September 19, 2013 1:53 PM
Yesterday Artifex Press was excited to join the conversation on Twitter for #AskACurator day, with over 600 arts organizations participating from 37 countries. At Artifex Press, we are fortunate to communicate regularly with curators from around the world, but yesterday offered a public forum for these interactions, encouraging new conversations and access to expertise.
A highlight from our twitter exchanges for #AskACurator is this conversation with the Georgia O'Keefe Museum:
@ArtifexPress @metmuseum Curator asking curators a related question..what is the future format of the catalogue raisonné? #AskACurator
— GeorgiaOKeeffeMuseum (@okeeffemuseum) September 18, 2013
@okeeffemuseum @metmuseum Artifex Press believes that the future of the catalogue raisonné is digital. Monographs may remain books however.
— Artifex Press (@ArtifexPress) September 18, 2013
@ArtifexPress @metmuseum I would agree--traditional CRs are databases stuck in print form, easily outdated and less inherently useful
— GeorgiaOKeeffeMuseum (@okeeffemuseum) September 18, 2013
@okeeffemuseum @metmuseum We couldn't have said it better. We're working hard on precisely this issue #digitalcatalogueraisonne
— Artifex Press (@ArtifexPress) September 18, 2013
Another highlight is our conversation with the Santa Monica Museum of Art:
@ArtifexPress Any catalogue raisonne of a living artist should be regularly updated. #ElsaLonghauser
— SMMoA (@SMMoA) September 18, 2013
@SMMoA That's one of the key ideas behind Artifex Press. Our Chuck Close and Jim DIne catalogues will be updated as new works are created.
— Artifex Press (@ArtifexPress) September 18, 2013