UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                     ______

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):    January 31, 2006


                           ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


         Delaware                  000-26679               04-3141918
(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission            (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)            File Number)         Identification No.)


25 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts                          02141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:       (617) 386-1000





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Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     Today we issued a press release announcing our results of operations for
the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005. A copy of the press release
is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated by reference herein.

     The information contained in Item 2.02 of this report and Exhibit 99.1
attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.


Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)   Exhibits

   Number        Title
   ------        -----

    99.1         January 31, 2006 press release




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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.



Date: January 31, 2006                 By: /s/ Julie M.B. Bradley
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Julie M.B. Bradley
                                            Senior Vice President and Chief
                                            Financial Officer



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                                  Exhibit Index


       Number        Title
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        99.1         January 31, 2006 press release


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