There are countless websites containing commentary about net art and links to artworks themselves; many, however, are confusing, overwhelming, or poorly designed. I have selected just a few of the better sites for the student of net art.

Ars Electronica

Ars Electronica is a foundation dedicated to international artists working with electronic technology.  Their website contains an archive of winners of the Prix Arts Electronica competition (held annually since 1987); those investigating net art will find interesting projects in the categories “Interactive Art”, “Hybrid Art”, and “u19 – freestyle computing”.

HyperArtSpace

Tate Online Net Art

The attractively designed Tate Online website includes a showcase of net art commissioned by the Tate Museum of London. Works by luminaries such as Young-Hae Chang are indistinguishable from their independent work, which suggests Tate allows commissioned net artists complete creative freedom.

äda’web

äda’web (what is it about net art that elicits challenging typography?) is home to more than two dozen net artworks. The site itself might also be considered a work of net art, as navigation is not always intuitive and occasionally very frustrating. I include it nonetheless because it indexes a number of excellent pieces.

Generative.net

Generative.net showcases a genre that is separate from net art, though they often intertwine. Generative art is the result of the artist setting up initial parameters or conditions, then saying "start", and allowing the process to continue without the artist's guidance. Most often this is accomplished via technology and/or programming, leading to interesting questions of authority and control. Musician Brian Eno is a pioneer in this field.

A story of net art (open source)

This is an outstanding chronological history of net.art (compiled by Natalie Bookchin) from 1994 to 1999. Hundreds of links to net.art sites themselves as well as critical writings about the movement are given. The student will need to bring their own experience with net art as context, however, as none is provided in the bare-bones layout of this site.