Chi è Sandro Debono
Pensatore del museo e stratega culturale. Insegna museologia all'Università di Malta, è membro del comitato scientifico dell’Anchorage Museum (Alaska) oltre che membro della European Museum Academy. Curatore di svariate mostre internazionali, autore di svariati libri. Scrive spesso sui futuri del museo ed ha il suo blog: The Humanist Museum. Recentemente è stato riconosciuto dalla Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia e dal Ministero della Cultura Francese Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres per il suo contributo nel campo della cultura.
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A participatory museum site. The case of the MAR - Regional Archaeological Museum of Aosta.
Imagine a museum that is easy to understand, engaging for you and yours, requiring no specialized skills to interact with objects and content. Imagine a museum where you would feel comfortable, where you could find answers to varied questions that ar...Read more...
Podcasts, audio guides, radio, music: what audio tools for the museum
The pandemic of COVID-19 now seems to be a thing of the past, but if there is one thing museums can safely take as a moral of those unprecedented times, it is the fact that digital matters. Indeed, we might add that the potential that digital holds i...Read more...
What is a museum? Thoughts on the new definition
Last week ICOM announced a new definition of museum to replace the one in place since 2007. The process was no stranger to controversy, not to mention resignation, with a definition with a dual purpose proposed in 2019 and sent backto the discussion ...Read more...
Phygital: what does it mean? And what is a phygital museum?
Let's get straight to the point. Linguistically, the word phygital is a combination of the words physical ("physical") and digital ("digital") to indicate the ever-increasing experiential intersection and fusion between these two worlds. In...Read more...
Artworks in the age of virtual between digital twins and NFT Phygital
Not surprisingly, the editorial in the latest issue of The Burlington Magazine (March 2022) is devoted to art in the age of digital reproduction. Taking a cue from Walter Benjamin's 1936 essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reprodu...Read more...
Museums and the hype around NFTs
I have been thinking about this article for some time as I observed the ways and means by which museums have jumped on the hype bandwagon for NFTs. Some of this has probably been influenced by circumstances, particularly the hard-hit revenue ...Read more...
Will museums have enough money to stay open?
This article has been in the works for some time since my first piece on this very fascinating topic in September 2020. For that article, I had chosen one question as the title. I am again choosing one question as the title, however, this t...Read more...
Closed with open doors. Reflections on the immediate future of museums
A few months ago, as museums around the world ajar their doors waiting for the public to visit again, this phrase from Maira Kalman resonated even louder: "a museum visit is a search for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives. Go to the museum ...Read more...
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Keil Space's artistic revolution in Florence: the observer at the center as co-creator
Luca Rossi - 15/11/2024 -
The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, history and transformations of a symbol of Venice
Redazione - 15/11/2024 -
Andrea Pozzo's masterpiece: the Glory of St. Ignatius in Rome
Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta - 14/11/2024 -
Sumptuous and cloistered. The Castle of Moncalieri
Federico Giannini - 10/11/2024 -
The Museum of Mediterranean Weaving in Castelsardo: a museum for an ancient craft technique
Redazione - 01/11/2024 -
The Advent Market in Hall in Tirol:?the magic of Christmas in the heart of Tyrol
Redazione - 31/10/2024 -
The Treasure of the Grand Dukes and the collecting of the Tuscan court
Jacopo Suggi - 29/10/2024 -
Veronese villages among history, autumn colors and centuries-old traditions
Redazione - 29/10/2024 -
The Salzburg Fortress has introduced a unique attraction for the public: a set of games
Redazione - 25/10/2024 -
Where do the coins from the Trevi Fountain go?
Andrea Laratta - 24/10/2024 -
In Austria there is a winter jazz festival held inside museums and churches: the 3 Tage Jazz in Saalfelden
Redazione - 20/10/2024 -
An end and not a means. The 100 years of the Ravenna Mosaic School.
Redazione - 18/10/2024
Most read of the month
- A long, repetitive immersion in Munch's anguish. What the Milan exhibition looks like
By Ilaria Baratta - published on 08/11/2024 alle 14:05:49 - 0 Commenti - Artissima 2024, our selection: 20 works to see (with prices)
By Redazione - published on 02/11/2024 alle 16:39:55 - 0 Commenti - What was the really dark part of Giuli's speech.
By Federico Giannini - published on 13/11/2024 alle 20:41:10 - 0 Commenti - Ten things to know about Helen Frankenthaler
By Redazione - published on 25/10/2024 alle 02:08:55 - 0 Commenti - Andrea Pozzo's masterpiece: the Glory of St. Ignatius in Rome
By Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta - published on 14/11/2024 alle 19:22:41 - 0 Commenti - How error guided Cartier-Bresson in Italy. Interview with Clément Chéroux
By Francesca Anita Gigli - published on 22/10/2024 alle 17:53:14 - 0 Commenti - Picasso was also a migrant. What the Milan exhibition looks like
By Federico Giannini - published on 20/10/2024 alle 14:10:18 - 0 Commenti - Artissima? Boring as hell. In Turin this year it was better to enjoy the sunshine
By Federico Giannini - published on 03/11/2024 alle 21:47:52 - 0 Commenti - Henri Cartier-Bresson, the decisive instant of the South
By Maurizio Cecchetti - published on 16/11/2024 alle 11:36:10 - 0 Commenti - Andrea Baboni celebrated in Correggio with a valuable and fascinating exhibition
By Giuseppe Adani - published on 19/10/2024 alle 14:39:34 - 0 Commenti
