المركز الدوليThe UMAC AWARD was created in 2016. It honours excellence and innovation in university museums and collections worldwide. It seeks to distinguish recent outstanding contributions to all areas of museum and collections theory and practice, particularly those with interdisciplinary approaches and...
2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. It established culture as a concept to be safeguarded. That event came three decades after the World Heritage Convention. Through that, UNESCO had set up its World Heritage List of protected sites and buildings. The...
Getty Conservation Institute is pleased to announce the 2023 iteration of our workshop on the conservation of outdoor painted sculpture in partnership with the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands. The Kröller-Müller’s outdoor sculpture collection will provide the backdrop for this five...
Getty is pleased to announce a new workshop on the patination of bronze sculpture developed in collaboration with Andrew Baxter (Bronze et al, Ltd.), an expert in patination and metalworking with over three decades of experience working with foundries, artists, and conservators. Getty Museum’s...
As an integral part of the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Ministry of Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the National Committee for Education, Culture and Science and the Saudi Heritage...
Are you a mid-career artist, designer, or creative with 5-10 years of experience in architecture, design, or spatial practice, whose work is dedicated to (re)imaging the future of your African city? We invite you to apply to the Building Beyond Mentorship Programme and define the future of public...
The Call for nominations of the 2023 edition of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes has been extended until 31 May 2023 (midnight, UTC+1). The Prize seeks to reward exemplary actions undertaken by individuals, institutions...
Please join the “Reformulating BEVA™ 371 Seminar on 30 May at 9:15 am ET (GTM: 13:15) This seminar will include discussions on the development of Beva 371, what makes the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer a unique lining adhesive for paintings on canvas, and how the currently available Beva 371...
Create your own Xerox art! Learn how to use copy machines, collage, and color to express yourself. Led by artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed, this free drop-in workshop is inspired by the Getty Research Institute's exhibition Barbara T. Smith: the Way to Be. Kameelah Janan Rasheed is an artist based in...
What forms can dialogue take in a time when it often feels difficult to have complicated conversations? In looking closely at the photographic series of Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems, as well as their varied means of collaborating with community partners, Ron Platt, curator of the exhibition...