Resource – Online Museum Tours
12 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75809/12-world-class-museums-you-can-visit-online
A complete list of museums you can visit virtually
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner
Google Arts and Culture
A free app that covers a broad range from art to architecture, tours through galleries and details from collections.
National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery presents “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal”
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents a once-in-a-lifetime assemblage of 50 charcoal drawings by American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent.
https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/john-singer-sargent-portraits-charcoal-1
Guided tour of the exhibition is offered free on the smARTify mobile app; https://smartify.org/
Skyscanner
https://www.skyscanner.net/news/virtual-museums-experience-from-home?utm_content=top-link&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=covid-19-engb_US_2020-04-01&utm_term=0-3months How to experience the world’s best museums from home
smARTify
“The world’s most downloaded museum app.” Search and access art museums, art galleries, artist biographies including artworks, and a blog. In addition, users can plan a museum visit using a smart phone. Free.
https://smartify.org/
Download smARTify at the App Store https://www.apple.com/ios/app-store/.
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The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art
This incredible exhibition is still available to view
https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/touch-of-color-pastels.html
PDF brochure of the exhibition https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/exhibitions/pdfs/2019/touch-of-color-pastels.pdf
Introduction to the Exhibition—Video
https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/touch-of-color-pastels.html
Under Audio and Video in the right sidebar, click on the first link
Through the centuries, artists have adopted a variety of approaches to pastel, experimenting with it to achieve exciting and unexpected effects. Featuring approximately 70 exquisite examples drawn entirely from the permanent collection, The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art traces the history of pastel from the Renaissance to the 21st century and examines the many techniques that artists have developed to work with this colorful and versatile medium. To celebrate the opening on September 29, 2019, Kimberly Schenck and Stacey Sell provide an overview of the works, many of which have never been exhibited before.
Gallery Talks
Conversations with Artists: G. Daniel Massad with Eric Denker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpjIa8TYsuI&feature=youtu.be
Dan Massad is one of the finest pastel artists working today. His pastels are noteworthy not only for their refined technique but also for their multivalent references. Eric Denker, senior lecturer in the education division, interviews the artist on his work and pastel techniques, in conjunction with the exhibition The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art which features Massad’s pastel Breach (2009).
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