Archive for the ‘ Art ’ Category
American Falls in winter, Niagara Falls, New York, a photo by Art Matters on Flickr. In the spirit of winter here in Canada, I thought I’d share this lovely vintage photograph of the Niagara Falls in winter taken by Alexander Henderson in the late 1870s. Currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario, this work is an [ READ MORE ]
We now live in a digital era. While artists have always been at the forefront of new media, and incorporating contemporary ideas into their practices, the art world and more specifically art markets are slow to respond. Well new media artists are now receiving critical acclaim and digital works are increasingly making an impact in [ READ MORE ]
I had the priviledge of meeting the very talented photographer Eamon Mac Mahon at the CONTACT Photography Festival in 2007. I am excited to see his latest body of work commissioned by The Walrus (“Amazon of the North“) and currently at Bau-Xi Gallery in the exhibition “Out of the Woods“. This project documents the importance of Canada’s fragile Boreal Forest, [ READ MORE ]
As someone who works in the Museum industry, specifically focused on collections information, I am always searching for creative and highly interactive ways for creating access to the world’s museum collections. I have been looking into Google’s lastest venture, the Google Art Project, an exciting concept that presents detailed views of art work from the top museums. Using the [ READ MORE ]
A blog with an interesting concept, using vintage photographs and superimposing them on the physical sites they were once taken. A photo within a photo…. but there is more to this than just an fun twist on creating an image. The site takes its name from creating a direct address to the original photograph- Dear [ READ MORE ]
Interesting research project involving the use of emerging digital technologies to reanimate ethnographic items in museum collections. http://projects.beyondtext.ac.uk/reanimatingculturalheritage/index.php[ READ MORE ]
On now at the Art Gallery of Ontario, is an excellent show about the work of a recently discovered photographer, Abel Boulineau, whose images conjure up romantic scenes of the French countryside around the turn of the twentieth century. While highlighting these poetic glimpses into French rural life, the exhibition also discusses the behind the [ READ MORE ]
Well as I always feel about postings with my blog, its better late than never! So here is a link to a presentation I gave back in November 2010 at the Photographic Historical Society of Canada on my research involving the Samuel Bourne albums at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and the National Media [ READ MORE ]
I highly recommend this exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (June – September 2010), Playing with Pictures: The Art of the Victorian Photocollage. Originally organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, Playing with Pictures, examines the pre-modern use of photocollage by Victorian aristocratic women, who combined their sharp wit and artistic talents to employ [ READ MORE ]
The Egypt skyline showing The Sphinx and The Pyramids are seen after the lights are switched off for Earth Hour on March 27, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt © Jason Larkin Originally uploaded by Earth Hour Global[ READ MORE ]
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