In Brief
8,000 Afropop Tracks from Guinea's First Decades of Independence Digitized
When French colonial forces pulled out of Guinea following its declaration of independence in 1958, they notoriously even took the lightbulbs.
Archives
News
From an Extinct Lion to an Alligator Mid-Meal, Preserving Moments from the Bronx Zoo’s Glass Plate Archive
Since 1901, the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo has maintained a photography department, and now holds a collection of over 70,000 glass plate and film negatives.
Art
New York Public Library Releases 180,000 Images, and Invites Users to Remix Them
This week, the New York Public Library announced the release of over 180,000 public domain images available in high resolution.
Art
Where Are the Archives of AIDS- and HIV-Related Art in the US?
There are several US organizations and libraries that contain key archives documenting art practices and work linked with AIDS and artists living with HIV.
Art
At a Queer Film Festival, a Collective Offers to Digitize Your Videos for Free
It’s the opening night of MIX NYC’s 28th New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, and at the entrance to the festival’s art installations, XFR Collective (pronounced “transfer collective”) has set up their decks and monitors, ready for work.
Art
Avant-Garde 1920s Costumes Reemerge, Revealing Their Makers’ Tragic Story
In 1920s Hamburg, a dancer couple created wild, Expressionist costumes that looked like retro robots and Bauhaus knights.
Art
A Queer Feminist Haunted House Filled with Riot Ghouls and Polyamorous Vampires
LOS ANGELES — While it's common to address fears about death and the afterlife, other fears remain outside of the standard seasonal fare, namely those surrounding gender and sexuality. These are precisely the fears confronted head-on by KillJoy's Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House.
Art
Eyewear for Chickens and a Time Capsule Full of Twinkies: Highlights from #AskAnArchivist Day
Today, archivists across the US took to Twitter to answer questions from the public.
News
British Library Rejects Taliban Archive Donation
It isn’t every day that one of the world’s biggest cultural institutions refuses to host a massive digital archive of great historical significance.
Books
Illustrated Guides to Camping Like an Early-20th-Century American
The Rare Book Room of the New York Academy of Medicine Library in East Harlem has a trove of printed materials connected to camping and outdoor recreation in the early 1900s.
Books
Too Fragile to Open, World’s Oldest Multicolor Printed Book Is Digitized
The 17th-century Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu) is so fragile that until digitization no one was allowed to open it.
Opinion
From Birthday to Funeral, Rare Footage of Picasso Surfaces in AP Archives
How did Pablo Picasso celebrate his 80th birthday?