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Remote & Virtual Art Opportunities

The following museums and galleries are offering virtual tours, videos, talks, archives and access to digital collections. Please note that the information provided here is for general information purposes only and does not necessarily reflect our endorsement or recommendation.

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)

Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, USA)

The Clark (Williamstown, MA, USA)

The Courtauld Institute of Art (London, England)

The Frick Collection (New York, NY, USA)

Google Arts & Culture (offering virtual experiences at many museums around the world)

Henie Onstad (Oslo, Norway)

J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, USA)

The Met 360° Project This award-winning series of six short videos invites viewers around the world to virtually visit The Met's art and architecture in a fresh, immersive way. Created using spherical 360° technology, it allows viewers to explore some of the Museum's iconic spaces as never before.

MetCollects MetCollects celebrates works of art new to the collection by borrowing the fresh eyes of photographers and the enthusiastic voices of curators, conservators, and, at times, the living artists, collectors, and supporters.

This list provides some ideas for opportunities to enjoy remote and online events, lectures and interviews made available by other arts organizations. Please note that the information provided here is for general information purposes only and does not necessarily reflect our endorsement or recommendation.

Visualizing Abolition (Institute of the Arts & Sciences, UC Santa Cruz)
Visualizing Abolition is an online event series featuring artists, activists, scholars, and others united by their commitment to the vital struggle for prison abolition. The series highlights the creative practices and critical dialogue currently underway to imagine and create a world beyond prisons and policing. A conversation with noted activists and scholars Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent will launch the online event series October 20, 2020, 4–5:30pm PST. Events will follow on a regular basis until May 11, 2021. The events are all free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required.

Carpenter Center Online Programming (Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts)
The Carpenter Center's fall online programming includes conversations between Cauleen Smith and curator Amber Esseiva; Ja’Tovia Gary and Frank B. Wilderson III; David Reinfurt and Larissa Harris; and Kemi Adeyemi with Jessica Bell Brown, Lauren Haynes, and Jamillah James. For each of these conversations, the Carpenter Center will also publish a limited-edition booklet with an edited transcript of the exchange. These booklets will be available for free both as digital downloads and in hard copy upon request.

Women Leaders in the Arts (Brooklyn Museum)
The directors of three major metropolitan museums—Nathalie Bondil (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts), Kaywin Feldman (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), and Anne Pasternak (Brooklyn Museum)—come together to discuss the changing role of museums in the 21st century. The three leaders reflect on their experiences at the helm of encyclopedic museums, explore the challenges museums will face in the future, and consider how cultural institutions can become more accessible, inclusive spaces for community engagement and social justice.

Art Chat @ Five (National Museum of Women in the Arts)
Jumpstart your weekend with art: Every Friday at 5 p.m. (EDT), join NMWA educators for informal art chats about selected artworks from NMWA’s collection. Each week a new sampling of artworks will be considered.

The Artist Project (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Artist Project asks artists to reflect on what art is and what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art. Their ways of seeing and experiencing art reveal the power of a museum and encourage all visitors to look in a personal way.

Connections (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Connections asks curators, conservators, librarians, educators, editors, designers, photographers, security personnel, and others to offer personal perspectives on the collection. The series introduces an illuminating means of access to The Met collection.

Viewpoints: Body Language (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
How does the sculpted body communicate? Hear from Met experts, leading authorities, and rising stars, each with a diverse perspective on the language of gesture, facial expression, and pose.

82nd & Fifth (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
82nd & Fifth asks 100 curators to talk about 100 works of art that changed the way they see the world. One curator, one work of art, two minutes at a time. This series demonstrates that the voice of authority, up close, is inspirational.

Audio Interviews (Museum of Modern Art)
Listen to artists, curators, and others speak about the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions.

Penny Stamps Speaker Series (University of Michigan)
In a partnership designed to keep the community curious, engaged, and connected, the entire Penny Stamps Speaker Series video archive is available to stream online.

Watch + Listen (Hammer Museum)
The Hammer's lectures, symposia, film series, readings, and performances aim to spark meaningful encounters with art and ideas.

Video + Audio (Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston)
Explore videos and audio recordings including exhibition previews, artist interviews, studio visits, and talks between artists and curators.

Clark Connects (The Clark Art Institute)
While The Clark Art Institute’s galleries are closed and public programs temporarily suspended, the Clark is presenting new virtual programming as part of the Clark Connects project. New content is added every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon.

Public Art, Private Vision: bell hooks with Theaster Gates and Laurie Anderson (The New School)
bell hooks, Theaster Gates and Laurie Anderson discuss art in popular culture today in this talk presented by Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School.

RAP in the Archives (The Clark Art Institute)
In honor of The Clark’s regular Tuesday evening lectures, every Tuesday they offer a lecture from a previous season.

This list provides some additional resources for identifying remote and online arts opportunities. Please note that the information provided here is for general information purposes only and does not necessarily reflect our endorsement or recommendation.

 

MCN Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning and Online Collections
Provides links to numerous digital archives and libraries, museums providing virtual tours, online exhibits and collections and e-learning opportunities.