Category: museum news

  • Van Gogh’s letters now available online

    The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, in conjunction with the Huygens Institute, has digitized all 902 known letters written by and to Vincent van Gogh. You can do a keyword search as well as search by period, correspondent, place, or those with sketches. While you can view a scan of each letter, the site also…

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  • “ART from the ashes” helping Santa Barbara

    ART from the ashes, an LA-based non-profit organization that creates art to help raise funds for communities devastated by fire, has set its sights on Santa Barbara. A new exhibition and art sale on October 10, to benefit the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, will showcase works of art made from materials gathered from the Garden…

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  • ARTstor and MOMA collaborate again

    ARTstor and the Museum of Modern Art have collaborated to add over 1,400 works from the permanent collection.  This addition  enhances two other MOMA collections in ARTstor:  the Exhibition Installation Photograph Collection from the MOMA archives (over 16,000 images), and the Architecture and Design Collection (nearly 7,000 images). Read more about these collections and the…

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  • Rose Art Museum and Brandeis University, continued

    In May, we mentioned on our blog that Brandeis University had closed the Rose Art Museum and was threatening to sell off its collection. Well, good news has prevailed: the Boston Globe reports this week that a Brandeis University committee report recommends the Rose remain open and “directs the university to better integrate the museum…

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  • Sat., Sept. 26 is Free Museum Day

    This Saturday museums all over the country are opening their doors to visitors for FREE!  This opportunity sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine is a great chance to visit museums you’ve always wanted to see.  Some of the participating museums in the Los Angeles area include The Craft and Folk Art Museum, The Skirball Cultural Center, The…

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  • Louvre launches English language database

    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…

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