We’re very happy to report that the 6,080 beautiful Archivision images (the VRA conference raffle grand prize, if you remember) are now available in the VRC image database (MDID). Select “Archivision Module 4” as the collection you want to search, or click on “Browse” on the menu and select the collection and browse criterion. You…
ARTstor has created a new feature that allows users to save details to image groups. This new icon (save to image group) is located at the lower right of the Image Viewer and will save the image (in whatever zoomed and/or rotated position you are viewing it) to either a new or an existing image…
The Musée du Louvre has launched an English language version of Atlas, its online database that currently contains over 22,000 digital images and records (with the goal of making all 35,000 works on permanent display available). Many images include details or multiple views. This English version was made possible through the American Friends of the…
For the first time the National Geographic Society will be putting photographs from its archives on sale. As reported in the New York Times a selection from the archives will be offered through the Steven Kasher Gallery in Manhattan, beginning September 17. Several of the photos have never been published or exhibited, and most date…
A Russian woman attacked Leonardo’s Mona Lisa at the Louvre on August 2 by throwing an empty mug she apparently had just purchased at the gift shop. No damage was done to the painting, however, as the mug shattered on contact with the protective glass. It is unclear whether the woman suffered from Stendhal Syndrome…
MAK Center (The Schindler House) has posted the itinerary (pdf) for its upcoming annual Architecture Tour. Set for October 4, the tour focuses on seven houses in the Los Feliz and Silver Lake areas. The highlight will be Schindler’s How House in Silver Lake, but other featured architects include Gregory Ain, Raphael Soriano, Harwell Harris…