Charles Harbutt: Dreams and Memories - Laurence Miller Gallery
A 2001 exhibition of some of the prints of photojournalist (and former Magnum president) Charles Harbutt, mostly dating from the sixties but some much newer.
more fromwww.laurencemillergallery.com
Going Deep - washingtonpost.com
The new Sant Ocian Hall of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
more fromwww.washingtonpost.com
The Black American West Museum
A museum dedicated to the often-forgotten African American men and women who helped shape the American West.
more fromwww.blackamericanwestmuseum.com
Flickr + Library of Congress: Flickr Commons
What a great idea. Collaborative tagging and description for publicly-owned, historic photos. Some creative thought re copyrights as well -- they've introduced a new designation, "No known copyright restrictions." Cool.
more fromflickr.com
William Steig, cartoonist: exhibit in NYC
The Jewish Museum in NYC is mounting an extensive exhibit of the work of William Steig. He's best known today as the original creator of Shrek, plus Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, etc., but also created intense and disturbing psychological artwork. Thru
more fromwww.jewishmuseum.org
Southeast Pennsylvania rural history consortium
A consortium of local (SE PA) historic sites. Includes the obivous ones like the Brandywine Battlefield and Hopewell Furnace, but also the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville and the Schwenkfelder Library in Pennsburg.
more fromwww.ruralhistoryconfederation.org
Doris Salcedo's "Shibboleth" (installation, Tate Modern, Oct. 2007) - a jetpak
A small collection of links on Doris Salcedo's new installation, "Shibboleth," in the Tate Modern, featured on Buzzfeed.
more fromwww.jeteye.com
6000 Smithsonian images posted to Flickr
Public.Resource.Org has downloaded and posted to Flickr 6000 images from the Smithsonian Institution's website. SI asserts it holds copyright; the group claims the images are in the public domain. We'll have to see what happens. Flickr link in the clip.
more fromwww.academiccommons.org
Vatican threatens to boycott Holocaust memorial | International | Reuters
An exhibit in the Yad Vashem memorial museum in Jerusalem suggests that Pius XII was "apathetic" towards the plight of the Jews during WWII (most historians agree, though Pius's archives remain closed). The Vatican ambassador says he "would not feel comfo
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Museo del Templo Mayor: Tenochtitlan temple musem, Mexico City
A thorough, well-designed (Flash-based) site for a Mexican museum devoted to Aztec religion and culture. All in Spanish. Includes many photos of artifacts, architectural diagrams, timelines, etc.
more fromwww.conaculta.gob.mx
"Prayer and portraits": Netherlandish diptychs at the National Gallery of Art
A new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art on Netherlandish diptychs, open till Feb. 4, 2007.
more fromwww.nga.gov
African-American history museum in Balto., Md.
Open since June, 2005. Linked from OMHAR.org, the mid-Atlantic Oral History association.
more fromwww.africanamericanculture.org
The Creation Museum in Kentucky
A Guardian reporter gets a tour of Kentucky's Creation Museum, currently under construction. His comments are mildly amusing. See also http://AnswersInGenesis.com.
more fromwww.guardian.co.uk
Ancient Bibles on display
Ancient codices and papyri demonstrate that "the book we know as the Bible evolved from earlier texts and was not handed down, in toto, by God in its present form." Discuss.
more fromwww.asia.si.edu
Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
A local museum which includes a gallery and collection devoted to Maurice Sendak.
more fromwww.rosenbach.org
National Museum of Women in the Arts | Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters
An exhibition of Australian aboriginal women painters (in D.C. thru 9/06). I'd like to see this art.
more fromwww.nmwa.org
COLOR IN MOTION / Main
Cute flash animation about the use and conventional significance of colors.
more fromwww.mariaclaudiacortes.com
Colour Order Systems in Art and Science (English, Français, German)
"Cultural history of color."
more fromwww.colorsystem.com
WELCOME TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM
An aviation museum (and airshow venue) not far from where I live. Hosts the annual WWII aviation fair, first weekend of June (I think). In Reading.
more fromwww.maam.org
Painted Prayers (Getty Exhibitions)
The "Painted Prayers" exhibit at the Getty. Includes a welldesigned Flash presentation of some of the exhibition's highlights.
more fromwww.getty.edu
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