The exhibition department's information service databases offer a foreign cultural policy instrument that is constantly available and brought up to date.

Artists' Database • Artists' Film Database • Nafas Art Magazine • Biennials Database • Tour Schedules of ifa Exhibitions Abroad • ifa Galleries Archives

Artists' Database (in German)
A database of German artists and architects.
http://kuenstlerdatenbank.ifa.de

Artists' Film Database (in German)
A database of films about German artists.
http://kuenstlerfilm.ifa.de

Nafas Art Magazine
Featuring articles, interviews and reports on the arts scene in Islamic countries as well as information about important exhibitions of contemporary art in the Islamic world. The magazine is published in German, English and Arabic. It appears on the website "Universes in Universe," an online project featuring visual arts from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/

Biennials (in German)
A database listing biennial arts festivals worldwide. Information on dates, curators etc.

Exhibitions Abroad (in German)
Information about tour schedules of ifa exhibitions abroad. Password required.
http://planungsdaten.ifa.de

ifa Galleries Archives (in German)
A database of information about all ifa gallery exhibitions in Stuttgart (since 1971),  Bonn (since 1980) and Berlin (since 1991). Schedules of forthcoming exhibitions also available. Includes information about more than 1500 artists from east European and developing countries. Password required.
http://galerien.ifa.de