September 20, 2010 Because of the high number of responses, we have changed the venue of the Catalogers' Discussion Group meeting to a larger locale than The Frick Collection. Please note the new location below in bold: We are happy to announce the re-formation of the New York Catalogers’ Discussion Group meeting! In light of the many changes going on in the world of cataloging, it seems appropriate for us to meet together from time to time for an exchange of knowledge. Date and venue: Monday, September 20, 2010, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Art Study Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. NEW Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Study Room in the Uris Education Wing on the south side of the museum. Please enter the museum by the ground floor doors at 81st Street. Since the museum is closed to the general public on Mondays, you will be met at the door by Watson staff to escort you to the Art Study Room. Please RSVP to Tamara Fultz at Tamara.Fultz@metmuseum.org (You do not have to RSVP again, if you did previously) |
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The ARLIS/NY website has a new look! Along with its redesign, it has some additional functionality. Note the RSS feeds to the left related to the arts, librarianship, and art librarianship. An events calendar has been added to the column on the right for locating information related to upcoming chapter happenings. Coming soon will be links to ARLIS/NY's presence on social-networking websites. Please email the website coordinator if you discover any glitches on the new site. Enjoy! |
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September 20, 2010 ARLIS/NY is happy to announce the re-formation of the New York Catalogers’ Discussion Group Meeting! In light of the many changes going on in the world of cataloging, it seems appropriate for us to meet together from time to time for an exchange of knowledge. Date and venue: Monday, September 20, 2010, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at The Frick Collection. |
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July 23, 2010 Please join us on Friday, July 23, 2010, for a presentation given by Ryan Tainter of info.design.build about the Donald Judd Library Project. http://library.juddfoundation.org/JUDDlibbrowse The Judd Library Donald Judd’s personal library is located in La Mansana de Chinati, his home and studio in Marfa, TX. “The organization of the library reflects Judd's sensitivity to geography and understanding of the development of the arts, languages and sciences across different ages and cultures. As evidenced by the sheer breadth of the collection, Judd valued books both for their ability to share knowledge and as beautiful objects to be treated with respect. The library covers 576 shelves containing 13004 books, of which 10718 are unique pieces. The topics are wide ranging, with 1060 pertaining to exhibitions, 3129 art books and 1455 focusing on architecture. At least 40 languages are represented throughout the collection.” The Judd Library Online Database “The library database is the result of an ambitious process, which took more than 3500 hours of work and led to the cataloging and photography of the collection from October 2008 through January 2010.” “The online portal presents the books as they appear in the library, which remains arranged exactly as it was prior to the artist's death. Utilizing a program and browser designed specifically for this project, visitors to the site will begin the virtual tour by viewing the floor plan of the artist's two-room Marfa library.” Visitors can browse the 96 bookcases; view the spines of each book exactly as they sit on the shelves; and select a book to view its cataloging information; and locate the book at a lending library. |
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July 9, 2010 ARLIS/NY members and friends are invited to a presentation by Eric Wolf on his new book, American Art Museum Architecture: Documents and Design, soon to be released by W.W. Norton. Eric’s book explores all aspects of museum architecture, aesthetic and practical. Through archival research, he examines the gradual development of six major museums: The Frick Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; The Menil Collection in Houston; the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe; and the Art Institute of Chicago. He explains how each museum was originally conceived, how the architecture reflected or modified that original conception, and how the buildings have been reconsidered or revised in later years, as the nature of art, art display, and museum-going has evolved. American Art Museum Architecture is a timely exploration of the ever-changing relationship between architecture and art. |
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