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Review: Francis Bacon: Man and Beast
About the author: Anastasia Papaonisiforou is a London based exhibitions expert with an MA in Curating and Collections and a background in Fine Arts. She is our oldest patron and graciously accepted to cover this topic for Local Approach; she is available to give advice on discord through our “Let’s talk about your heritage!” membership,…
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TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure
TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure is the 2022 edition of the American Alliance of Museums forecasting report dedicated to museum professionals. The report is free to download, while focused on the United States, makes the case of why museums are paramount to society. Specifically, setting five pillars of their contributions to the community: Education for…
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Review: Eternalising Art History: From Da Vinci to Modigliani
Duration: 16 February – 19 March 2022 Location: Unit, London In partnership with: Cinello Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan),Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta di Parma (Parma), Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Milan) Uffizi Gallery (Florence) Remember when we talked about NFTs? Eternalising Art History is an exhibition of NFT versions of six Italian masterpieces, the first of three NFT…
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ICOM’s advice for museum day 2022
Museum day is coming on 18 May, this year ICOM shares a communications kit to help all museums participate and celebrate! ICOM also hosts the interactive Official International Museum Day Map where Museums can register their events. Museums can participate by filling out the OpenAgenda. This year the map allows to register an event under…
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Curating: NFTs
Let’s talk about NFTs If you are unfamiliar with NFTs, they stand for Non-fungible-tokens. Each token is one of a kind and irreplaceable sequence of code with a digital signature. The programming resembles that of cryptocurrency, and they are digital representations of absolutely anything stored on a blockchain. They can be created and sold by…
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Keeping It Modern, conserving modern heritage
“Keeping It Modern,” is an international Grant by the Getty Foundation that supports projects contributing to the conservation of modern architecture. Modern architecture encompasses structures like the iconic Sydney Opera House and several influential structures of the 20th century. Since 2014 77 projects in 40 countries were supported, with the final awarded in 2020, the…
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Our favourite talks: Museums, Games & Play Summit
The Museums, Games & Play Summit by MuseumNext took place from 28 February to 2 March 2022, full of content about how the culture sector integrates game, storytelling and play. We attended the summit and here is a list of our favourite talks and takeaways. Day 1 Louvre Abu Dabhi Crack the fun code of…
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RE-ORG organise your collections’ storage!
RE-ORG Method helps museums and collections reorganise their storage rooms in creative and safe ways, helping especially those at risk. Offered by ICCROM. The method includes the following tools taking you step by step through the process: Self-evaluation tool – EN Workbook -EN Worksheets – EN Additional resources – EN The method is used by…
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Curated Reading List: February 2022
February came and went, and 2022 is moving faster than expected, at least for us! Here are our picks for the month from the art and heritage world? Which one was your favourite? DaVinciFace is a software, based on the Deep Learning, to generate DaVinci’s style portraits from any photo of a human face Traditional…
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2022 World Monuments Watch
Online webinar on March 1 2022 by the World’s Monuments Fund announcing the 25 world heritage site’s in need of immediate attention. Free Zoom Webinar! Time: 12:00 noon (EST) | 5:00 pm (GMT) | 10:30 pm (IST) 2022 World Monuments Watch Video Announcement I want to learn more: 2022 World Monuments Watch World Monuments Watch Registration