by Leandra Velez | Nov 16, 2016 | 2016, archive
The meaning of the word Athenæum sheds some light on the role of the Redwood Library and Atheneum in Newport. In colonial Newport, people were busy building, working, doing business and surviving. In 1747, some of the town’s men decided they need to do more;...
by Leandra Velez | Nov 9, 2016 | 2016, archive
After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ New York Times, By PAULA DEITZ Nov. 3, 2016 FLORENCE, ITALY — In early morning light, the low buildings lining both sides of the Arno River here glow in their myriad shades of ochre, like the shallow river...
by Leandra Velez | Nov 2, 2016 | 2016, archive
Museums are reaching out to younger and global audiences, using emoji-style art history and innovative Snapchats. See what they are doing, and look up the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Snapchat. The New Social Media Darlings Published in the New York Times Special...
by Kim Pike | Oct 20, 2016 | 2016, archive
For those who may not know, there is a brand new National African American History & Culture museum located on the National Mall in Washington DC! 1400 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. if you’re using Maps on your phone. The museum ensures that the...
by Leandra Velez | Oct 19, 2016 | 2016, archive
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced a severe round of job cuts and budget restructuring this past spring to general alarm. With 6.3 Million visitors each year, and the eye popping profits in its retail shops (they RAKE, with profits ranging $25-30...
by Leandra Velez | Oct 11, 2016 | 2016, archive
If you can stand a little chemistry geeky jargon (plumbonacrite anyone?), this is a pretty fascinating article about how chemists can sleuth out exactly how a painting’s colors have faded, in this case Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings. Once they figure out the...
by Leandra Velez | Jul 18, 2016 | 2016, archive
The New Museum in New York has curated an exhibition this summer that asks the question: Why do we keep things? “The Keeper” contains thousands of objects and examines the ways we collect and own items. From a July 17 New York Times article about the show,...
by Leandra Velez | Jul 5, 2016 | 2016, archive
AMSTERDAM — Before roughly 26,000 visitors were admitted into the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam this past weekend to view two Rembrandt portraits heralded as new national treasures, their former owner, Éric de Rothschild, had a moment alone with his two old friends, the...
by Leandra Velez | Jun 15, 2016 | 2016, archive
“Norman Rockwell and His Contemporaries” is currently on exhibit at the National Museum of American Illustration. As part of the museum’s benefit silent auction on July 21. 2016, Don Trachte Jr. will speak about his father’s copied version of Norman...
by Leandra Velez | May 17, 2016 | 2016, archive
The following NPR piece from May 16, 2016, discusses the efforts of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to add interactive technology to their art experience. They are trying to appeal to ever wider and younger audiences, though they hope the Tech doesn’t get in...
