Over the years here at The Red Dot we’ve followed the economic tug-of-war between Brandeis University and its Rose Art Museum. It appears that the war is now over and thankfully the Rose emerges the victor. Brandeis University has posted on its website that the suit between four museum supporters and the university — who…
The BBC, in partnership with the Public Catalogue Foundation and public museums and collections, has launched the website Your Paintings, which “aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where to see them for real.” The site is searchable by artist last name and subject matter.…
Artist Leonora Carrington has died in Mexico City at age 94. Born in Britain but working in Mexico City, Carrington was a central figure among Surrealist artists and writers. Save the date (January 29, 2012–May 6, 2012) for LACMA’s exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, which…
The New York Times has an interesting profile of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, which is unusual in its lack of clear mission but fascinating in the range of its holdings. It contains historic structures (a relocated lighthouse, a round barn, a steamboat); curiosities such as a 3,500-piece miniature circus; folk and early American art…
UCLA’s Hammer Museum is the latest art institution to launch an app that helps you plan your visit and explore the museum’s permanent collection and current exhibitions. The app is free and available for iPhones (must have iOS 4 installed) and Android (Android 2.2 and higher) devices.
Yale University announced it now allows free access to its ever-growing database of digital images of objects housed in the university’s museums, archives, and libraries. Discover Yale Digital Commons already hosts almost 260,000 digital images and records, with the goal of adding over 1.5 million. The interface allows cross-collection searching of Yale’s vast respositories, including the…