Feminist art historian Linda Nochlin died on the weekend. There’s a lengthy obituary in Art News. And you may want to read this illustrated guide to her 1971 essay, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Or view this video of her 2009 lecture at the Smithsonian, “Consider the Difference: American Women Artists.”
The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona has contributed nearly 36,000 images to the Artstor Digital Library. The Center is recognized as one of the world’s finest academic art museums and study centers for the history of photography. The Center opened in 1975 with the archives of five living master photographers —…
Picturing Places explores the role and history of topographical views, maps and texts through over 500 examples from the British Library’s collections and beyond, with fresh research in over 100 articles and films from an academic conference hosted by the British Library and Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. The site highlights a…
Launched by Boston University professor Jodi Cranston, Mapping Paintings is an open-source, searchable platform for compiling provenance data for individual artworks (not just paintings, despite its name), from owners to past locations to details of sales or transactions. It allows you to select artworks of interest and visualize their records across time and space, as…
“In early May, we recognized that your advocacy matters. Calls, letters, and visits from our members and arts and humanities supporters changed the fate of the NEA, the NEH, and the CPB for the remainder of the 2017 fiscal year. The federal agencies even got a little bump in funding. “With the release of the more…
For the last three years the Rijksmuseum has solicited design contributions inspired by the museum collection. Members of the public can download images and submit their creations, which you can now vote on (until April 20). Visit the Rijksstudio site to see the 10 wonderful finalists, and cast your vote.