Heading to Dublin for LILAC (the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference)? No doubt as an art documentation professional you’ll want to take the opportunity to visit some of the capital’s wonderful and little known art libraries and archives! In which case, why not take a copy of the Art Researcher’s Guide to Dublin? Let it […]
Comme des Garcons: Six In one of my (all too infrequent) visits to Donlon Books in Hackney, the proprietor Conor introduced me to Six (aka Sixth sense), by Comme des Garcons. For those unfamiliar, as I was, Six was a short run of eight magazines, produced biannually by the fashion label between 1988 and 1991. Each […]
500 images from the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) have recently been launched online on the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) website at: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/MODA.php This unique collection includes well-known graphic designs, typography and book design, advertisements and posters, wallpapers, textiles, fashion, and interior design. MoDA’s collections engage […]
Hello, and welcome to the brand-new ARLISmatters blog! Although ARLISmatters has been launched partly to offer a new, enhanced digital version of the ARLIS/UK & Ireland News-sheet that was published and distributed in print to ARLIS members bi-monthly until December 2015, we hope that this online news format will offer something extra, hosting a more […]
Jane Furness, Edinburgh College of Art Library, writes: Edinburgh College of Art Library has chosen its next invited Artist in Residence for February 2016. The artist will be book artist Susie Wilson. I will be keeping the ECA Library blog up to date with news about Susie’s residency as the months go by. Susie will […]
Drawing of Alice from Lewis Carroll’s manuscript of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, written between 1862 and 1864. Image courtesy of the British Library. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with its iconic characters and phantasmic events, is a compelling classic that still holds our imaginations 150 years after its publication. The story’s influence has spiralled down […]
Domaine de Boisbuchet plans new design library facilities. Since 1995, Domaine de Boisbuchet has been an international centre for cultural research and education. Based in a 19th-century manor in the south-west of France, it offers high-profile activities in design and architecture which include exhibitions, experimental architecture in its historic park, and workshops with leading […]
ARLIS/UK & Ireland PDC event: Art and Design Reference Resources, National Art Library, V&A Museum, London, 18 January 2016 My name is Jane and I’m a recent arrival to the library team at Tate Library & Archive in London. The Introduction to Art and Design Reference Resources workshop on 18 January 2016 was my first […]
ARLIS visit, Heinz Archive and Library, National Portrait Gallery, Monday 9 November 2015. We were introduced to the Library by the Librarian Joseph Ripp. Joseph explained that the Library was founded in 1857 by Sir George Scharf, the first Director of the National Portrait Gallery. When the Gallery assesses a portrait for possible acquisition, the […]
The ARLIS/UK & Ireland 2016 Annual General Meeting will take place on 13 April, at the Paul Mellon Centre. This is a great opportunity to be updated on the past year’s ARLIS activity, to tour the beautiful Paul Mellon Centre, enjoy a lunch with your art librarian colleagues and, of course, end the afternoon with a drink […]