Within the great theme Art and Information, it was researched the importance of the new technologies of information, the internet and social networks, as a way of interaction between the various actors involved in the system of art, based on the tripartite scheme proposed by Anne Cauquelin: production, distribution and consumption. The interdisciplinary approach between these areas of knowledge provides a glimpse of how the contemporary art and the contemporary artist insert themselves into this informational environment. We live in the information age, so the individual artist is inserted in this world, and has to live with the new information technologies. It is necessary a closer look on the behavior of the art and the artist on the contemporary world plunged in the extreme information age, either as a way to exhibit works of art, propagate ideas or even as a form of artistic creation. It was amazing to see how these areas so distinct can relate so intimately, and how information science contributes to cultural and knowledge construction of the contemporary society. Through a questionnaire applied to professionals of the area - artists of various specialties, critics, gallerists, etc. - it was possible to establish a closer contact on the individual's own thinking about their interaction with the world of information, and the benefits that can be obtained by using the internet and social networks.
Art and information; Art and internet; Social networking; Contemporary art