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The reality of art
Tonight is the premiere of “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” a competition among 19 visual artists to be crowned … um, well, winner of the show. The winner gets a sizable cash prize and an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York.
George Watts Elementary School mural: a tribute to Picasso
On Monday, April 19, more than 100 people gathered to celebrate the unveiling of an amazing mural at George Watts Elementary School in Durham. The mural was inspired by the art of Pablo Picasso, closely tied to the Nasher Museum’s recent exhibition “Picasso and the Allure of Language” and the culmination of a year-long schoolwide project at the school. The mural reinterpreted some of Picasso’s most famous works.
Medical students at the Nasher Museum
By Juline
Overheard one recent day in the galleries, one medical student to another: “I cannot overemphasize how big his sideburns are.”
For the fourth year, Duke first-year medical students in the practice course have come to the Nasher Museum to hone their visual perception and communication skills. The program is run [...]
RB @ Walker Art Blogs – Art Finder at ArtsConnect Ed
By Teka
I thought I would reblog this interesting in-depth post at Walker Art Blogs about the development and implementation of a new web-based initiative called Art Finder. Housed on-line at ArtsConnectEd.com, Art Finder is a joint venture between the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center that allows [...]
A Nasher Museum Tribute
By Brooke Hartley, Nasher Museum Intern
Whenever I try to piece together the figurative scrapbook of my college experiences, memories of the Nasher Museum blend seamlessly with caffeinated all-nighters in the library, football tailgates, and other staples of my Duke lifestyle. In just a short time, the Nasher Museum has [...]
RB @ Arnet News – What Should A Museum iPhone App Look Like?
Posted by Teka
I’m reblogging an interesting piece on Artnet yesterday about iPhone applications for museums. What do you think a Nasher Museum iPhone app should look like – or any museum iPhone app for that matter?
WHAT SHOULD A MUSEUM IPHONE APP LOOK LIKE?
We have seen the future of the museum, [...]
Art History Survival Guide
By Brooke Hartley, Nasher Museum Intern
I stumbled across a story about myself in The New York Times. Well, OK, not really, but I did notice some obvious parallels between Michael Kimmelman’s article about the perils of viewing art in the age of visual overstimulation and my recent visit to [...]
How to talk to students about video art
It’s not always easy to talk about video art on school tours. Logistics can pose a challenge. Julie Thomson, the associate curator of education at the Nasher Museum, has ideas about how to share works like “Video Quartet,” now on view at the Nasher Museum, with students. Read her post [...]
What is a preparator?
By Dez Webb
The exhibition “Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City” closed recently, and the gallery is dark. Here at the Nasher Museum, the public is not allowed to watch the installation of the next exhibition, “Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the Duke [...]