- On Monday, October 19, David Skorton was installed at the Thirteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. [via The Torch, SI]
- Be proactive - Save web content now before it disappears. [via The Atlantic]
- The General Services Administration, which owns one of the nation's oldest and largest public art collections with over 26,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, new media, and more, lauunched a online gallery of public art. [via InfoDocket]
- Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty opens today at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and is the first museum retrospective of Penn's work in twenty years. [via Eye Level blog, SAAM]
- Unintended consequences - A drought in Mexico allows a 400 year old church to emerge in a resevoir. [via Colossal]
- You see them everyday, but did you know the history behind gylphs like the hashtag and slash? [via Wired]
- If were not able to make it to The Tate Modern to see the 130-foot art installation by Sara Fanelli that provided museumgoers with a sprawling roadmap showing the major artistic movements and important artists of the 20th century you can experience it in the video below. [via OpenCulture]
TATE MODERN ARTISTS TIMELINE from Sonia Cerezquita on Vimeo.
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