Several websites have compiled lists of films on art, or that feature art historical figures or themes. Here are just a few: The Ultimate Art History Guide to Cinema Art Historians’ Guide to the Movies Art History in the Movies Dr. Cheney’s Art History Films (includes links to video clips) A libris’ list of art…
After an extensive two-year renovation, the Oakland Museum of California will reopen its doors with a Weekend Celebration 1-2 May to show off the museum’s new, brighter galleries. They have also been redesigned so installations can be more conceptual — objects from history and natural science collections share spaces with works of art and design.…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater has been replicated in LEGO blocks – 15,000 of them. It took the creator seven months to complete it. In other Wright-LEGO news, the LEGO company is introducing the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, which includes instructions for building six of his iconic designs. These won’t take seven months or 15,000 blocks,…
Video artist Bill Viola has teamed up with the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media Division‘s Game Innovation Lab) to create an experimental video “game,” but not one with high-speed chases nor increasingly effective weaponry. The Night Journey “[is] a game that rewards you for slowing down and for introspection,” said Viola, who has…
For the last two years, students and faculty from Villanova University have had rare clearance to photograph a new state-of-the-art Virtual Reality Tour of the Sistine Chapel. The “tour”, a beautiful QTVR panorama with a classical music accompaniment, is on the Vatican website.
The Getty Research Institute announced today that the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is available free of charge on the Getty website. The database also includes the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), which covers the years 2008 and part of 2009. Next phase: the Répertoire de la litterature de l’art (RILA), one of…