities in a single glance. From the South, with a concentration in Louisiana, to places as far out as Italy, Mexico, France, Vietnam, and Ireland, the site offers a quick glance at the work of some professional photographers who apparently get to travel a lot more than most of us. - Kevin Cooke
If aliens ever develop an online Web site capable of communicating through the Internet on Earth, it would look like this. Full of cyberhieroglyphics and transient sounds, this site will challenge your mind and talents in sound composition. This very artistic concept invites you to become the Mozart of cyberspace. But I would definitely recommend reading the site instructions before you begin. Otherwise you'll find yourself frustrated and annoyed by the randomness of tunes coming out of your computer speakers. Arrangements is a must see. - Kevin Cooke
Whether you click with an SLR or PHD (Push Here, Dummy) camera, the New York Institute of Photography Web site has information that you will find useful."Founded in 1910, with a current home-study enrollment of over 20,000 in 128 countries, NYI is the world's oldest and largest photography school," the site brags. At the site you'll find contests, jobs, and, of course, plenty of tips on taking better pictures. But the most interesting part of the site features monthly lessons in two different tracks-Lifestyle Photography and Action Photography. For example, when I viewed the site the Action section explained how to photograph fireworks. (Hint: use a time exposure, at least one second.) - David Pescovitz
Avant-garde artist Cary Peppermint's personal site journeys into the darker recesses of the creative cortex of the Web. Beautiful, shadowy, Shockwave movies of rotating disembodied heads, photographed body parts, and multicasted performances reminiscent of a real-world Quay Bros. cartoon intermingle with surreal journal entries and a soundtrack of orchestral pads overlaid with frightening collages of sampled lost voices. For the full experience, check out the site in a dark room, so you can bathe undistracted in the light of these non-linear projections from Peppermint's twisted mind. - David Pescovitz