ARTchivist's Notebook: Archives as time travel
Archives as time travel The past is never dead. It's not even past. -- William Faulkner It's a new year, still shadowed by COVID, and I wish the recent past...
ARTchivist's Notebook: Seeing ourselves in archives
Seeing ourselves in archives On giving away Auntie's things (Irene Yamamoto, January 1978) A year ago this week, my Auntie Irene passed away. At the end of...
ARTchivist's Notebook: The White Gaze
The White Gaze Is photography inherently racist? The Getty's exhibition "Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA" (which closed on Oct. 10) explores the ways...
ARTchivist's Notebook: Looting in metadata
Looting in metadata Representing the provenance of stolen items It's no longer surprising to hear how the treasures in the world's museums were acquired...