Crossref#WorldArtDay (15 April, Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday) was established by the International Association of Art and later supported by #UNESCO to highlight art’s role in society. As Crossref members, museums make art #research citable and part of the #scholarly record 🧵 Here are three:
vangoghmuseum.bsky.social: Catalogue Contemporaries of Van Gogh 1: documents works collected by Theo & Vincent van Gogh with Crossref DOIs for each entry. Record for Armand Guillaumin’s Self-Portrait with Palette (1878) & Portrait of a Young Woman (1886) is now citable → doi.org/10.58802/YWAB3388
Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – The Modern Art Index Project documents the collectors, dealers, and institutions that shaped Cubism, with Crossref DOIs. Example: Vincenc Kramář and his Picasso collection → doi.org/10.57011/JASI9957
Vincenc Kramář - The Metropoli...
Vincenc Kramář - The Metropoli...
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City: Two catalogues have Crossref DOIs. French Paintings & Pastels, 1600–1945 includes records + curatorial, conservation, and provenance (Vuillard, 1909). Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures does the same (Peale, ca. 1835) → doi.org/10.37764/78973.5.742
A painting can move institutions. A website can change its address. The scholarship tied to a work remains discoverable and accessible with a Crossref DOI. We're glad to see more museums recognizing this.
Happy World Art Day! 🎨