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Oriel Dafydd Hardy is currently closed after November flood….reopening very soon…..watch this space!

Yup, those lovely people at Google have done it again.  Art lovers the world over can now stroll through and view The Prado collection online or rather, “14 of the most important works in the museum” including masterpieces by Bosch, Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez, Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt.

The Prado in Google splash page gives you the option of viewing it in Google Earth, or in Google Maps. (You will need to click “Save to my maps”)  These will let you view the pieces in ultra high resolution, meaning that you get to zoom right in and see all the fine details, bringing you far closer than it would be possible with the originals.  Some of the pieces are 3 metres high and art galleries are not in the habit of providing ladders.

Here’s the “making-of” video.

Of course, it won’t be anything like seeing the pieces in person, but it’s the next best thing short of buying yourself a plane ticket to Madrid.

[via guardian.co.uk]

This looks like an interesting opportunity for any new and emerging artists interested in developing work with a technological bent.  Rhizome, are opening up their doors for submissions to their 2010 grants.  The name suggests that they are an underground, wide-spreading network with far-reaching nodes, of uhm, of artists….

Image : Entropy ≥ Memory . Creativity ² by jef safi

Anyway, in their own words:

Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology… We support artists working at the furthest reaches of technological experimentation as well as those responding to the broader aesthetic and political implications of new tools and media. Our organizational voice draws attention to artists, their work, their perspectives and the complex interrelationships between technology, art and culture.

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