from Hanging Together -
Virtual Museum Collections, 19th Century Style
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An intriguing comparison of the similarities between 21st-century digital preservation strategies and 19th-century museum practices.
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from The Boston Globe -
Finders, keepers
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A highly contentious issue for those who love and breathe museums - to return or not to return artefacts of contested provenance. One particular point made in the article by James Cuno, the current director of the Art Institute of Chicago, sets up the core assumption of this debate:
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Finders, keepers
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A highly contentious issue for those who love and breathe museums - to return or not to return artefacts of contested provenance. One particular point made in the article by James Cuno, the current director of the Art Institute of Chicago, sets up the core assumption of this debate:
"The problem with these seemingly laudable efforts, according to Cuno, is that they're not really about the artifacts, but about politics."So it comes down to "artifacts" - and by that Cuno must had meant culture, heritage and all associated lofty ideals - and "politics". Then again, is culture or heritage really void of political underpinnings and vice versa?
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from Getty Conservation Institute -
Objects In Transition: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference on the Preservation and Study of Modern an Contemporary Art
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Conservation Matters: Objects In Transition, Contemporary Voices
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The GCI has put up the videos from their recent conference, which is the latest in a line of discussions around the unique and specific problems of conserving modern and contemporary artworks.
See also previous posts.
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Objects In Transition: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference on the Preservation and Study of Modern an Contemporary Art
go to conference web-page
Conservation Matters: Objects In Transition, Contemporary Voices
go to conference web-page
The GCI has put up the videos from their recent conference, which is the latest in a line of discussions around the unique and specific problems of conserving modern and contemporary artworks.
See also previous posts.
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from The Telegraph -
Michelangelo's David set for move
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An update on the future plans for the iconic sculpture which nicely paints the dilemma between preservation and access. Also see earlier posts here.
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Michelangelo's David set for move
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An update on the future plans for the iconic sculpture which nicely paints the dilemma between preservation and access. Also see earlier posts here.
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from Slate -
How Do You Learn a Dead Language?
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An interesting take on the purist approach versus the practical approach to preservation of intangible heritage. Is it better to privilege "use" over "authenticity"? Or can heritage only be truly accessible only if it is transmitted in its original form?
Such searching questions also do have implications on the larger context of heritage preservation and conservation - why are we such sticklers for notions "authenticity" when it is the present audience that we are trying to dialogue with?
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How Do You Learn a Dead Language?
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An interesting take on the purist approach versus the practical approach to preservation of intangible heritage. Is it better to privilege "use" over "authenticity"? Or can heritage only be truly accessible only if it is transmitted in its original form?
Such searching questions also do have implications on the larger context of heritage preservation and conservation - why are we such sticklers for notions "authenticity" when it is the present audience that we are trying to dialogue with?
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preservation
from Bloomberg News -
Scotland Yard Art Sleuth Slaps Museums for Lax Daytime Security
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Not something that conservators can do anything about, but one might want to add armed robbery as yet another risk to artefacts - especially of the "famous" and "super-duper high-value" types.
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Scotland Yard Art Sleuth Slaps Museums for Lax Daytime Security
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Not something that conservators can do anything about, but one might want to add armed robbery as yet another risk to artefacts - especially of the "famous" and "super-duper high-value" types.
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from Discovery News -
T-Rays Reveal Hidden Art Harmlessly
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from Discovery Magazine -
Using X-Rays To Do Cruelty-Free Dissection
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Two technologies which had been adapted for imaging use the examination and documentation of heritage artefacts.
Tetra-hertz technology had been previously developed for airport security screening (see previous New Scientist article here) - albeit, too successfully, one might add. The advantage is that the energy source is considered safe for humans.
The second uses a combination of x-ray and computed tomography to give a resultant three-dimensional image that would be immensely more viewable and, hence, more useful than conventional x-ray images.
Also see earlier post on the attempt to scan an Egyptian mummy in the round from the collection of the British Museum.
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T-Rays Reveal Hidden Art Harmlessly
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from Discovery Magazine -
Using X-Rays To Do Cruelty-Free Dissection
go to article
go to images
Two technologies which had been adapted for imaging use the examination and documentation of heritage artefacts.
Tetra-hertz technology had been previously developed for airport security screening (see previous New Scientist article here) - albeit, too successfully, one might add. The advantage is that the energy source is considered safe for humans.
The second uses a combination of x-ray and computed tomography to give a resultant three-dimensional image that would be immensely more viewable and, hence, more useful than conventional x-ray images.
Also see earlier post on the attempt to scan an Egyptian mummy in the round from the collection of the British Museum.
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from The Guardian -
The 1,000-year-old castle fighting climate change
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Finally, a practical merging of the preservation of heritage and the conservation of nature. Efforts such as this would contribute toeards the process of defining acceptable and responsible practices that heritage work can adopt in the context of the preservation of civilisation in its broadest and, in many ways, most urgent aspect.
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The 1,000-year-old castle fighting climate change
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Finally, a practical merging of the preservation of heritage and the conservation of nature. Efforts such as this would contribute toeards the process of defining acceptable and responsible practices that heritage work can adopt in the context of the preservation of civilisation in its broadest and, in many ways, most urgent aspect.
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from BBC News -
Turning the spotlight on Brazil's hidden art
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A short piece highlighting graffiti art as a legacy of the urban sprawl and its (dis)content. Appreciation is still far off but what follows then would be calls for preservation of this artform.
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Turning the spotlight on Brazil's hidden art
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A short piece highlighting graffiti art as a legacy of the urban sprawl and its (dis)content. Appreciation is still far off but what follows then would be calls for preservation of this artform.
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from Getty Conservation Institue Newsletter -
Paper Conservation (volume 22.3, Fall 2007)
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The latest issue of GCI's newsletter focuses discussions on digital prints and also updating on research concerning the conservation of photographs, as well as museum lighting.
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Paper Conservation (volume 22.3, Fall 2007)
go to contents page
download PDF (4.1 Mb)
The latest issue of GCI's newsletter focuses discussions on digital prints and also updating on research concerning the conservation of photographs, as well as museum lighting.
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from The Times -
Stonehenge tunnel ‘too expensive to build’
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from The Guardian -
Government scraps Stonehenge tunnel plan
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An update on the on-going deliberations on enabling acsess while preserving the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. It is also ironic that in order to manage traffic flow around the site in the interest of heritage preservation, the immediate natural environment would be adversely affected. Also see earlier post here.
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Stonehenge tunnel ‘too expensive to build’
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from The Guardian -
Government scraps Stonehenge tunnel plan
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An update on the on-going deliberations on enabling acsess while preserving the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. It is also ironic that in order to manage traffic flow around the site in the interest of heritage preservation, the immediate natural environment would be adversely affected. Also see earlier post here.
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from Modern Art Notes -
Spiral Jetty threatened by energy development
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An impending threat to Smithson's iconic work located in Utah's Salt Lake, which would be opening up to oil drilling. Comments posted on another blog suggest that this latest development may, in fact, resonate with Smithson's notion of entropy, hence fighting it may *not* be in keeping with the artist's intention. A plausible sounding argument, albeit in a twisted and perverse way. Also see ealrier post here.
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Spiral Jetty threatened by energy development
go to post
An impending threat to Smithson's iconic work located in Utah's Salt Lake, which would be opening up to oil drilling. Comments posted on another blog suggest that this latest development may, in fact, resonate with Smithson's notion of entropy, hence fighting it may *not* be in keeping with the artist's intention. A plausible sounding argument, albeit in a twisted and perverse way. Also see ealrier post here.
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