The Red Dot takes its name from the small sticker that once marked slides in a physical archive, flagging them as worth a second look. We’re keeping that spirit alive here.
At MIRL, we engage with art history, digital humanities, and material culture through hands-on research and archival projects. Guided by our core principles—critical engagement with visual and material culture, ethical stewardship of images and data, and innovative approaches to research and pedagogy—we work at the intersection of technology and the humanities. We are especially interested in how digital tools can expand the study of images, objects, and spaces.
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Alka Patel’s collection now available in ARTstor
Professor Alka Patel of UC Irvine has worked with ARTstor and UCI VRC staff to contribute over 7,000 of her field research images to the main ARTstor collection. These include the art and architecture of South Asia and Cuba. Read more about the content of this new addition here. This is an important project for… Read more
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ARTMargins Journal on East European Visual Culture
ARTMargins is an online journal devoted to Contemporary Central and East European Visual Culture. Founded in 1999 and published three times a year, it is managed by staff at The Hungarian University of Fine Arts and University of California, Santa Barbara – our own Sven Spieker is the Editor. There are wonderfully diverse articles on… Read more
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Art Historians of Southern California Annual meeting on Nov. 7
THE ART HISTORIANS of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (AHSC) November 7, 2009 at 9:00 am Occidental College, Weingart Hall Program includes lunch and reception. RSVP for further information to Rachel Pinto at eaurae@gmail.com Full program is available here. Directions to Occidental College here. Read more
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The Virtual Museum of Iraq
Highlights from the The Iraq Museum in Baghdad can now be viewed online at The Virtual Museum of Iraq. The “halls” are organized by period and offer historical and geographical background as well as sculptures and decorative objects. Objects can be explored both by description and visually via multiple views or a QTVR. Some objects… Read more
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The Red Dot breaks 5,000!
We just passed 5,000 hits this morning – fantastic! We at the Red Dot are very happy, and grateful for your continued readership! If there’s anything you’d like to see more or less of, please let us know. With gratitude, Jackie and Christine Read more
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Even more ARTstor additions and agreements
Ever busy ARTstor has announced these new additions to their Digital Library: Dov Friedman: America and European Architecture: approximately 560 new photographs of historic and contemporary architecture in San Francisco, Washington DC and New York (38% of projected 1,500 total images completed; keyword search: dovfriedman) Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Visual Resources Collection:… Read more