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June 11, 2013: Moving Toward a Conversation
If you've ever heard me speak at conferences you know that one of our most successful technology projects is also one of our… »June 6, 2013: The Reinstallation of the Asian and Arts of the Islamic World Galleries
If you’ve visited the second floor of the Museum recently, you may have noticed that it looks considerably more bare than… »June 5, 2013: George Grosz, Otto Dix and World War I
In my last post, I highlighted several of the many prints in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection that, like those now on view in… »May 30, 2013: German Expressionist Prints at the Brooklyn Museum
The current exhibition in the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art features the politically… »May 7, 2013: Looking for love?
I've been at the Brooklyn Museum for about a year-and-a-half now, which is also as long as I've been a resident of our fair… »
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The Avatar and the iPad: Lessons Learned
As Jenny mentioned in her previous post, we had an interactive running on a series of iPads in Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue Skinned Savior and now that the exhibition has closed, it’s time to share our evaluation of the project. We were … Continue reading
The Original Avatars: An Introduction to Vishnu’s Earthly Manifestations
The Vishnu exhibition that’s on view here right now includes a large section on the god’s avatars. The show introduces the idea of the avatar as it originated in Hinduism more than two thousand years ago. Going through this part … Continue reading
The Avatar and the iPad
Early in the planning stages for the Vishnu exhibition, Joan, Shelley, and I began talking about building a tool that could offer an engaging entry point to Vishnu’s many avatars. Each avatar has individual traits and a wonderfully complex set … Continue reading

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