Entries tagged “museums”
One Up! MoMA Acquires Its First Classic Video Games as Art
Hyperallergic has learned that through a quiet acquisition process undertaken over the past year led by architecture and design curator Paola Antonelli, the Museum of Modern Art has brought 14 video games into its collection as a “new category” of artwork.
The acquisition includes Pac-Man and Tetris.
(more info via MoMA blog: Video Games: 14 in the Collection, for Starters)
(via MoMA Store, based on Keith Haring image c. 1988)
“Cooper-Hewitt Opens Kiosk in Grand Central”
(photo credit: Fred R. Conrad via NYTimes)
“…Sit Down, opening at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London in early February, features more than 70 types of kids seating, from rocking horses to high chairs, to designer miniatures and stern deportment chairs…
— Creative Review
“Of all the things going the way of the Internet these days, one is the gallery exhibition announcement card. For decades this useful bit of art-world indicator has been an indispensable constant creatively deployed by artists, avidly cherished by the ephemera-obsessed and devotedly archived by museums…” via ArtsBeat Blog
The Hergé Museum, designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc, opened in Belgium this week (via Daily Icon)
The Obamas are “Changing the Art on the White House Walls”
Isn’t it about time for some variety?…
“…The National Gallery of Art has loaned the family at least five works this year, including “Numerals, 0 through 9,” a lead relief sculpture by Jasper Johns, “Berkeley No. 52,” a splashy large-scale painting by Richard Diebenkorn, and a blood-red Edward Ruscha canvas featuring the words, “I think maybe I’ll…,” fitting for a president known for lengthy bouts of contemplation…” —Wall Street Journal
