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We can't always watch Rick and Morty and Inside Job , right? ... Right? (Deep silence) Anyway, we should take a break and look at the world of art and culture. Isn't it an ideal day for a dinner and movie duo? (You can adapt it to whatever day you read it) You ordered a delicious meal or cooked that delicious meal that you had in mind since last night , looking for something to watch while you eat it... A TV series? Definitely not... So how about the movie? We already know that it will not end at the same time as the meal - it never progresses in sync, but we should not give up trying - we still made a list. Many movies and documentaries are waiting for you, from those who drink tea with Mussolini to the most famous museums of the world! Here is your list of films and documentaries about art and museums that you must watch : MUSEO (MUSEUM) (2018) Directed by: Alonso Ruizpalacios Starring: Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Simon Russell Beale, Lynn Gilmartin, Alfredo Cas...

How do museums build their collections? Have you ever wondered about the collection policies of museums? While the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) , which is preparing for its opening in 2023 to become the world's largest archaeological museum, is on our agenda, it is necessary to mention about the collection policies. GEM will house over 100,000 artefacts, include the entirety of Tutankhamun’s treasure displayed together for the first time, and become the largest archaeological museum complex in the world. But... There is something missing in this huge collection. You might be wondering what the British Museum has to do with the opening of the GEM... We can answer it in two words: Rosetta Stone . That stone that cannot be shared and the debate between academics and researchers never ends. Special tours of Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) have started before the opening, and photos are sent to us. Sharing photos is prohibited after a part of the museum, so we can see it to a cert...

After the Met Gala, The Academy Museum Gala, Petersen Automotive Museum Gala and LACMA Art + Film Gala , the museums entered the competition for both sponsorship and invitation, accompanied by the Galas . M+ Gala: The first Asia Museum Gala by Asia's first global museum. Such special events organized by the museums are significant and effective for the donors and sponsorship relations of the museums, for the functioning and activities of the museum throughout the year. As a result, museums appear as institutions that have updated themselves with non-for-profit instead of non-profit in the definition. As museologists, we find it correct to update this definition. Museums are institutions that are expected to meet many needs for their collections, the way they are acquired, their preservation and maintenance as well as their management. It is not possible for them to continue without a sponsor like us... see? For this reason, their donations and membership programs are as important...

Hyundai Motor Company today opened the FIFA Museum in Doha, Qatar. Sport tourism can be defined simply as travel to a destination to experience sport. It is leisure-based tourism that takes people temporarily outside their home environment to participate in or watch physical activities or venerate attractions associated with physical activities (Gibson, 1998). Sport is unifying. It evokes many emotions in people. Therefore, it has always been able to maintain its importance. Sport in general, and major sport events in particular, have a special role to play in supporting sustainability. Building venues and infrastructure, gathering hundreds of thousands of people from all corners of the globe, accommodating and feeding them has an inherent environmental impact. Whilst the footprint is hard to determine quantitatively over an extended period of time, according to official figures, the FIFA World Cups in South Africa in 2010 and Brazil in 2014 generated close to 2.8 millions tons of CO2e...

Climate activists cannot predict how fragile the artworks in museums are despite all Preventive Conservation precautions. Really? In our article titled "Museums Question The Future" published on October 31, we wrote: "While climate activists continue their actions in museums, will there be new regulations in the museum's internal policies, for example, will there be additional measures or changes to the works Is it possible for the stakeholders of the museum to add a new security system or technology in addition to the existing security models? Questions questions... These questions and many more are the main subject of many museums right now."   Attacks in Museums via Map View @artandtownmag And... there came the news that a statement was published from the museum leaders. On Wed Nov 9th, 93 museum leaders  'finally'  signed a statement against the vandalism of artworks in museum , which started with the cake thrown towards Mona Lisa at the Musée du Lo...

We talked, discussed and thought about the future of museums with Future Educators: Museums of the Future -  European Union - European Year of Youth  (EY2022). While robots have started to work as museum professionals in museums ( Ameca, Museum of the Future ), can museum educators (K-12 Educators) become robots in cooperation with museums and schools, perhaps in a shorter time a few years from now? Robots that can appeal to all age groups and lead them to think… Can robots and AI (artificial intelligence) replace the current educators and museum staff? How do the school groups and parents react about this situation?  European Union, European Year of Youth 2022, Museums of the Future, Speaker: Destina Hande Cil As Art&Town, we have been involved in a conference series: 'Museums of the Future' within the scope of the European Year of Youth at Yildiz Technical University these days -with pleasure-, while we are working on ARTT LAB ( @artt____researchlab ) . We came...

WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR (13 MAY – 10 APRIL 2023 // The Design Museum, London)  Many people today need to watch and listen to ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) videos to reduce their anxiety, mostly to sleep, or even to relax or focus on one thing . Watching and listening, these two must be at the same time , this part is important. In fact, what people listen to in ASMR videos is not classical music or a relaxing rhythm. There is no nature scene or music, only the sounds of that video's content, for example comb sound, scissors sound, daily life sounds according to the content of the video. These videos are most viewed and watched on Japanese and Korean content via Youtube. For example long whispered talk, playing with hair, slight crackling sound when candles are burning, water sound, tape sound, clicking sound coming out of hard floor where nails touch, comb sound while combing hair... In the focus, they create content that creates a feeling like...