IMWD is happy to share the REPORT (PDF) for the 6th Int’l Museum Workers Day#SportsIMWD. Inspired by our recent partnership with Global Sports Heritage Association (GSHA – /’ɡeeʃə/), International Museum Workers Day invted culture, heritage and museums workers around the world to celebrate ‘Sports Heritage’ as the theme for the 6th IMWD2020 which took place on the last […]
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Sport As Non-Tangible Cultural Heritage
Established in May 2020, Global Sports Heritage Association GSHA (GSHA – /’ɡeeʃə/) is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote sporting culture, history and heritage in various sport fields, across generations, and around the globe, with equal emphasis on recreational sports and physical activities. GSHA acknowledges that physical education, physical activity and sport all form […]
STORYBOARDS | An Art Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Homa Taj
A look back at MUSEUMVIEWS founder, Homa Taj Nasab’s multimedia (paintings, video, installation) solo exhibition, STORYBOARDS at NCTV18 Film & TV Station on Nantucket, August 2018.For more images and information, visit Homa Taj | Gallery I.
The Olympic Games in Asia
This year, the entire Olympic Movement has mobilised to celebrate Olympic Day online. Olympic Day was founded in January 1948, to commemorate the creation of the International Olympic Committee which was formally established on June 23, 1894 to promote competitive sport as a revival of the ancient Olympic Games. MuseumViews wholeheartedly embraces the Olympic motto Citius, altius, […]
Conversations with Courtney Ann Stewart (Senior Researcher, Islamic Arts)
[caption id="attachment_47664" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66) c. 1555–60, Turkey, currently The Met Museum of Art, NY[/caption] [caption id="attachment_47668" align="alignleft" width="337"] Courtney Ann Stewart, courtesy SUNY Purchase University, NY[/caption] Name : Courtney Ann Stewart | Country : New York, USA | Years Active : 15 | Website : Courtney Ann Stewart & Senior Research Assistant, Department of Islamic Art, […]
Conversations with Vikki Zhang (Artist)
Name : Vikki Zhang | Country : China | Years Active : 6 | Website : Vikki Zhang Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? I am a freelance illustrator who primarily works on books, advertising, packaging, film posters, textile designs, etc. I am also setting up my brand, in which I designed […]
Conversations with Roshan Mishra (Curator)
Name : Roshan Mishra, Director/Curator | Country : NEPAL | Years Active : 7 years | Website: Taragaon Museum & Global Nepali Museum Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? The word “curator” may sound too complicated for people who are not from […]
Conversations with Rahma Qassim Jabir Al-Farsi (UNESCO)
Name : Rahma Qassim Jabir Al-Farsi | Country : Sultanate of Oman | Years Active : Focal Point Silk Roads of Sultanate of Oman since 2016 | Website : UNESCO Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? I am the Director General of Museums at the Ministry of Heritage and Culture of […]
Bloomsday 2020
[caption id="attachment_46967" align="alignleft" width="512"] Berenice Abbott, JAMES JOYCE 1926 Gelatin silver print Print Date 1935–55, The Museum of Modern Art, New York[/caption] RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland’s National Public Service Broadcaster) is set to broadcast an almost 30-hour production of James Joyce’s Ulysses to celebrate the annual Bloomsday festival. Named after the novel’s protagonist Leopold Bloom, Bloomsday is a celebration of […]
Yeats Day 2020
How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true;But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,And loved the sorrows of your changing face (When you are Old and Grey, 1892)
Conversations with Kristine Rose-Beers (Conservator)
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, The Shanama (Book of Kings), circa 1010, collection Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland – Film by Elaine Wright and John Forde, © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library Name : Kristine Rose-Beers ACR | Country : Ireland | Years Active : 18 | Website : Chester Beatty Library & Twitter Q – How do you describe your work to people who […]
Conversations with Petya Andreeva (Art Historian)
Music Video inspired by the The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolian: Ингэн нулимс, Ingen nulims, Tears of the Camel) directed and written by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni. The German-Mongolian docudrama was Mongolia’s submission for the 2004 Academy Award Best Foreign Film category. Name : Petya Andreeva | Country : United States (active), Bulgaria (native) | Years Active : 3, Since […]