Sanarchive is a free, collaborative art encyclopedia founded on May 7, 2025, with the goal of creating a comprehensive online resource on art history, contemporary art, artists, movements, and critical theory. In addition to a curated library of texts and references important to the study and appreciation of art worldwide, it features a vast array of pages and essays covering visual arts, performance, literature, music, and other creative disciplines.

Sanarchive
An incomplete sphere made of large, white jigsaw puzzle pieces. Each puzzle piece contains one glyph from a different writing system, with each glyph written in black.
The logo of Sanarchive, a globe made out of puzzle pieces featuring glyphs from various writing systems
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, US
OwnerSanarchive Foundation (since 2003)
URL[sanarsiv.org sanarsiv.org]
LaunchedJanuary 15, 2001 (25 years ago) (2001-01-15)