ArtBabble Monthly Theme for January, 2010

Conservation is a profession devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage for the future. Conservation activities include examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care. Learn about the tools of the trade from x-rays to spectrometers to cotton swabs. The videos are really cool, we promise.

In general, fashion and art are considered to be totally different. Art is dealing with important issues; fashion with mere appearances. Fashion is temporal; art universal.

Still not all fashion designers are guided by what’s hot and what’s not. On the contrary. Some of them work with big and universal themes like identity and individuality.

They pose questions like: who am I and who do I become by what I wear? What is my relationship to my surroundings and to other people, who might wear a different type of clothes?

Carved carnelians, painted parchment, finessed flesh tones. . . explore art techniques in videos from the J. Paul Getty Museum.

ArtBabble Monthly Theme for December, 2009

Pack your bags- we’re going to do a bit of time travelin' for this month's ArtBabble theme. This December we're highlighting AB videos that have to do with the history of art in Italy, from Antiquities through the Renaissance. But since you can’t live in the past forever, have also thrown in some videos about Contemporary art inspired by ancient works. Now get in the DeLorean.

ArtBabble theme for November 2009

This month’s theme is all about the silver screen. Check out exclusive interviews with directors Eve Sussman and Spike Lee as well as some surreal works influenced by movie icon King Kong. Enjoy!