Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. ” — Herman Melville The Sensory Museum: Rethinking Exhibition Design Beyond Sight Introduction: Awakening the Multisensory Museum Read more…
Image title: Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456) Medium: Oil on oak Date: ca. 1470 Source: The Met Collection “ Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. ” — Albert Einstein Quantum Brushstrokes: How Read more…
Image title: The Dream of Aeneas Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1660–65 Source: The Met Collection “ The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of Read more…
Image title: Salome Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1870 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Reclaiming Marble: African Artists Repurposing Colonial Monuments Introduction: From Colonial Weight to Creative Freedom Read more…
Image title: The Death of Socrates Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1787 Source: The Met Collection “ One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ” — Elbert Hubbard AI as Apprentice: What Renaissance Workshop Practices Teach Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Beyond the Halo: Revisiting Sacred Light in Byzantine and Cyber Art Introduction: Light Read more…
Image title: The Forest in Winter at Sunset Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1846–67 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Plastic Politics: How Environmental Crises Shape 21st-Century Art Materials Introduction: The New Material Read more…
Image title: The Fortune-Teller Medium: Oil on canvas Date: probably 1630s Source: The Met Collection “ To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. ” — Kahlil Gibran The Quantum Brushstroke: Physics at Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. ” — The Buddha Rust Never Sleeps: The Aesthetics of Decay in Contemporary Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light. ” — Dorothy Thompson Neon Nirvana: The Spiritual Turn in Contemporary Light Installations Read more…