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 […]
Join an extraordinary, carefully crafted group of designers, urbanists, technologists, builders, artists, and civic futurists -- with Krista Tippett, Cory Doctorow, Danielle Allen, Tristan Harris, Esra'a Al Shafei, Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Audrey Tang, Glen Weyl, Katherine Maher, Madebo Fatunde and so many more -- to help envision the future of digital public space. Discover the research […]
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. […]
China’s Gen Z and millennial consumers seek novel products that stand out from the crowd, fueling a rapidly evolving culture of innovative “mega-collaborations” between brands. While many brand pairings may appear extreme or even bizarre, such items are widely talked about, and their freshness and limited-time appeal can tempt young consumers to at least try […]
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 […]
Elizabeth Semmelhack, author of Sneakers x Culture: Collab, explores the collaborative culture that surrounds sneakers. Collaborations have a long history in western fashion and are only increasing in importance especially in sneaker design. This talk charts the history of sneaker collabs beginning in the 1930s and will explore how complex cultural politics and shifting ideas […]
Behind the scenes, while museum doors were closed in 2020, many problems were being solved. How can the exhibition content be accessible to audiences? How do we reopen safely? What stories are our visitors most interested to hear? How can we best sell our museums’ merchandise online? We will be interviewing Anna Lowe from Smartify […]
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.
In an age of periodic lockdowns, there is a need to find innovative and creative ways to engage and grow our audiences. Many arts & heritage organisations have some sort of digital collection, how can these assets be repurposed to meet today’s challenges? You will learn from 3 specialists about the opportunities available for interpretation […]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, digital offerings from the arts and culture sector have expanded dramatically. From streamed live performances to virtual museum tours, organisations have embraced digital projects in myriad creative ways with the aim of growing audience engagement. But this increased activity has further highlighted a divide between those who can and cannot access digital content easily. The arts and cultural […]
