January 13, 2005
Art of Art
Disclaimer: This post is self-promotional in nature. Today, my company MANOVERBOARD launched the State University of New York, University at Albany Art Department website. I'm happy with the results, much thanks to my coder friend and colleague M.B.
Having spent so much time building this site, I'm still interested in understanding why art-related websites are so often poorly crafted and hold such impoverished content. The companies, organizations, and institutions funding these sites have resolve, taste, and dedicated donors and stakeholders; somehow, somewhere along the way, their translation on the Web missed the mark. It's been this way for as long as I can remember a Web. Just a few examples that run the gamut from the low to the high and back again:
- art.com
- The Met
- National Gallery of Art
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Sandra Gering Gallery
- Ronald Feldman Gallery
- Art + Auction
- ARTnews Magazine