Irving Finkel investigates the Amarna letters | Curator's Corner 100th episode special

Today, we bring you a very special 100th episode of Curator’s Corner! What makes this so special is that it was decided by you – our wonderful audience. You are the reason this series has been so successful, so it feels only right that you had the chance to decide the topic of this episode. You all came up with fantastic ideas – but it was the Amarna Letters that were one of the most requested...

A Closer Look: The architecture of the Legion of Honor

The Legion of Honor’s galleries are filled with magnificent artworks, but equally magnificent is the architecture that houses them. The museum is modeled on the 18th-century Hôtel de Salm in Paris, built during the final years before the French Revolution. This lecture explores why the French palace immediately became one of the most admired buildings of its age and considers how it reflected a society on the brink of transformatio...

Examining an Understudied Photography Process

Ranging from asbestos newspaper used for insulation to photos on glass broken into a gazillion little pieces, photograph and paper conservator Shannon Brogdon-Grantham fields some strange and unusual questions. Along with her fellow colleagues at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, Brogdon-Grantham helps Smithsonian museums and research centers figure out the best ways to store, protect, and display their collections. Fro...

Photo Forensics: How We Date Early Photography

Ranging from asbestos newspaper used for insulation to photos on glass broken into a gazillion little pieces, photograph and paper conservator Shannon Brogdon-Grantham fields some strange and unusual questions. Along with her fellow colleagues at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, Brogdon-Grantham helps Smithsonian museums and research centers figure out the best ways to store, protect, and display their collections. Fr...

Yoko Ono's Grapefruit #gettymuseum #yokoono #Getty #thebroad

Interested in seeing rare Yoko Ono archive materials? Join us September 30 for “Show and Tell: Yoko Ono Archive” at the Getty Center. See these special materials—including Ono’s Grapefruit—and join in on art-making stations inspired by Ono’s artist books in Getty’s collection. Tickets available at gty.art/yokoono This exciting event is in collaboration with @thebroadmuseum to celebrate their exhibition Yoko Ono...

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Reaching into History to Reach Us: Catherine Opie's Photographic Portraits (lecture)

Filmed on 23rd September 2026 at the National Gallery of Scotland Join Dr Tilly Scantlebury art historian and educator, National Gallery, London, as they look closely at a selection of works on display in the exhibition Catherine Opie: To Be Seen. In this talk Scantlebury situates Opie's photographic portraits within two important contextual modes: the traditional art historical paintings they make refe...

Aftermovie Städel KI Festival „Imagining Futures in Noisy Times“

Das war das Städel KI Festival am 4. und 5. September 2026 im Städel Museum! Künstliche Intelligenz verändert unsere Gesellschaft und unseren Alltag tiefgreifend. Sie beeinflusst, wie wir kommunizieren, lernen, arbeiten und zunehmend auch, wie wir Kunst erleben. Mit dem großen KI Festival „Imagining Futures in Noisy Times“ lud das Städel Museum dazu ein, an der Schnittstelle von Kunst, Technologie und gesellsc...

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"La influencia de los pensadores ilustrados en la pintura de Goya", por Santiago Muñoz Machado

Conferencia "La influencia de los pensadores ilustrados en la pintura de Goya" impartida por Santiago Muñoz Machado (director de la Real Academia Española y Consejero nato de Estado) el 23 de septiembre de 2026 en el marco del ciclo de conferencias Consejo de Estado. Hace ahora treinta y ocho años (1988) se organizó una magna exposición de Goya por el Museo del Prado, el Boston Museum of...

Christina Berndt: Wenn die Zukunft auf die Psyche schlägt

Immer heißere Sommer, schneelose Winter, bedrohliche Unwetter: Die Klimakrise fordert uns körperlich und seelisch. Das haben uns die vergangenen Monate mit den extremen Temperaturen und ausgedehnten Waldbränden ganz besonders gezeigt. Dabei sind Hitze und Naturzerstörung allerdings nur die augenscheinlichsten Merkmale der Klimakrise, deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen sind noch erheblich umfassender. So kommt es infolge der E...

A Weather Lesson They Won’t Forget

Bring weather science to life with this hands-on hurricane mapping lesson your students will never forget. Visit our Educator Guide for standards, lessons, and classroom activities. https://s.si.edu/WeatherEducatorGuideYT Be sure to check out the next video in this series: https://s.si.edu/Weather_SS_YT Subscribe and turn on notifications

Meet Philadelphia Artist Linda Fernandez | Art, Nature & Caribbean Heritage

Philadelphia-based artist Linda Fernandez explores Caribbean heritage, nature, architecture, and community through bold color and symbolism. In this artist spotlight, Fernandez discusses her creative practice and the ideas that shape her work. A painter, muralist, and community-based artist, Fernandez is also a founding member of Amber Art and Design, a Philadelphia artist collective that creates public art in co...

Adam Eaker: "Englishwomen Abroad: Gainsborough, Tischbein, and the Anglophile Portrait"

On April 30, 2026, Adam Eaker, Howard Marks Curator of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, presented his lecture for the symposium "The Amazing Effect of Dress: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe" at The Frick Collection. Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the exhibition...

Anna Reynolds: "To See and Be Seen: Fashionable Display in St. James's Park"

On April 30, 2026, Anna Reynolds, Surveyor of The King's Pictures, Royal Collection Trust, presented her lecture for the symposium "The Amazing Effect of Dress: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe" at The Frick Collection. Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the exhibitions Gainsborough: The Fashion...

Yifu Liu: "More than Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates as the Intersection of Art, History &..."

On April 30, 2026, Yifu Liu, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection, presented his lecture for the symposium "The Amazing Effect of Dress: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe" at The Frick Collection. Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the exhibitions Gainsboroug...

Amanda Wunder: "Velázquez and Fashion"

On April 30, 2026, Amanda Wunder, Professor of History at Lehman College, presented her lecture for the symposium "The Amazing Effect of Dress: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe" at The Frick Collection. Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the exhibitions Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture and Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates ...

Jonquil O’Reilly: "Dowry, Display, and Dynasty: Marriage Portraits and Wedding Trousseaus..."

On April 30, 2026, Jonquil O'Reilly, Vice President, Senior Specialist, Old Master Paintings, Christie's, presented her lecture for the symposium "The Amazing Effect of Dress: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe" at The Frick Collection. Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the exh...

Timothy McCall: "Tailoring Male Bodies in Italian Renaissance Art and Fashion"

On April 30, 2026, Timothy McCall, Professor of Art History and Bernard Lucci Chair in Italian Studies, Villanova University, presented his lecture for the symposium "The Amazing Effect of Dress: Fashion and Representation in Early Modern Europe" at The Frick Collection. Thomas Gainsborough described the transformative role of clothing in art as “the amazing Effect of dress.” Held in conjunction with the ...

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When "The Child's Bath" got a bath | Art Institute Shorts

Watch as paintings conservator Kelly Keegan removes old layers of varnish to reveal the hues Cassatt intended for "The Child’s Bath." And see this work on view in our recently opened exhibition, "Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism." Work depicted: Mary Cassatt. "The Child’s Bath," 1893. Robert A. Waller Fund. On view in Gallery 184.

Lecture: Figuring Gender in the Works of Willem de Kooning and Beyond

In this talk, Christa Noel Robbins discusses how gender is depicted in Willem de Kooning’s paintings and drawings—many of which are featured in the exhibition "Willem de Kooning Drawing." Focusing on de Kooning’s unorthodox process, Robbins shows how gender is destabilized and expressed in a deeply ambivalent way that can be likened to one’s own conflicted experience of inhabiting gender. Robbin also explores s...

Sounds of the Hirayama Studio

Step inside the British Museum's Hirayama Studio as it celebrates over 30 years conserving East Asian masterpieces on paper and silk in a unique space. https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/one-kind-hirayama-conservation-studio

10 Years of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Happy 10th anniversary to our @NMAAHC .

Digital Computer Museum Opening Night 1979

Before the Computer History Museum came to Silicon Valley, our story began across the country in Marlborough, Massachusetts. On September 24, 1979, The Digital Computer Museum opened in the lobby of a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) building. This archival footage takes us inside the opening-night celebration, including a ribbon cutting with museum cofounders Ken Olsen and Gordon Bell.

RESTAURATION "La Pie" de Monet : les secrets d’une restauration - FR/EN

Que révèle la restauration de La Pie de Claude Monet ? Peint en 1869 en Normandie, La Pie a retrouvé tout son éclat à l’issue d’une importante restauration menée en 2025. Sous les anciens vernis, les retouches et les résidus accumulés au fil du temps, les restaurateurs ont retrouvé la matière picturale originale de Monet. Le dégagement des bords de la toile a également permis d’examiner de près ...

Eli Cortiñas. La máquina sueña con humo

En «La máquina sueña con humo» la artista Eli Cortiñas (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1979) revisita su obra videográfica «The Most Given of Givens» [Lo más dado de lo dado, 2016]. La capacidad expresiva de este collage cinematográfico surge del choque y la asociación de imágenes. Con ayuda de la inteligencia artificial y acudiendo a los archivos de imágenes licenciados con fines comerciales, la artista crea una escenografía que busca...

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AirSpace Bonus! Escape this Podcast: Star Search

We’ll be back with new AirSpace episodes on October 8th. In the meantime, here’s something a little different. AirSpace co-hosts Matt and Emily recently guest-starred on Escape This Podcast, where they played through a custom audio escape room. Listen to find out if a geologist and a museum curator have what it takes to escape a spacecraft filled with an unusual amount of puzzles… Speaking of escape rooms: keep an eye on the Nationa...

Vitrine EXTRA #9 | U(h)rknall - mit einer römischen Taschensonnenuhr auf Reisen

Die Sonderpräsentation Vitrine EXTRA, die in regelmäßigen Abständen in der Antikensammlung des Kunsthistorischen Museums unterschiedliche antike Objekte vorübergehend in der Dauerausstellung präsentiert, rückt in ihrer neunten Ausgabe eine römische Taschensonnenuhr in den Fokus. So erfahren wir, wie die tragbaren Sonnenuhren funktionierten und wie präzise – oder auch nicht! – diese die Zeit anz...

【手話動画】はじめての東博③ 3つの楽しい発見｜東京国立博物館

初めて東京国立博物館（トーハク）を訪れるろう者や難聴者の方、ご家族に向けたガイダンス動画「はじめての東博」（日本手話版・全3本）です。 ③では、展示作品を楽しむ3つの見方（「じっくり見る」「想像してみる」「比べてみる」）をご紹介します。鑑賞のヒントとしてぜひご活用ください...

【手話動画】はじめての東博② 未来のための3つのしごと｜東京国立博物館

初めて東京国立博物館（トーハク）を訪れるろう者や難聴者の方、ご家族に向けたガイダンス動画「はじめての東博」（日本手話版・全3本）です。 ②では、文化財を未来へ伝えるために、博物館がどのようなしごとをしているのかをご紹介します。「あつめる・まもる」「しらべる・かん

【手話動画】はじめての東博① マップと3つの約束｜東京国立博物館

初めて東京国立博物館（トーハク）を訪れるろう者や難聴者の方、ご家族に向けたガイダンス動画「はじめての東博」（日本手話版・全3本）です。 ①では、館内マップやチケットの買い方などの案内と、展示室で安心して楽しむための「3つの約束」をご紹介します。ご来館前の事前学習や、安心...

Three Keanu Reeves films = one whoa-worthy t-shirt

Get carded! Attend three Keanu Reeves films at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and receive one whoa-worthy t-shirt.

This License Plate Let Britain Spy LEGALLY

Watch the Full video on BRIXMIS here: https://youtu.be/sCdTwkuH8Hw?si=TcAcKFglK7dFR9C- #coldwar #spy #espionage

Power of Giving 2026: 250 Years of American Philanthropy

Join us as the museum’s Power of Giving symposium explores the history and impact of American philanthropy as the nation marks its 250th anniversary. The event will bring together Smithsonian curators, historians, and philanthropy thought leaders examining how Americans’ gifts of time, expertise and resources have shaped the nation. Since the country’s earliest days, philanthropy has helped drive change. In this in-person and...

The back of this Picasso painting tells a story

What can the back of a painting reveal about its past? Picasso's "Three Musicians" carries traces of a remarkable journey. Its original stretcher and inscriptions reveal the people, places and circumstances that shaped the painting's life long after Picasso created it. Watch the full video via link in bio to uncover the story behind its journey. Subscribe to get the latest videos: http://mo.ma/subscribe Explore our collection online: ht...

RUTH TAMURA GUEST ARTIST AT CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS

Watch the iconic Ruth Tamura work with the Hot Glass Team to bring one of her unique creations to life, live with detailed narration. In 1969 Tamura received (and developed) the first-ever MA in glass from the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC). She earned an MFA in ceramics from Mills College at the same time. At both institutions Tamura assisted in developing the glass studios while still enrolled as a student, and from 1969...

Conservation of a Painting, The Adoration of the Shepherds, Jan Cossiers

Adoration of the Shepherds (1657), Jan Cossiers, Flemish, 1600–1671 This altarpiece was painted for the Krijtberg, a clandestine Catholic church in Amsterdam dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier. The Jesuits founded the Krijtberg in 1654 and hired artists from the Catholic southern Netherlands—Cossiers among them—who were experts in the dramatic baroque idiom developed to promote the Catholic faith during the Coun...

Conservation of the Rezzonico Pier Table, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Rezzonico Pier Table (c. 1768), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778 While Piranesi is mostly recognized for his etchings of ancient ruins and imaginary prisons, he also designed interiors and furnishings that realized his vision of an eclectic modern classicism. This pier table is one of only two surviving pieces of furniture that can be securely attributed to him. It was completed around 1768 for the ap...

Conservation of a Cartoon for a Fresco, Two Female Allegories Representing Fire and Air

Two Female Allegories Representing Fire and Air (cartoon for a fresco, c. 1614), Guido Reni, Italian (Bologna), 1575–1642 Guido Reni was one of the most celebrated painters in Italy at his death in 1642, and his cartoons—full-scale preparatory drawings used to transfer a design to a wall or panel—were among the works collectors prized most. However, cartoons were often destroyed in the transfer p...

Conservation at Mia - Major Works of European Art Return to View

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has recently completed conservation treatments on three major works of European art, now newly installed and on view. A mix of recent acquisitions and long-standing collection objects, each project addressed structural and aesthetic problems that had limited how—or even whether—the works could be shown. One work is a monumental fresco cartoon by Guido Reni, the largest known to sur...

“Codesido” | LSP (video 4)

HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: How Hair Reveals the Futility of Race Categories

Tina Lasisi is a biological anthropologist and Ph.D. Candidate at Penn State University. Her research helps us better understand human diversity and answer the question, "Why did modern variation in human scalp hair evolve?" How does a closer look at variation in scalp hair texture uncover the complexity of human diversity? Using computational image analysis, we can look at hair variation without invoking r...

“Codesido” | LSP (video 3)

Exposição: Tatiana Blass – Contrarregra

Ministério da Cultura, Nubank e Instituto Tomie Ohtake apresentam Tatiana Blass – Contrarregra. Em cartaz entre 28 de agosto e 25 de outubro, a mostra reúne cerca de 50 obras produzidas entre 2008 e 2026, entre pinturas, esculturas, instalações, vídeos e um conjunto de trabalhos inéditos, oferecendo um panorama da produção da artista e de sua investigação sobre matéria, espaço, luz e tempo. O título da exposição faz referênci...

“Codesido” | LSP (video 2)

“Codesido” | LSP (video 1)

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ASMR: Fabiola Dress #gettymuseum #museumasmr

Sound on! Enjoy some museum ASMR with Getty mountmakers rehousing a papier-mâché dress by artist Fabiola Jean-Louis featured in her artwork "Marie Antoinette is Dead." Watch the full video on youtube.com/gettymuseum or linked in our bio. In the full video, Getty mountmakers Barry Russakis and Kevin Young carefully move the dress into a custom long term storage crate. This is a common process for artworks in Getty's archives, and it's work t...