Newspapers are a good source for historical context on an art historical topic, as well as reviews of exhibitions, interviews with artists and curators, and profiles and obituaries of people in the art world.
The New York Times (1851-2017) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Provides fulltext articles from WSJ going back to 1984.