I have always known the power of art to heal. My father, an art therapist, instilled in his children a faith to trust the creative process. I grew up in a family of artists and have worked in the arts for over a decade. But it wasn’t until my son was born with a rare genetic syndrome that I truly…
The Museum as a Cultural Pivot Point By Linda Mariano In today’s world of art and art collections, it’s not unusual to find a private collection turned into a world class museum collection, but it is rare to find one that revolves around sculpture—and becomes a museum. At Austin’s UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum that’s exactly what you have. The…
Art is both an agent and a reflection of cultural change, and society’s overwhelming infatuation with technology is presenting artists, galleries, museums and public spaces with new opportunities to excite the public’s imagination through captivating and immersive art installations. Using cutting-edge audiovisual technologies such as projection mapping, augmented reality, virtual reality and immersive LED displays of all sizes and shapes,…
Planning a Winter or Spring Art jaunt? Interested in traveling to the top museums in the world? Check out our list of the must-see exhibitions happening now! San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, California Richard Mosse: Incoming | Oct. 26, 2019 – Feb. 17, 2020 From 2014 to 2016, artist Richard Mosse documented the mass migration and displacement…
How the Imperial War Museum Uses Tech to Engage Visitors with the Past & Immerse Them in the Present
Today’s museums are increasingly relying on visual technology to immerse and engage patrons with content. IWM (Imperial War Museums) is a family of five museums and historic sites in the UK, covering war and conflict from the First World War to the present day. They strive to tell the story of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving…
How the Mingei Museum Moved 26,000 Pieces of Art Without a Hitch Pick up any art magazine published in the last decade and you’ll see articles discussing the intersection of art and technology. From a purely subjective perspective, it’s useful. It shelters artists who are uncomfortable under the tent of “conceptual art.” It suggests a cutting-edge approach, while terms like…
EXPO CHICAGO Sept. 13–17, 2017 Navy Pier, Chicago expochicago.com EXPO CHICAGO, an international exposition of contemporary and modern art, has established the city of Chicago as a preeminent art fair destination. Opening the international fall art season each September, EXPO CHICAGO takes place at historic Navy Pier, whose vast vaulted architecture hosts leading international exhibitors presented alongside one of the…
Legendary octogenarian Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s immersive, mind-blowing, magical installation exhibition “Infinity Mirrors” is traveling throughout North America over the next two years. Starting in Washington, D.C., where it was the most-visited exhibition in Hirshhorn Museum history, “Infinity Mirrors” is now at the Seattle Art Museum until Sept. 10. “Infinity Mirrors” will then move to Los Angeles, Toronto, Cleveland, and…
The 57th Venice Biennale is underway! We were lucky enough to be there for the opening weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed spending time strolling through the city and checking out the shows. If you’ve been to Venice before, you will already have an idea of what you want to see, and if you haven’t yet been, it will be all new—lucky…
How do conservators restore damaged art works, what does it cost, and how does it impact value? By Isabel Thottam Imagine walking through a beautiful exhibit of famous paintings at a museum. You look closely at a Picasso and lean forward in admiration. Suddenly, you lose your balance and, without thinking, latch onto the painting to catch your fall. Whoops.…
