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: The Uffizi Gallery just sold a Michelangelo NFT for $170,000, and is minting more masterpieces from Its collection

2021-05-21

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is turning some of its most prized artworks into NFTs and selling them to raise funds after a cash-strapped year. And it’s starting off with a bang: an encrypted Michelangelo painting of the holy family, Doni Tondo (1505–06), just sold for €140,000 ($170,000).The museum announced in May that it worked with the Italian company Cinello, which has patented a new way to make digital facsimiles of famous paintings. Cinello’s digital artworks, which it calls DAWs, are produced in the dimensions of the original piece, and purport to be completely unique and theft proof. An NFT token is created on the blockchain for each DAW, certifying ownership.Each piece produced for the Uffizi comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Eike Schmidt, the museum’s director. As part of the agreement with Cinello, the museum banks 50 percent of the profits for each DAW made from a piece in its collection and sold by the company.A spokesperson for the Uffizi declined to provide details about the Michelangelo sale or the museum’s deal with Cinello. However, Schmidt said in an interview that "in the medium term [the NFT sales] will be able to contribute to the finances of a museum." Uffizi saw its annual visitor numbers fall from 4.4 million in 2019 to 1.2 million in 2020, and the NFT sale might nevertheless yield some extra cash at a crucial time.Some other major works from the gallery’s collection will also be turned into DAWs in the near future. Among those on the list are Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, Raphael’s Madonna del Granduca, Caravaggio’s Bacchus, and Titian’s Venus of Urbino.Source | artnet News
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: Public Notice

2021-05-15

The Graduate Students' Graduation Work Exhibition of the CAFA Graduation Season 2021 is now fully reserved.
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: Design Museum gets around Covid restrictions with pop-up art supermarket

2021-05-14

Under the UK Government’s Covid-19 restrictions, public museums in England could not open until May 17, but London’s Design Museum found a way to hold an exhibition despite that. The law-abiding creative rebellion is the pop-up exhibition "Supermarket".Photo: The Design MuseumDifferent from any regular exhibitions, "Supermarket" is an in-between concept between exhibition and a real "supermarket", an exhibition disguised as a grocery shop where people can instantly buy and walk out with the art. It enlisted 10 emerging illustrators, artists and animators to design packaging for a number of chosen essentials, including food and drinks, and of course hand sanitizer and toilet paper.The organizers hope to make a vital statement, #CreativityIsEssential, which has resonated with many on social media. “I think it’s a conversation that’s been going on over the whole lockdown,” said Joey Yu, an illustrator, animator and curator who is also part of the project. “I know the reasons they keep it shut for but for me, I think it’s so important for people to keep being inspired. Being able to see something that's the four walls of their room and just learn as well - in music form, theatre form, art form. These are things you need to see and feel in real life and it’s just not the same on the computer. So it’s definitely a debate that needs to be had.”Photo: The Design MuseumThe pop-up exhibition was open to the public from April 22 to 26. All proceeds will go to the Design Museum’s new Emerging Designer Access Fund, which gives emerging artists and designers free access to the Design Museum’s exhibitions, talks and events.Source | Museums AssociationAuthor | Samyama Kolhapuri
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: Exhibition Guidelines | CAFA Graduation Season 2021 “READY TO-GO”

2021-05-13

All visitors (including guests with invitation and VIP members) need to make real-name reservation in advance, and enter the museum upon wearing masks and showing green health code. Please scan the QR code at the end to make a reservation.Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:30-17:30 (last admission 17:00)Ready for the FutureCAFA GRADUATION SEASONDo not mourn the spring as the luxuriant summer is even more pleasant. While the memory of the online 2020 CAFA Graduation Season still lingers, as we remember how people met together in the unprecedented virtual CAFA Art Museum for the graduation work exhibition, another summer has arrived as the graduates of the year 2021 are having their hard-earned and unparalleled physical group exhibition.The reason that it's "hard-earned" is because with the global pandemic still continuing, we can't let our guard down on the prevention and control works; and it's "unparalleled" because it's the first time that we have a physical graduation work exhibition without holding an opening ceremony. Yet we know even without the ceremony, the exhibition is of the same importance to the graduate students as well as the teachers. The success of the exhibition means the graduates' solid professional foundation, and their persistence in academic ideals and art dreams. Your extraordinary graduation works and dissertations are the best proof of your hard work.The graduate students' graduation work exhibition is an important component of the CAFA's advanced art talent training program. It is not only an effective mechanism to examine the educational quality of CAFA's graduate programs, but also a platform to showcase the results of teaching in front of the public. The exhibition features over 3000 works by 436 doctor and master degree graduates, covering fields from painting, sculpture, experimental art, design, architecture to art history and art theories.The graduate students of 2021 is a special and lucky group. You enrolled in CAFA at its 100th birthday, and you've had the difficult and precious experience of online and offline learning combined, as well as the joy to meet each other again after months of lockdown.Today we gather again at the CAFA Huajiadi campus, and the vast universe of art. We want to give you our best wishes for your prospering art career after graduation, and we hope you are ready for your future, and would continue persisting in your art belief. Happy graduation!CAFA Graduate SchoolMay 2021The CAFA Graduation Season 2021 began on May 9 with the opening of the Graduate Students' Graduation Work Exhibition.Graduation works of the graduate and undergraduate students are successively exhibited across the main exhibition space in CAFA, to showcase the students' achievements, experiments and dreams during their study at CAFA. The exhibition is open to the public for free. The graduate students' graduation work exhibition shows over 3000 works by 55 doctor degree graduates and 381 master degree graduates. The works are exhibited across the CAFAM, the Statue Gallery and the exhibition galleries in the Building No.7.The exhibition will last till May 20.看丨展丨地丨图School of Experimental ArtSchool of Urban DesignSchool of Chinese PaintingOil Painting Department of School of Plastic ArtsPrintmaking Department of School of Plastic ArtsMural Painting Department of School of Plastic ArtsFoundation Program of School of Plastic ArtsSculpture Department of School of Plastic ArtsSchool of DesignGraduate SchoolSchool of ArchitectureSchool of HumanitiesSchool of Arts Administration and EducationScan the QR code to reserve
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: Are you ready?丨CAFA Graduation Season 2021: READY TO-GO

2021-05-09

The year of 2020 was a difficult yet extraordinary year, extraordinary because each and every of you. With life returning to ordinary in 2021,The 1311 new graduates are also pulling together,and get ready for the 2021 CAFA Graduation Season.Are you ready? Let’s get readyto gether!to go!to boom! There will be 55 doctor degree graduates and 381 master degree graduates in 2021. Altogether these graduates will exhibit over 3000 pieces of works in the physical galleries, covering fields from painting, sculpture, experimental art, design, architecture to art history and art theories. The online exhibition will meet the public on May 24. It will not only show digital versions of graduating students' works, but also provides a 720-degree view of the exhibition. This is a new breakthrough following the 2020 online graduation season that "will never be offline".All visitors (including guests with invitation and VIP members) need to make real-name reservation in advance, and enter the museum upon wearing masks and showing green health code. Please scan the QR code below to make a reservation.Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:30-17:30 (last admission 17:00)Scan the QR code to buy ticketsScan the QR code to make a reservation
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: UK’s Collections Trust announces plans for improved museums database

2021-05-08

The recently published new database plan includes three key areas: connect and collect, use and enhance, and store and preserve.
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: Closing Notice

2021-04-30

CAFAM opens from 9:30am to 5:30pm on May 1, and closes from May 2 to May 8 due to uninstallation and installation of exhibitions.
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: The Pandemic’s Impact on Museum Workers’ Mental Health

2021-04-30

It's been over a year since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic, but another health crisis has been silently brewing. Experts are beginning to measure the virus’s devastating effects on museum workers' mental wellbeing.In the museum field, workers experienced sweeping job loss, salary cuts, and burnout that exacerbated the pandemic’s stressors. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) did a survey on the mental impact of the pandemic in the museum field, and collected 2,666 responses from full and part time museum staff, independent consultants, volunteers, students and retirees. It finds that museum workers reported "a grave toll on their mental health and wellbeing from the pandemic", the impact of which rated an average of 6.6 out of 10 (where 10 indicates very strong negative impact).Though many institutions had been shutting down for a long time, half of museum staff reported a heavier workload, and more difficulty adapting to working remotely. The pandemic had a greater impact on part-time workers and freelancers, who are an essential part of the museum workforce. Over half have had their contracts cancelled or indefinitely postponed, losing more than half of their pre-pandemic income and average.The report also reveals a role of gender and race in museum workers’ experiences of pandemic-related mental health factors. Women were more likely than men to report increased workload and adverse effects on working hours, salary and wellbeing; while BIPOC respondents reported higher financial stress than while respondents.Meanwhile, the findings also demonstrate empathy among museum workers: Despite experiencing personal hardships, when asked to indicate how worried they were about various issues, respondents’ greatest shared concern was for the wellbeing of colleagues.Source | American Alliance of Museums, HyperallergicAuthor | Valentina Di Liscia
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: The Louvre digitizes 482,000 artworks from the depths of its collection

2021-04-16

Art lovers may now wander in the sea of the Louvre’s collection just online. The prestigious French museum has recently released its new online database, featuring nearly half a million artworks recently digitized from the collection.“The Louvre is dusting off its treasures, even the least-known,” said Jean-Luc Martinez, the museum’s President-Director, in a statement. “For the first time, anyone can access the entire collection of works from a computer or smartphone for free, whether they are on display in the museum, on loan, even long-term, or in storage.”The new website replaces the museum’s former Atlas database, which only included works on display. Now, of the 482,000 artworks currently digitized, there are antiques from the Louvre’s permanent collections, works on long-term loan from and to other French or foreign institutions, and there’s even an album titled Musées Nationaux Récupération (National Museums Recovery), dedicated to the objects that may have been looted by Nazis or colonial forces, which are currently entrusted to the Louvre and other French national museums for safekeeping until they can be returned to their legitimate owners, an ongoing process, according to the museum’s website.The entries in the database is updated daily by different curatorial departments from the Louvre. The site offers several research tools, including full-text search engine, advanced search form, and a complex of search filters like date of creation, location, category of work, artist to make it easier for people to find their objects of interest.Source | HyperallergicAuthor | Valentina Di Liscia
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: “Art in Kung Fu” exhibition extended to May 1: See how CAFAers paint the Red Army Recipe with 100 oil paintings

2021-04-14

The much welcomed exhibition "Art in Kung Fu: Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Foundation Program at the School of Fine Art" will be extended to May 1. All visitors (including guests with invitation) are required to make real-name appointment in advance, and enter the museum upon wearing masks and showing green health code. Please scan the QR code at the end of the page to make an appointment. CAFA teachers and students may visit without making appointments.Wild vegetables, grass roots, barks, leather products...how impactful would it be if all these matters, which are the actual food of the Red Army during its Long March, are collected and shown together? The "Art in Kung Fu: Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Foundation Program at the School of Fine Art" exhibition was opened at CAFA Art Museum on March 25. In it three walls of 100 paintings from the work Red Army Recipe show the food of the Red Army during its Long March, which were researched and painted by a group of CAFA teachers and students in a field trip to Zoige County in Sichuan Province, a stop of the Long March.The year 2016 is the 80th anniversary of the success of the Long March. To celebrate the moment, teachers and students from the Foundation Program at the School of Fine Art organized a "Long March Again" team. Under the guidance of Professor Zhang Lujiang, who was also the director of the Foundation Program and the Deputy Director of the School of Fine Art at the moment, the team went to Zoige County, in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, where the Long March went through, and finished the 100-painting series Red Army Recipe. "The airport is located at 3,500 altitude. Although we have prepared medicine for the altitude sickness, five students still went to the hospital," recalled leading teacher Zhang Han of the first night that the team arrived at the Aba Hongyuan Airport, "It took a few days for us to get used to the climate."In 1934-1935, three main forces of the Red Army (First Front Army, Second Front Army and Fourth Front Army), marched from Sichuan to Gansu through the Zoige County. This is the only county in Sichuan that the three main forces all had left their traces. Tens of thousands of the Red Army soldiers rest in peace in Zoige, and live in the many widely spread heroic epics today. Unlike many of the past theme-based creative works, the team focused on details - food - this time, because the true details dormant deep in the history is much more alive than the stories we pass around.To better carry out the creative work, we divide the team into 12 groups based on the historical archives we found regarding the Long March. Each group has its special task, which are categorized as planning, making fire, leather products, fungi, cooked food, wild vegetables, grass roots, wild fruit, barks, dried meat, cereal, searching. For example, the "making fire" team was responsible of finding the kitchenware Red Army used during the Long March, and used the same type of ware to heat food and restore the scene; the "searching" team went to historical site, former residences of celebrities, and residences of the Tibetan locals, to search for the utensils Red Army has used. In the 15-day field work, the group searched for food in teams, and tried their best to restore the actual scene of the Long March. The paintings are not simply a description of what happend, but also brimmed with strong emotions. We can see on them an experience of numerous hardships that eventually lead to bright glory.According to Zhang Han, every group member has tasted themselves the food that the Red Army ever had. Out of the 100 paintings, one features some carrots. "I saw this carrot at a Tibetan shepherd's home, and said to him that it's afterall not that bad if the Red Army could live by the carrots. Then the shepherd said that it's for pigs - people don't eat that there," Zhang said, "I brought some of the carrots to the painting base camp for people to taste them, and they were really horrible, dry like wood." Teachers and students also tasted cooked grass roots and leather belts. "Through the experience of taste, we know more deeply the difficulties of the Long March.The climate of Zoige is very changeable. Rains and hails were common during the time the group was there. They usually had solid food for lunch in order to have more time for the creative work. "In the beginning, some students painted aesthetically beautiful still life like when they were at class, but after guidance from the teachers, and their true experience at the site, their paintings show difference in brush strokes, texture and spirit," said Zhang Han. Many students cried upon hearing the stories of the Red Army. In the middle of the vast grassland, the creators had a dialogue with the Red Army across time.There are many moving details in the exhibited paintings. Some have pasted cereals like highland barley and wheat into the paintings - people can almost smell the scent of the cereals. There is also a special painting, which draws a neatly folded military uniform. A dying Red Army solder took off his uniform in case his body would get cold and make it difficult for others to take it off, so that the soldiers who pass him by later would use his uniform to get warm or feed their stomach.The exhibition is composed of six sections: De (德, virtue), Su (素, sketching), Cai (彩, color), Xing (行, fieldwork), Yan (延, continuity), Pu (谱, writing history), and displays over a hundred outstanding works by the teachers and students at the Foundation Program. Like CAFA director Fan Di'an said, attaching importance to foundational teaching is one of the most established tradition of CAFA. We hope this exhibition could be an opportunity to comprehensively show the teaching patterns and achievements of the Foundation Program in the last two decades, and discuss the future developments of the foundation teaching.The exhibition will be extended to May 1.Art in Kung FuHonoring the 20th Anniversary of the Foundation Program at the School of Fine ArtTime: 2021/03/20 - 05/01Location: Gallery 2B, 3A, 3B, CAFA Art Museum丨Organizer丨Central Academy of Fine Arts丨Undertaker丨Foundation Program at the School of Fine ArtCAFA Art Museum丨Academic Director丨Fan Di'an丨Curator丨Bai XiaogangScan the QR code to purchase ticketScan the QR code to make an appointment
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I fully agree to CAFA Art Museum (CAFAM) submitting to CAFA for publication the images, pictures, texts, writings, and event products (such as works created during participation in workshops) related to me from my participation in public events (including museum member events) organized by the CAFA Art Museum Public Education Department. CAFA can publish these materials by electronic, web, or other digital means, and I hereby agree to be included in the China Knowledge Resource Bank, the CAFA Database, the CAFA Art Museum Database, and related data, documentation, and filing institutions and platforms. Regarding their use in CAFA and dissemination on the internet, I agree to make use of these rights according to the stated Rules.

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This event was organized on the principles of fairness, impartiality, and voluntary participation and withdrawal. Participants undertake all risk and liability for themselves. All events have risks, and participants must be aware of the risks related to their chosen event.

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During the event, event participants should respect the order of the museum event and ensure the safety of the museum site, the artworks in displays, exhibitions, and collections, and the derived products. If an event causes any degree of loss or damage to the museum site, space, artworks, or derived products due to an individual, persons not involved in the accident and the museum do not undertake any liability for losses. The event participant must negotiate and provide compensation according to the relevant legal statutes and museum rules. The museum may sue for legal and financial liability.

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Event participants will participate in the event under the guidance of museum staff and event leaders or instructors and must correctly use the painting tools, materials, equipment, and/or facilities provided for the event. If a participant causes injury or harm to him/herself or others while using the painting tools, materials, equipment, and/or facilities, or causes the damage or destruction of the tools, materials, equipment, and/or facilities, the event participant must undertake all related liability and provide compensation for the financial losses. Persons not involved in the accident and the museum do not undertake any liability for personal accidents.

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According to The Advertising Law of the People’s Republic of China, The General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China, and The Provisional Opinions of the Supreme People’s Court on Some Issues Related to the Full Implementation of the General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China, and upon friendly negotiation, Party A and Party B have arrived at the following agreement regarding the use of works bearing Party A’s image in order to clarify the rights and obligations of the portrait licenser (Party A) and the user (Party B):

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(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(2) Party B (CAFA Art Museum) is a specialized, international modern art museum. CAFA Art Museum keeps pace with the times, and works to create an open, free, and academic space and atmosphere for positive interaction with groups, corporations, institutions, artists, and visitors. With CAFA’s academic research as a foundation, the museum plans multi-disciplinary exhibitions, conferences, and public education events with participants from around the world, providing a platform for exchange, learning, and exhibition for CAFA’s students and instructors, artists from around the world, and the general public. As a public institution, the primary purposes of CAFA Art Museum’s public education events are academic and beneficial to society.

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(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

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Use in perpetuity.

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The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

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(1) All matters not discussed in this agreement shall be resolved through friendly negotiation between both parties. Both parties may then sign a supplementary agreement, provided it does not violate any laws or regulations.

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CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

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The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

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(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.

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Event participants should be adults (people 18 years or older with full civil legal capacity). Underage persons must be accompanied by an adult.

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CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

IV. Licensing Fees

The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

Additional Terms

(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.

I have carefully read and agree to the above provisions.