“Having recently explored the digital prestidigitations of several pioneering art museums, I have arrived at one firm conclusion: I have seen the future and we’re not there yet.”
Category: visual
‘Archaeology On Steroids’: Huge Ritual Arena Discovered Near Stonehenge
“Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a massive stone monument buried under a thick, grassy bank only two miles from Stonehenge. The hidden arrangement of up to 90 huge standing stones formed part of a C-shaped Neolithic arena that bordered a dry valley and faced directly towards the river Avon.”
First House Designed By Gaudí To Become A Museum
Casa Vicens in Barcelona, “which has been on UNESCO’s world heritage list since 1984, is due to open to the public for the first time in autumn 2016.”
Simon Schama: What Faces Tell Us
“A portrait must offer a good likeness, so the truism holds. But this raises an enormous question: a likeness of what, exactly? Which of the innumerable faces we put on for as many occasions; some public, some private, some that arrive unbidden?”
Anish Kapoor’s Sculpture At Versailles Vandalized For A Second Time
Officially known as “Dirty Corner,” the giant steel funnel that Kapoor himself has described as “very sexual” was covered in anti-Semitic graffiti, said Versailles president Catherine Pegard.
Did Malcolm Rogers Save Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Or Wreck It?
“Rogers opened the museum’s doors; made strides in diversifying its collection and audience, if not its board and staff; and oversaw 102 new or renovated galleries and a refurbished building. The campus now includes a spacious new Art of the Americas Wing, the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, a vast visitor center, and a high-ceilinged interior courtyard with a sleek café. He also leaves a community deeply divided over his legacy.”
The Tragedy Of Palmyra
“A second ancient temple at Palmyra has been razed, with a satellite image appearing to confirm the destruction of the Temple of Bel, previously one of the best-preserved parts of the ancient city. The revelation follows the release of images by Islamic State last week showing the Baalshamin temple had been blown up.”
Miami’s Perez Museum Chooses A New Director
“Franklin Sirmans has been at LACMA for five years; before that, he was curator of modern and contemporary art at the Menil Collection in Houston and curatorial advisor at the contemporary arts institution MoMA PS1. He was also a lecturer at Princeton University and Maryland Institute College of Art and was U.S. editor of the magazine Flash Art and editor-in-chief of ArtAsiaPacific, an English language magazine.”
William Kentridge Plans Massive, Vanishing Mural On Roman Riverbank
Triumphs and Laments, an 1,800-foot frieze along the Tiber River, will be created using the “reverse graffiti” technique.
Google’s Robots Have Been Hallucinating In Images. What’s THAT About?
“The computer-made images feature scrolls of color, swirling lines, stretched faces, floating eyeballs, and uneasy waves of shadow and light. The machines seemed to be hallucinating, and in a way that appeared uncannily human.”