The Sound of Reopening
The Sound of Reopening
Empty halls, quiet spaces, lights off, echoes… that is the vision we have of the “closed” museum during the recent lockdown. This was confirmed by museum guards in April, who explained that looking after closed museums was strangely “eerie”. Over the past few weeks, museums are ecstatic to share that
Curate your next exhibition from your sofa!
Curate your next exhibition from your sofa!
A message to curators all over the world: Working from home is our current reality, and we are all having to adjust our personal and professional lives to it. We are exploring different tools to make these adjustments easier, and thankfully discovering fantastic technologies every day. So here’s a
Remembering the Human Factor in Tech
Remembering the Human Factor in Tech
Imagine you are at a dinner party, with an assortment of interesting art world people, and someone comes up to you and says, “Can you tell me what art you own? I’m working on an exhibition”. I don’t imagine this would be terribly engaging - likely that you’
Sometimes you need to step back to step forward: a case for digital facility reports
Sometimes you need to step back to step forward: a case for digital facility reports
Sometimes as a tech company you decide to research something in depth, find that there is a huge market, but ultimately realise that it’s a bit too ambitious to achieve right now. That’s what we discovered at Vastari when we conducted research for the market on digital facility
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Is Touring a Means to an End?
Is Touring a Means to an End?
Earlier this week I was invited to take part in a panel discussion titled “Business Not As Usual. Revolutionizing the Cultural Economy” at Frankfurt Book Fair. On the panel with me were Florian Bräunig CEO at YAIR, Martin Eyerer, CIO at Factory Berlin, Stein Olav Henrichsen, Director at Munch Museum,
The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive: A Risk-Based Approach
The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive: A Risk-Based Approach
As someone who has been working in the art world for over a decade both in the USA and United Kingdom, I’ve seen a lot of interesting characters. You have the flamboyant, the unique, the particular and the private individuals who all partake in this market surrounded by beauty
Are Digital Exhibitions a Money Saver?
Are Digital Exhibitions a Money Saver?
Last month, the annual Museum Connections conference took place in the Porte de Versailles de Paris. Hosting a panel to discuss digital exhibitions, the organisers invited Vastari to present data from our Exhibition Finance Report, alongside an esteemed panel of museum professionals and exhibition producers from across Europe. There are
Letting go of the block and loosening the chain
Letting go of the block and loosening the chain
Blockchain technology, participatory governance and the museum of the future Sandro Debono PhD "If what I say now seems to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely. Only if what I tell appears absolutely unreasonable have we any chance of visualising the future as it really will