Material amassed by art critics in pursuance of their work, and according to criteria different from those of museums and academic institutions, can have its own archival value but is seldom preserved. The Archives de la critique d’art, newly established at the University of Rennes with support from AICA and FRAC-Bretagne, aims to remedy this situation, initially for France and ultimately for Europe as a whole, by collecting and preserving material of this kind, and by creating a database of information on art criticism worldwide.