Category: Patreon
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Virtual Heritage: A Guide
Virtual Heritage: A Guide is a comprehensive publication covering all aspects of digital and virtual heritage. The guide includes technologies available, practical examples, conceptual and ethical considerations. We have initially covered the subjects in our past post “Virtual Heritage: what now?“, specifically, the available technologies and their current place in the museum environment as a…
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All about local museums: EU-LAC-MUSEUMS
EU-LAC-MUSEUMS is a research project on small museums and their communities from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to map their practices and help preserve their tangible and intangible heritage. The project offers local and community museums practical information and tools on sustainability, communication and storytelling, technology, inclusion, education. Small museums often lack the resources…
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Review: Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
Review: Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms Duration: 18 May 2021 – 12 June 2022 Location: Tate Modern, London Curated by Frances Morris and Katy Wan Starting at the basics: Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist (b.1929) widely known for artworks filled with polka dot patterns. Whether it is paintings, sculptures, installations or even performance art,…
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PITCHER Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage
PITCHER is an EU funded project aiming to provide open educational materials for teachers for new learning courses on the prevention of illicit trafficking of cultural goods. The project is in its starting phase and we curiously await their work. PITCHER follows the recommendations of the NETCHER EU project on the looting of cultural goods,…
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Apply now: ICOMOS Culture-Nature Prize
ICOMOS introduces a prize for their members for initiatives in Culture and Nature, the deadline is 15 June 2022. The award aims to promote connections between natural and cultural heritage with activities involving local communities. The prize is part of the worldwide imitative to make heritage sustainable responding to Climate Change and related contemporary challenges.…
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Be.CULTOUR: sustainable local tourism and more!
Beyond CULtural TOURism is a European programme aiming “towards a human-centred and circular tourism economy” surrounding cultural heritage and landscapes. Circular Cultural Tourism in this project describes a model for sustainable and equitable regional development. For this achievement, the project targets underused and lesser-known cultural assets at the same time decreasing the over-tourism in other…
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Review: Van Gogh: Self-Portraits
Duration: 3 Feb – 8 May 2022 Location: The Courtauld Gallery Curated by: Dr Karen Serres In partnership with: Morgan Stanley © A. Papaonisiforou. 2022, The Courtauld Gallery As the title implies, the exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery is a collection of eighteen portraits by Vincent Van Gogh, brought together from renowned worldwide art collections.…