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What sustains us? The conference theme for MCN 2020 VIRTUAL—an experience like no other previous conference—is Sustainability: Preserve/Progress. Together, we will explore the tension between transformation and longevity. Sustainability has many facets—technological, financial, environmental, cultural, social, and personal. We recognize the increasingly fraught nature of sustainability—amplified now as we navigate global crises in health, labor, […]
From November 11th to 15th, the Vancouver Biennale will host #ArtProject2020, a virtual art and technology expo exploring digital art and the newest technologies shifting the art world. This event is free to attend and those without previous exposure to the field will benefit most – everyone is welcome. #ArtProject2020 will be the Vancouver Biennale’s […]
CRISIS, CHANGE AND CULTURE 2020 is not the year we thought it was going to be. A global pandemic has changed our day-to-day lives. The Covid crisis has brought home how connected our lives are across the globe, while the injustices and societal inequalities that exist between them have been thrown into sharp relief. This […]
It has long been an accepted belief that a museum is a temple of art. These days, however, priorities of museums have shifted from storing exhibits and expanding their collections to attracting the attention of various audiences. Increasingly more often, museums seek to become cultural institutions of interest. In their turn, additional museum services, such […]
Do you believe museums can become agents of change to foster better futures respecting people and the Planet? Do you want to start the ecological transition of your museum? Do you want to inspire your museum colleagues to commit to the climate crisis agenda? And most of all, you are passionate about innovation and change? […]
Museums making sense will discuss how museums can help visitors make sense of complicated matters – be it climate change or migration processes or economic relations. Through storytelling methods, museums can help us understand complex interrelations. Multiperspective approaches can help us appreciate different perspectives. Museums can work as innovative labs to test different complex scenarios, giving the opportunity […]
This November, two institutions at the heart of Saadiyat Island – Louvre Abu Dhabi and NYU Abu Dhabi – will, for the first time, co-present the global symposium: Reframing Museums. Global scholars, academics, established and emerging artists, and international museum experts will convene to discuss, interrogate, and reimagine the art museum of the future, building […]
In China, collaborating with companies from totally disconnected industries has recently become a must. While this is nothing new for global fashion brands, other industries now use these crossover collaborations to bring a sense of novelty and uniqueness to their products. In this webinar, we will thus take a peek at this unique strategy, study […]
Join Cooper Hewitt for an interactive session on Transforming Museum Experience. Participants will explore topics related to the design of a museum experience, thoughts on how and why it should transform, and share ideas for how we might work to bring about the kind of transformation we seek collectively. The format of the program is […]
