The Arts Past Papers 2026
Browse all 5 IB The Arts subjects. The archive currently includes 236 papers across 98 sessions from 2003-2025.
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About IB The Arts
The Arts is Group 6 of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, covering group 6 arts subjects.
Practising with real past papers is the most effective way to prepare. Working through official IB The Arts question papers shows you the exact format, command terms and timing of each component, while the mark schemes reveal precisely how examiners award marks at both Higher and Standard Level.
For most students the turning point is seeing how the exam actually behaves. You work through a real IB The Arts paper under timed conditions, then check every step against the official mark scheme — and the pattern shows up fast: marks slip on a misread command term, a rushed final part, or an answer that never quite reaches the top band. Practise that across a few sessions, fold the mark-scheme wording into your own notes, and the paper stops feeling unpredictable — you walk in already knowing where your marks come from.
Questions, answered.
PapersDaddy's IB The Arts archive covers 5 subjects with 236 papers across 98 sessions from 2003-2025. Each session includes question papers and mark schemes, plus additional subject materials where the IB provides them.
Yes. IB The Arts papers are provided for both Higher Level (HL) and Standard Level (SL) wherever the subject offers both. On each subject page you can filter files by level, and the mark schemes are the official IB documents used to grade every component.
A session page lists every file the IB released for that sitting — question papers and mark schemes for each paper and level, plus any subject-specific materials such as resource booklets, text booklets or pre-released statements. Files are grouped by type for quick browsing.
IB exams are sat in two sessions each year, May and November. New The Arts papers are added to the archive after each session once the IB publishes them, so bookmark the subject you need and check back after results.