Gareth Harris, the chief contributing editor of The Art Newspaper, has started “Trigger Warning,” a new column on censorship in art today. From must-read books to which algorithms are policing creative content, he will provide valuable insights and context on attacks on freedom of artistic expression and issues. Click here to read the inaugural column.
The most recent article published in International Journal for Digital Art History, no. 6 (2021): Horizons of Mixed Realities Dario Rodighiero. 2022. “Extending Museum Space Beyond Physical Space: A Data-Driven Study of Aldo Rossi’s Analogous Object as a Mobile Museum Object.” Aldo Rossi composed the famous collage known as Analogous City for the Venice Biennale…
Robert Cornelius, a Philadelphia photographer, is believed to have taken the world’s first self-portrait — the first selfie — in 1839. The Library, which already had the world’s large collection of his work, in December acquired a donation from Cornelius’ great-great-grand-daughter, Sarah Bodine, of more of his photographic materials. Preservationists are now at work on…
Reviewer Interest Form Completion Deadline: Friday, July 29 Initial Draft Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 1 ARLIS/NA Multimedia & Technology Reviews Co-editors are seeking volunteers to author reviews for the October 2022 issue. To volunteer, choose a resource from the list below (note: The snippets below are taken from each resource’s web page and are not…
By Audrey Altman, March 30, 2022. Curatorial work with large archival collections is challenging. In order to find artifacts related to a chosen topic, curators have to sift through thousands – sometimes millions – of materials and determine which are truly relevant. Machine learning can help streamline curatorial workflows by analyzing complex datasets and making…
The Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (formerly http://www.census.de/) is a 76-year-old project concerned with the knowledge and interpretation of antiquities in the Renaissance era. Since 1996 it has been based at the Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the Professorship of Early Modern…