tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87644638832169785792024-03-14T05:20:22.516-07:00MuseumsMoreAn insight to museums: exhibition and spatial concept. Itineraries and visitor experiences, research, collections and materials.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-60799649459372900412016-02-03T06:04:00.005-08:002023-08-28T10:57:53.455-07:00News about the blogNOTICE:
This blog was stopped on 2014 but remains visible. I invite you to visit my Instagram account The Cabinet, where you will have updates.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-19572356685850057892014-06-12T11:41:00.000-07:002014-06-12T11:41:45.075-07:00The Fulbright Program, Prince of Asturias Award for International CooperationToday was announced that the Fulbright Program has been awarded with the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Spain.
I would like to congratulate the program for the award and as a Fulbright Alumni (Washington D.C. 1999), I would like to express my immense appreciation to the program for the invaluable opportunity, both professional and personal, that I had when receiving theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-30321238602195966272014-05-28T12:58:00.000-07:002015-02-20T17:08:56.382-08:00Displaying dress Sometimes one can get good ideas from street to display dress, like this Kimono in Camden shopping area
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-84791454014940574772014-05-12T11:40:00.000-07:002017-06-07T11:21:38.847-07:00Play What’s Not There, expo at Raven Raw Gallery, London
Some images of current exhibition at Raven Raw, in Artillery Lane, curated by Michael Bracewell
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-80654400406202086692014-05-08T09:45:00.001-07:002014-05-08T09:45:31.832-07:00Charles James: Beyond fashion and MET Ball, an inspiration in gowns
Days after the “event of the year”, the MET Ball, why not take a moment for reflection about the influence from the gowns shown at the exhibition Charles James: Beyond fashion, in the gowns shown at the red carpet. Let’s check on some examples from the exhibit, and images from two reportages of the red carpet from the news.
Images from the MET website for the exhibit,
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-22881248990713622042014-04-23T08:52:00.000-07:002014-04-23T08:52:06.035-07:00From Vera to Veruschka: The Unseen Photographs by Johnny MoncadaA "bouquet" exhibition at Somerset House, showing photographs of Veruschka by Italian photographer Johnny Moncada, from the website:
Curated by Moncada’s daughter Valentina Moncada and creative director Antonio Monfreda, From Vera to Veruschka: The Unseen Photographs by Johnny Moncada will feature over 20 works, both in black and white and colour, and a video installation which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-56451410149046786902014-04-09T06:15:00.001-07:002014-04-09T06:15:36.500-07:00Europeana Fashion Conference at Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonAttending today to a very interesting conference about Made in Italy: re-use of fashion heritage and new digital perspectives organice buscar Europeana Fashion. Several presentatíons and debate about the influence of digital in fashion and museums.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-6260208303058989472014-03-25T12:34:00.002-07:002014-03-25T12:34:21.489-07:00Costumes preparation at Royal Opera House (High House Production Park)Busy workshop and studio with team preparing costume sets for a new play, collaboration of Royal Opera House and a community group in Purfleet, Es, where the ROH has its production workshop facilities.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-8596752901447993672014-03-05T11:00:00.001-08:002014-03-05T11:00:45.786-08:00Exhibits at The Photographer's Gallery, LondonThe well known photography gallery in London, The Photographer's Gallery, is currently showing three different expositions.
Taking shots: The photography of William S. Burroughs. An exhibition dedicated to display Burrroughs' extensive work in photography, that shows his interesting and sometime intriguing creative process.
Another expo is Andy Warhol: Photographs Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-81587343807489199712014-02-19T07:51:00.000-08:002014-02-19T07:58:03.970-08:00Kaj Franck designs, a surprise gift For a museum person, receiving a museum piece as a gift is just a fantastic surprise! This is what happens when I opened the box from Iitala and I saw the beautiful glasses Kartio, designed by Kaj Franck in 1958 for the firm Iitala. Then browsing into my photo archives, I discovered they were one of the objects shown as part of a retrospective exhibition of Kaj Franck at the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-41760163275969580282014-02-17T12:37:00.001-08:002014-02-17T12:37:53.231-08:00"Living Fashion", exhibition at the MoMu Antwerp (March-August 2012)These weeks the news about fashion in the main international cities are full with mentions of catwalks and presentations for A/W collections. The nowness of these events influence the obvious reflection on the importance of timelessness. To help understanding the meaning of wearing fashion, two years ago the MoMu Antwerp developed and exhibition that displayed part of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-8496482787800745852014-02-14T10:19:00.000-08:002014-02-14T10:19:02.006-08:00Happy Valentine's Day!A day to celebrate and wear red!
Piece from the exhibition Living Fashion, Women's Daily Wear 175-1950, MuseumMode, Antwerp, Belgium (March-August 2012)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-5225299828232972432014-02-08T12:47:00.002-08:002014-02-10T02:43:09.384-08:00"Talking Textiles" at TextielMuseum, Tilburg (The Netherlands)
"After a reaction to the increasingly digital landscape of our lives, a craving for tactility and dimension has led designers to reconsider the role of fabrics once more. The near future will see the overwhelming return of textiles in our interiors, covering floors, walls and furniture in an expansive and personal manner. These textiles will speak loud and clear to become the fabrics of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-83795599938828518172014-01-23T08:36:00.001-08:002014-01-23T08:36:36.652-08:00Horniman Museum and Gardens, LondonArchitecture for museums. View of the buildings in the Horniman Museum and gardens complex.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-80240160285878122102013-12-31T06:56:00.001-08:002013-12-31T06:56:02.709-08:00Happy New Year 2014!!!With renewed energies this blog wishes you a very creative, cultural and positive new year 2014!!!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-34991954706224842322013-10-28T02:12:00.001-07:002015-02-20T17:28:14.643-08:00Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa - Guetaria, Spain
The year 1987 marked the 50th anniversary of the Balenciaga Fashion House in Paris, that was somehow the begining of the foundation of the same name, but it was ont until 2002 that the idea of a museum to house and display the collections of the Balenciaga House, could take shape and eventually become a reality.
The website is a vey good place to get to know the personality of the couturierUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-83886780927512270602013-08-05T02:27:00.000-07:002013-08-05T02:27:11.104-07:00Shop at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum' shop is airy, atmospheric, grandiouse architecture designed as a connection to to the entracen and foyer of the building, but is human scaled
and inviting to browse over selected books, and a table is set to make possible some conversations over the books offered or the visit to the museum,
and the view through sends you to the museumplein, breaking Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-33950926431828075532013-07-22T04:49:00.001-07:002013-07-22T04:57:01.777-07:00Textiles resources at the V&A Museum, LondonThe Clothworker’s Centre for the study and conservaton of textiles and fashion is a very interesting and expected new section of the V&A to open next fall. In their own words:
The Clothworkers’ Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion opens on 8 October 2013. It is located at Blythe House, at Olympia in West London. The aim of the Clothworkers’ Centre is to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-79636765764195442812013-06-09T16:37:00.000-07:002013-06-09T16:37:01.566-07:00Text and photography at the Stedelijk, AmsterdamA label about Gerard Kiljan's ideas about photography in the 1930s in The Netherlands, the Stedelijk Museum.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-54681814360884555832013-05-23T13:02:00.002-07:002013-05-23T13:02:53.988-07:00Different approaches to photograph artUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-48386855461106294262013-05-16T12:07:00.002-07:002013-05-16T12:07:59.822-07:00TED's talk: Weaving narratives in museum galleries by Thomas P. Campbell, director MET I have been watching some TED's talks that develop the notion of narration and came across this one about interpretation and constructing narratives in the museum, by MET's director, Thomas P. Campbell. One of the interesting quotes was about the encounter between visitors and real objets in the museum:
“Bringing people face to face with [museum] objects is a way of bringing them Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-41449701905395931192013-04-22T10:33:00.003-07:002013-04-22T10:33:33.510-07:00Ruth M. Anderson, photographer for the Hispanic Society
"Atesorar España" was an exhibition about some travelers-photographers-researchers who found inspiration for their work in itinerant journeys around several regions in Spain in the end of XIX century ans especially in the beginning of the 20th century. Curators were Joaquín Bérchez and Patrick Lenaghan.
One of the well know was Ruth M. Anderson, who was commissioned by the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-69601328590196015972013-04-06T01:42:00.002-07:002013-04-06T01:42:34.241-07:00Traditional costumes and textiles (private collection in Valencia, Spain)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-89268805255098443102013-02-26T12:00:00.001-08:002013-02-26T12:00:51.557-08:00Exhibition of film at EYE Filmmuseum, AmsterdamAt EYE Filmmuseum, the permanent exhibit is in a room where films are shown as a panorama surrounding the visitor with moving images from the collection of the museum, but this shot here transforms the moving images into a still image, a frozen moment.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764463883216978579.post-22872067397726072622013-02-22T03:18:00.000-08:002013-02-23T00:53:15.694-08:00The role of Touch in discussion (Museum Practice issue)There is an interesting segment about "the role of touching" in the UK Museums Association's Museum Practice section section of the site. In this months issue several articles analyze the notion of touch in the museums from different perspectives and interests, which brings up the discussion of the distance between the object and the visitor. It also considersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0