Recent projects used machine learning to resurrect paintings by Klimt and Rembrandt. They raise questions about what computers can understand about art. In 1945, fire claimed three of Gustav Klimt’s most controversial paintings. Commissioned in 1894 for the University of Vienna, “the Faculty Paintings”—as they became known—were unlike any of the Austrian symbolist’s previous work.…
The Getty Research Portal has created an overview and YouTube tutorial video in response to this past year’s experiences with remote teaching and learning. The video, which is approximately 10 minutes long, provides a brief introduction to the Portal’s background and virtual holdings, and demonstrates how to use it. Institutions are encouraged to link to the video in order…
The Kress Collection Digital Archive virtually unites objects in the Kress Collection and illustrates their history, acquisition, condition and care, and distribution. Gallery Archives staff compiled data about objects, related archival materials, object history (acquisitions and distributions), and associated people and organizations (artists, institutions, dealers and collectors, and historians and conservators). High-quality digital images of…
Online lectures / Museum Brandhorst; Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, Jan 13–27, 2021 January 13, 2021 6.30 PM CET / 9:30 AM PST Christiane Paul (Chief Curator/Director of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School, Adjunct Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney Museum of American…
From The Art Newspaper: A lasting change of the coronavirus pandemic might be how shows are viewed.
From Artstor: Looking back at 2020, a year like no other – New resources for remote teaching and learning Get started with Artstor Gathered the resources to get librarians, faculty, and students started using our collections and tools. Teaching remotely with Artstor Everything faculty need to know to start enhancing their remote courses with…