The resource, entitled ArtBabble introduced the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Now, art lovers will be much easier to find documentary films about your favorite artists and interviews with them, recorded on video. Recently, the Indianapolis Museum of Art presented a website ArtBabble , where only the form of art.

For several years the leading museums of the world are actively using the Internet to attract new audiences, particularly young people. At sites of the museums managed to see so many movies, stories, videoekskursy and interviews that there was need for resources like YouTube, devoted to art. And recently, this site has been created.

video for ArtBabble agreed to provide such distinguished institutions as the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Art Museum of Los Angeles (LACMA), Museum of Contemporary Art San Francisco (SF MOMA), Public Library of New York and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, as well as television PBS, which represents a series of documentaries about artists as Art21. Of course, the site can be viewed and videos shot for the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Director of New Media Inkandela Daniel (Daniel Incandela) said that in their plans - to attract a lot of cooperation to other institutions.

The majority of videos on the site can boast high-definition images. One of the most useful features ArtBabble - so-called «notes» (notes) with useful links to other sites. For example, when a visitor watches an interview with the artist Robert Irwin (Robert Irwin), the right appear on the screen links to the articles of «Wikipedia», where you can read about the authors, whom he mentions.

The Museum of Indianapolis supports the main sponsor of the project. Recently, he was able to obtain a grant of 50 thousand dollars from the fund brethren Ball (Ball Brothers Foundation). Museum Director Maxwell Anderson (Maxwell Anderson) said that if the resource will become popular, they will seek a corporate sponsor.

According to Anderson, one of the main objectives of the project - to acquaint visitors with the life of the museum. Visitors to the site can view the profiles of staff and see how the organization of exhibitions and restoration works. ArtBabble - online resource: as on Youtube, where you can leave comments.

One of the most important museums are actively using the possibilities of video and the Internet - the Tate Britain gallery. The site tate.org.uk posted many videos in which you can see anything - from tours of studios of Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) and Gilbert and George (Gilbert & George) to the archival interview of Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon). Director of Tate Media Will Gompertts (Will Gompertz) said that it was ArtBabble very interesting project.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources : nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru