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Mona Lisa vs. Gold and Diamonds

Mona Lisa vs. Gold and Diamonds

The Mona Lisa vanished once—stolen in 1911. Decades later, in 1996, there was a daring jewelry robbery. In 1998, Camille Corot’s Le Chemin de Sèvres was sliced neatly out of its frame. So while such capers seem the stuff of film, the Louvre has lived them before. Its

From Camera to Archive: Color Reference Essentials

From Camera to Archive: Color Reference Essentials

If you’re undertaking the important work of digitizing artwork—whether your own collection or pieces you’re preserving for posterity—there’s a critical technical standard you need to understand before investing significant time in the process. This article explores why professional archival institutions require color reference charts, and

National Indigenous Peoples Day

National Indigenous Peoples Day

Presented above pictograph from the east shore of Darky Lake in Quetico Ontario (Photo by Doug Woods and Valerie Jacobs) This video presentation, discussing indigenous art, was originally prepared for a school to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day , but is now rearranged with commentary as a personal video for your

I could've done that .........

I could've done that .........

Remembering the crazy battles that were fought over the National Gallery’s purchase of “Voice of Fire“ in 1990, to the tune of 1.8 million dollars (now worth about $40million!) I do remember various people saying “I could’ve done that!“. The fact is they couldn’t and they

Really! Is This REALITY?

Really! Is This REALITY?

Reality has been questioned by physics and philosophy throughout the ages. “I think therefor I am” is perhaps the most notorious philosophical phrase thrown around in that regard and has many hilarious interpretive phrases as in “I shop therefore I am” and so on. In our own time as opposed

Art in The Garbage

Art in The Garbage

Art is certainly existential, out there somewhere, locked in creative minds who are dreaming about it, or perhaps already sitting there in everyday existence, on a wall, standing on a plinth, stretched on a canvas, fired in a kiln, or even cast in bronze. An echo of ourselves, and essential

Eye Know

Eye Know

Recently in the family, there was a discussion about the seeming changeable nature of eye colours if they are not definitely brown or blue. Those colours in between, ‘hazel eyes’, are conglomerates of melanin, which is actually brown, varies in amounts in each person’s iris, and can be a