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Cultural quarantine masterpost
Making the most out of social distancing. Feel free to add more!
2,500 Museums You Can Now Visit Virtually
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
10 Art History Classes You Can Take Online (for Free)
11 Science and Tech Museums You Can Tour Virtually
Free Resources on MUSE During COVID-19
Dozens of Museums and Libraries Offer Free Downloadable Coloring Books
We bring the museum to you - Van Gogh Museum
Fill your ears with art: the top culture podcasts to listen to during the coronavirus lockdown
Want to talk about a book that’s changed you as a museums and galleries type person?
The Museums Journal are looking for folks who want to write 250 words on a book that’s influenced your career for their Bookshelf slot. Have a look at this example - Basically describe the book, how it’s been relevant to you and how it’s influenced your professional outlook.
If you’re interested, feel free to send your words or ask questions here: [email protected]
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It’s not often you hear a gent in his 70’s loudly declare “Hipster!” in a tone of joy.
See what he was reacting to here: http://www.attendantsview.com/cartoons-and-blog/plus-ca-change-plus-cest-la-meme-chose
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With the museum’s grand opening just days away, conservators, curators, registrars, and exhibition preparators are putting the finishing touches on three inaugural exhibitions. Peek behind the scenes to see how staff are mounting the largest exhibition in The Textile Museum’s history—from planning and conservation through installation.
From top to bottom:
- Pint-sized prototypes of the galleries are critical to the curators’ planning process.
- From left to right: Exhibition Production Assistant Preparator Scott Brouard, Exhibition Production ManagerDoug Anderson, Exhibition Coordinator Monika Hirschbichler,Chief Conservator Esther Méthé, Associate Conservator Maria Fusco, and Exhibition Production Technician Frank Petty.
- Conservator Lisa Anderson inspects a carpet that will be on display. Carpet (detail), Turkey, Uşak, 18th century. The Textile MuseumR34.22.1. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1925.
- Members of the exhibition production team mount the carpet on a custom-cut board covered with exhibition fabric, which now hangs on a specially constructed frame in the third-floor gallery.
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@Zendaya: Makeshift shoot
Zendaya photographed by Chantal Anderson for The New York Times
Zendaya for Vogue US
Zendaya attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City.
Zendaya attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City.
Old Zendaya photos
@Zendaya: ♥️
officialsheiks: #tbt ZENDAYA @zendaya #makeupbysheiks #highlightpoppin
@Zendaya: I guess this gives me an excuse to post these year old pictures.
@Zendaya: The invitation said cocktail casual
@zendaya: Last year my new year goal was to be on my phone less, well I’ve been successful. So I’ve been banking selfies. This is from that curated collection.
@Zendaya: Casual (+ Outtakes)
September 22: Zendaya at the premiere of Smallfoot in Los Angeles, CA.
Adolph Gottlieb, “Untitled”. 1973. Monotype in oil on paper. 26x18"
“The search for variations, however, is really the search for the best proof of the original idea, and when I find it, there is the evidence.” — Adolph Gottlieb
This is the last week to see “A Painter’s Hand: The Monotypes of Adolph Gottlieb,” on view now at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. The exhibition will finish its national five-venue tour when it closes on April 29th.
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Installation view, “Ten Americans After Paul Klee.” Photo by Lee Stalsworth.
On April 22nd, The Phillips Collection will be hosting a symposium around the exhibition, “Ten Americans After Paul Klee,” led by curator Elsa Smithgall.
Presenters include Fabienne Eggelhoffer, Chief Curator, Head of Collection Exhibitions Research, Zentrum Paul Klee and co-curator Ten Americans: After Paul Klee, “In Search of a New Art: How Paul Klee lead the way for Motherwell, Stamos, Pollock and Gottlieb,” Andrianna Campbell, Doctoral Candidate, CUNY University, and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Massachusetts, Boston.
For more information, visit the Phillips Collection website.
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