Tate Britain's £40k 'head of coffee' role sparks row over low curator pay
2 HRS AGO - Gallery defends job advert, which critics say shows how little museum workers are paidTate Britain Expand
2 HRS AGO - Gallery defends job advert, which critics say shows how little museum workers are paidTate Britain has defended advertising for a head of coffee with a salary of nearly £40,000 – more than the average wage of a London-based curator – after critics said the role highlights how low museum professionals’ wages are.The wage comparison site Glassdoor states that the average annual wage for a curator based in London is £37,300. The Prospect union said the pay discrepancy was a reminder of how badly paid museum professionals are in comparison with other jobs in the arts sector. Continue reading... Collapse
Row over Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi erupts in the LRB
7 HRS AGO - Dispute is over whether the painting was for sale before its display at the National Gallery A Expand
7 HRS AGO - Dispute is over whether the painting was for sale before its display at the National Gallery A bitter row between art experts has erupted in the pages of the London Review of Books (LRB) over the Salvator Mundi, a previously unknown painting, that was first shown in the National Gallery’s Leonardo exhibition before going on to sell for a record $450.3m (£342.1m).The dispute centres on an unwritten rule that public collections should avoid showing pictures that are available for sale and a statement by Robert Simon, one of its then owners, says that it was “not for sale” when its National Gallery unveiling was announced. Continue reading... Collapse
Children in Germany celebrate Bird Wedding - in pictures
12 HRS AGO - The traditional Sorbian festival Ptaci Kwas celebrates the approaching end of winter. The Sorbs Expand
12 HRS AGO - The traditional Sorbian festival Ptaci Kwas celebrates the approaching end of winter. The Sorbs are acknowledged as a national minority with their own language in eastern Germany Continue reading... Collapse
The inaugural Darling portrait prize for painting – in pictures
18 HRS AGO - Actor Mia Wasikowska, author Tim Winton and film director Bruce Beresford are just some of the Expand
18 HRS AGO - Actor Mia Wasikowska, author Tim Winton and film director Bruce Beresford are just some of the remarkable Australians whose likenesses feature in the finalists for the Australian National Portrait Gallery’s new annual prize for painting. The winner of the $75,000 Darling portrait prize will be announced on 5 March, with the finalists going on show to the public the following day Continue reading... Collapse
Paris Museums Put 60,000+ Historic Photos Online, Copyright-Free
1 DAY AGO - Paris Musées, a group of 14 public museums in Paris, has made a splash by releasing high-res Expand
1 DAY AGO - Paris Musées, a group of 14 public museums in Paris, has made a splash by releasing high-res digital images for over 100,000 artworks through a new online portal. All the works were released to the public domain (CC0, or “No Rights Reserved”), and they include 62,599 historic photos by some of the most famous French […] Collapse
Jollylook Auto is a ‘Modern Vintage’ Instant Film Camera
1 DAY AGO - Back in 2017, the Ukrainian startup Jollylook unveiled the world’s first cardboard folding Expand
1 DAY AGO - Back in 2017, the Ukrainian startup Jollylook unveiled the world’s first cardboard folding instant film camera. Today the company is back with a new “modern vintage” Instax camera called the Jollylook Auto. The camera is “a modern, vintage-styled fold-out instant film camera, combining a classic design with environmentally friendly materials, a manual development mechanism, automatic […] Collapse
Buy a classic sport photograph: magical Messi
1 DAY AGO - The latest in a Guardian Print Shop series featuring classic sports images from the likes of Gerry Expand
1 DAY AGO - The latest in a Guardian Print Shop series featuring classic sports images from the likes of Gerry Cranham, Mark Leech and Tom Jenkins – yours to own for just £55 including free delivery“I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year; it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.” So said Lionel Messi in a television advert in 2012, recalling his ascent to greatness at Barcelona. Now 32 and in the autumn of his career, the diminutive striker – nay, footballing God – continues to score at an unthinkable rate of almost a goal a game and could yet add to the 34 club titles (10 La Ligas; 6 Copa del Reys; 8 Supercopa de Españas; 4 Champions Leagues; 3 Uefa Super Cups; 3 Fifa Club World Cups) and six Ballon d’Ors he has accumulated over the years. This photograph was taken in Rome in 2009 when Messi inspired Barcelona to a 2-0 victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final. The boyish delight etched across his face makes this a gem of a Collapse
Apple Patents iMac Design Made from a Single Piece of Curved Glass
1 DAY AGO - The design of the iMac hasn’t changed much since the aluminum unibody version was announced Expand
1 DAY AGO - The design of the iMac hasn’t changed much since the aluminum unibody version was announced in 2009. They slimmed down the design in 2012, and added a retina display in 2015, and that’s about it… but that definitely doesn’t mean Apple isn’t innovating behind the scenes. A patent application spotted by Apple Insider shows what […] Collapse
Lady Gaga Criticizes Music Pirates with Pirated Photos. Shutterstock Responds
2 DAYS AGO - After Lady Gaga’s new song “Stupid Love” leaked onto the Internet and went viral Expand
2 DAYS AGO - After Lady Gaga’s new song “Stupid Love” leaked onto the Internet and went viral last weekend, the singer called out fans who had listened to the unauthorized release. Problem was, Lady Gaga’s Tweet used “pirated” stock photos that had “Shutterstock” watermarks splashed across them, and this unauthorized usage didn’t escape the company’s notice. On January […] Collapse
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Fujifilm Releases Important Autofocus Tracking Update for the X-T3
4 HRS AGO - Fujifilm has just released a major firmware update for the X-T3 that claims to improve autofocus Expand
4 HRS AGO - Fujifilm has just released a major firmware update for the X-T3 that claims to improve autofocus tracking in several important ways, including better Eye AF, better Face Detection, and better recognition of foreground objects. The firmware update, Version 3.20, went live this morning and includes three major updates. The first and most important is labeled […] Collapse
The Photography Show 2020 announces speakers - Photography News
8 HRS AGO - The Photography Show and The Video Show announce five more industry legends will speak on the Expand
8 HRS AGO - The Photography Show and The Video Show announce five more industry legends will speak on the Super Stage, taking place between 14 and 17 March 2020. Collapse
The dust bowl wanderer – in pictures
13 HRS AGO - Wright Morris was known for his novels, yet the pictures he took while travelling through the Expand
13 HRS AGO - Wright Morris was known for his novels, yet the pictures he took while travelling through the midwest capture a vanishing way of life in Depression-era America Continue reading... Collapse
Murals honor Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna – in pictures
22 HRS AGO - Fans and artists around the world have responded to the shocking deaths of the NBA star and his Expand
22 HRS AGO - Fans and artists around the world have responded to the shocking deaths of the NBA star and his daughter in a helicopter crashKobe Bryant ranked at the very top in the pantheon of US sports megastars Continue reading... Collapse
This App Uses AI to ‘Paint’ New Things Into Your Photos
1 DAY AGO - There’s amazing work being done in the area of using neural networks to edit or create Expand
1 DAY AGO - There’s amazing work being done in the area of using neural networks to edit or create photos. If you’d like to experience some cutting-edge technology for yourself, check out GANPaint Studio. It’s a free online demo that shows how photo editing tools of the future could work. The app, born from research being done at […] Collapse
The £50m lovenest: Kingston's new library is a place to find books – and romance
1 DAY AGO - Grafton Architects, who are about to take the RIBA gold medal, have unveiled their first UK Expand
1 DAY AGO - Grafton Architects, who are about to take the RIBA gold medal, have unveiled their first UK building – a stirring, open-plan library where students can ‘meet and fall in love’A raucous urban dance extravaganza might not be every librarian’s idea of a welcome backdrop to their bookshelves. But then not every library is conceived like Town House. From the open-plan study floors of this £50m addition to Kingston University, you can look down into a dramatic triple-height performance space and straight across into the dance studios, where students flex their limbs on wall barres opposite pharmacologists deep in textbooks.“We were attracted by the university’s radical ambition to mix things that are usually incompatible,” says Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects, the Irish practice responsible for this majestic multilevelled theatre of higher education that has just opened in south-west London. “The building takes pleasure in these abrasions, combining the two extremes of silence and Collapse
Epic America: the mission to capture every state – in pictures
1 DAY AGO - Mark Power aims to photograph all 50 US states during this time of great change. ‘I’ve just passed Expand
1 DAY AGO - Mark Power aims to photograph all 50 US states during this time of great change. ‘I’ve just passed 40,’ he says. ‘I’m building an enormous jigsaw puzzle – with little idea what the final picture will be’ Continue reading... Collapse
Celtic Connections: Robyn Hitchcock
2 DAYS AGO - 27 Jan Review One of England's most idiosyncratic songwriters brings his surreal angles on life to Expand
2 DAYS AGO - 27 Jan Review One of England's most idiosyncratic songwriters brings his surreal angles on life to Glasgow. Collapse
Images from Science 3: Contemporary and Extraordinary Images of Science
2 DAYS AGO - Johns Hopkins University and the Rochester Institute of Technology recently announced Images from Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Johns Hopkins University and the Rochester Institute of Technology recently announced Images from Science 3 (IFS3), a collection and international touring exhibit of the best and most thought-provoking images curated from the fields of astronomy, medical photography and illustration, material sciences photography, and related industries. Scientific images, unlike most other genres of images, rarely find […] Collapse
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When fonts fight, Times New Roman conquers
6 HRS AGO - As the classic typeface goes viral on Twitter, writers explain which set of letters they work in – Expand
6 HRS AGO - As the classic typeface goes viral on Twitter, writers explain which set of letters they work in – and why it mattersWhen Times New Roman started trending on Twitter yesterday, the books world began to panic. Had Comic Sans escaped? Had the sans serifs risen up against their pointy overlords and Tipp-Exed them out?No. The author Sean Richardson had asked the internet to “reveal the deepest part of yourself: Which font and which size do you write in?”, little realising he was about to open a Pandora’s box of preference and prejudice. Continue reading... Collapse
A godlike, pounding power': Van Eyck and the Ghent Altarpiece Restored – review
9 HRS AGO - Ghent, BelgiumThe stupendous restoration of the altarpiece, and the magnificent exhibition nearby, Expand
9 HRS AGO - Ghent, BelgiumThe stupendous restoration of the altarpiece, and the magnificent exhibition nearby, confirm Van Eyck as a painting colossus. Get yourself to Ghent!According to the Italian art critic Giorgio Vasari, writing hundreds of miles away and more than a century later, the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck “delighted in alchemy”. As he mixed up compounds by candlelight in a workshop by a canal in Bruges, he hit on the secret of oil painting. There’s no proof of any of this – but as you look at his uncannily perfect paintings in the epochal new survey of his genius at Ghent’s Museum of Fine Arts, it’s easy to believe he dabbled in magic.The proof twinkles between the thumb and index finger of Jan de Leeuw, in Van Eyck’s 1436 portrait of this fellow craftsman. De Leeuw was a leading Bruges goldsmith and, as he fixes a sharp, clear gaze straight at you, he holds a ring he has made. It’s as much rivalry as homage. The jeweller’s art is intricate, but painting is something else. The ring Collapse
Shamen, spirits, survival: how Claudia Andujar fought for the Yanomami tribe
14 HRS AGO - The Swiss photographer found both friendship and a lifelong subject in the indigenous people – Expand
14 HRS AGO - The Swiss photographer found both friendship and a lifelong subject in the indigenous people – whose existence under Bolsonaro is more threatened than everAt 89, Claudia Andujar still has her work cut out. For five decades she has photographed the Yanomami indigenous people, an Amer-Indian tribe who number 33,000 and live in 192,000 square kilometres of rainforest that straddle the borders of Brazil and Venezuela. Until the early 20th century they had lived almost entirely in isolation from the outside world, but since then disease, deforestation and climate change have taken their toll.The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has proved a further threat. Vehemently against legislation protecting indigenous lands, last week the far-right president commented: “Indians are undoubtedly changing … They are increasingly becoming human beings just like us.” Continue reading... Collapse
The End of an Era: Photo District News (PDN) is Shutting Down
1 DAY AGO - Photo District News (PDN), a 40-year-old publication and staple in the photo industry, is shutting Expand
1 DAY AGO - Photo District News (PDN), a 40-year-old publication and staple in the photo industry, is shutting down. The magazine’s owner Emerald Expositions has confirmed that they will be shuttering both the print and digital sides of PDN in order to focus more of their efforts on PhotoPlus, WPPI, and Rangefinder. PetaPixel was told of PDN’s coming […] Collapse
Moment Unveils Pro Quality Variable ND Filters for DSLRs and Drones
1 DAY AGO - Smartphone accessory maker Moment is breaking further out of its established niche today. The Expand
1 DAY AGO - Smartphone accessory maker Moment is breaking further out of its established niche today. The company—which recently expanded into drone accessories—is debuting Variable ND filters for drones and DSLRs that it claims “hit the sweet spot on affordability, functionality, and quality.” This reveal marks Medium’s first foray into full-sized camera accessories, and the company is intent […] Collapse
Beautiful buildings in architecture photography prize – in pictures
1 DAY AGO - The 2019 winners of the Art of Building competition, run by the Chartered Institute of Building, Expand
1 DAY AGO - The 2019 winners of the Art of Building competition, run by the Chartered Institute of Building, have been announced. The overall winner was a surreal shot of the science museum in Valencia, Spain, taken by Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz. The prize attracted entries from more than 100 countries Continue reading... Collapse
Kodak Warns Users: New CT Scanners at Airports Will Ruin Your Film
1 DAY AGO - Kodak Alaris has posted a detailed warning for film photographers, explaining that the new CT Expand
1 DAY AGO - Kodak Alaris has posted a detailed warning for film photographers, explaining that the new CT scanners being installed to check carry-on bags across the United States will almost certainly ruin your film, even after a single pass. The PSA/warning was posted to the Kodak Professional Facebook page, where Kodak Alaris details how they worked directly […] Collapse
Xiaomi Wants to Work with Canon, Nikon or Hasselblad on a Smartphone Camera
2 DAYS AGO - A survey posted by Xiaomi on the social media network Weibo has sparked a flurry of speculation Expand
2 DAYS AGO - A survey posted by Xiaomi on the social media network Weibo has sparked a flurry of speculation that the Chinese smartphone maker is planning to collaborate with either Nikon, Canon or Hasselblad on a co-branded smartphone camera. According to Spanish mobile tech site Movil Zona, this all started with a survey posted to Weibo by […] Collapse
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