Making History Together: Public Participation in Museums

The international online symposium will bring together scholars, museum professionals and heritage practitioners to discuss how participatory history is constructed, developed, and implemented in museums. We invite you to register and attend the one-day symposium “Making History Together: Public Participation in Museums”. It will take place on 15 December 2020 and will bring together participants […]

What is a Museum? Part 2: The Function of Collecting

The defining essential unity in museums are the functions of collecting, preserving, documenting, researching, exhibiting and in other ways, communicating and interpreting evidence of human culture and history for the benefit of everyone. Should our collections shift as our communities do? In a world aimed towards political correctness, how do we address collections as a […]

VRAR Chicago: The Next Evolution in Arts & Culture

Even during travel restrictions, augmented and virtual reality allow us to experience arts & culture from far away places. While it will never be a replacement for seeing the Mona Lisa or the Great Wall of China in person, VR and AR can bring these masterpieces right into your home. Programs like “Let's Create! Pottery […]

The Art Museum in the Digital Age – 2021

The Belvedere Research Center organizes its third international conference on the digital transformation of the art museum. The 2021 edition will focus on online collections and the re-contextualization of the museum object in the digital universe. During the COVID lock down, the call for online availability of museum objects became louder. Many museums responded immediately […]

International Conference on Cultural Tourism and Museum Management

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for […]

Keep Calm and Carry On Web Series

Despite many setbacks, some of the Arts & Creative industries most exciting developments occurred during the course of 2020. Join us as we learn more about projects and initiatives produced by thought leaders and innovators in the art and technology sector. Let's get inspired for what's next in 2021.

The Lab: Making Sense of Immersion in 2021 – Finale Episode

The Lab: Making Sense of Immersion in 2021 is a series of online meetups gathering key professionals from the XR and museum industries for game-changing conversations. As part of our study on funding and distributing immersive works, FR//XR, this lab is organized by We Are Museums, along with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US, Museum Connections, Pixii Festival, Kaleidoscope and Fabbula. […]

Verbier Art Summit

The virtual Verbier Art Summit—taking place concurrently with the annual in-person Summit in Verbier, Switzerland—will consist of a two-day free, digital program, welcoming all those with a love for art, innovation and ecology to participate. As part of this expanded digital offering and in celebration of the Summit’s fifth anniversary, five new DEBATES from all […]

Webinar: Key findings from 1,700+ galleries about the art market in 2021

How will the events of 2020 change the way galleries run their businesses in 2021? Tune in on Friday, January 29th, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (EST) / 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (GMT) as Artsy’s Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Global Sales & Partnerships discuss: The most important takeaways from Artsy’s 2021 […]

Hong Kong Saves the Art Market

The 2020 auction season—a wild ride of improvised sales amid strong but elusive demand—closed out with Asia driving the market for a wide range of artists. Kim Heirston and Koji Inoue help us make sense of the bidding. Hong Kong Saves the Art Market is part of our ongoing Auction Reaction series.