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E-Learning: Tate Shots

I feel very fortunate to live during a time where access to information to just about anything is available with the click of a mouse. I have been traveling around the world the last few years and have seen many great works of art. A big chunk of my time these days though is dedicated to learning the history of the works I’ve seen and also to discovering what is going on in the art world today. To do this, I turn to the vast amount of quality information that’s out there on the web.

Recently I discovered a great monthly art series from Tate Online called “TateShots”. TateShots presents a selection of short videos highlighting activities going on at the four Tate locations. The videos include artist interviews, conversations with art experts, artist performances, and behind the scenes with artists and curators.

You can access TateShots on their website (watch live or download), via RSS, or on iTunes. Enjoy!

TateShots

On-line Picasso Project

Pablo Picasso is one of my favourite artists and I plan to do a more in-depth profile of him in a later post. But if you’re a Picasso fan, the On-line Picasso Project is a website you shouldn’t miss.

The On-line Picasso Project is non-profit project that catalogues an amazingly large number of Picasso’s works and a timeline of the artist’s life. It was created in 1997 by Dr. Enrique Mallén from Sam Houston State University. The website contains over 16,000 catalogued artworks, over 6,000 notes, and thousands of commentaries, biographical entries, and archived news articles.

The interface allows the user to easily browse through images and files according to date. Clicking on an image from the summary page will bring up a small window – a sort of mini web page that details the artwork being viewed. Clicking on the image in the mini page enlarges the work so the viewer can see the finer details.

You can literally spend hours on this site (I have), and the chronological organization of the project allows you to witness Picasso’s development as an artist over the course of his life. The sheer volume of his work is staggering and this database represents about only a third of his estimated 50,000 works. The Guinness Book of Records actually named Picasso as the most prolific painter in history. So set some time aside and check out the On-line Picasso Project, you won’t be disappointed.