Tours & Apps

This is the first major New York museum show to focus on the late work of the Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), an often overlooked but central figure in turn-of-the-century art circles, whose works were exhibited at the Vienna Secession. Born in Bern, Hodler took up painting in 1870. He had an abiding love of the natural world and greatly admired the work of Albrecht Dürer, the Northern Renaissance Master.

Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity features over seventy-five works by Hodler, including his Symbolist paintings, his powerful portraits, and the landscapes for which he is most famous. Hodler was included in Vienna Secession exhibitions on numerous occasions and had a major impact on Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. His work will be juxtaposed alongside theirs to allow a side-by-side comparison. In addition, a series of intimate photographs of Hodler taken by Gertrud Dübi-Müller yield special insight into the artist’s working methods and his private life as well.

This application includes audio that features interviews with the exhibition’s curator, Jill Lloyd, and commentary from the director of the Neue Galerie New York, Renée Price.

Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity
is on view at these venues as follows:

Neue Galerie New York
1048 Fifth Avenue at 86th Street, New York, NY 10028
September 20, 2012 – January7, 2013
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
January 27 – May 26, 2013

 This audio walking tour celebrates 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, novelist and social reformer. In particular, this tour leads you in the footsteps of Dickens’ early life in the area of Southwark, London. Dickens is admired for his fictional portrayals of the lives of 19th century London’s poorest people, particularly children. His own experiences of poverty as a child strongly influenced his writing and are found in descriptions and characters in many of his novels.

In 1824 Dickens’ father was imprisoned for debt at the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark. Charles, aged 12, was forced to leave school and start work in a blacking warehouse to support his family. This suggested walk explores the Southwark Dickens knew during his childhood, the experiences he had and the influences the borough had on his work. Street names marked are those of the 1820s – most are unchanged.

Guide yourself around the streets of Southwark using your smart phone or via pins on the map. In the streets of Southwark or from your sofa, this app is easy to use, is illustrated with photos and drawings and provides a host of information about Victorian Southwark. Dramatisations and quotes from Dickens’ novels evoke the area as Charles Dickens would have known it.

Application de l’exposition « Le cercle de l’art moderne. Collectionneurs d’avant-garde au Havre » du 19 septembre 2012 au 6 janvier 2013 au musée du Luxembourg.

Au milieu du XIXème siècle, Le Havre connaît un formidable essor. Le port se modernise et les importations de matières premières font la prospérité de la « Porte Océane ». Des entrepreneurs-négociants bâtissent des fortunes dans le coton, le café et les bois précieux, qu’ils consacrent à l’art. Installés depuis peu au Havre, ces hommes d’affaires font preuve d’innovation tant au sein de leur entreprise que dans la constitution de leur collection. Leurs affaires florissantes influencent très directement la vie culturelle locale Eugène Boudin résumera l’équation en une formule lapidaire : « Pas de coton, pas de tableaux ».

Plongez dans l’univers de ces collectionneurs à travers 18 commentaires d’œuvres passionnants.

Explore sculpture amongst the graves and be part of a truly enlivening experience!

This is a tour for Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk, held at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney from 1 September until 14 October 2012.

You are invited to explore the biggest working cemetery in the Southern Hemisphere and admire the 36 highly contemplative sculptures that respond to this iconic site and associated themes such as loss, memory, grief, memorial and ceremony.

When you visit the Hidden exhibition site, look for the number engraved in sandstone beside each work for items discussed on the tour. The keyword and keypad search functions enable you to access the tour anyway you wish, while the interactive map allows you to navigate through the site. Additional information, including hours, directions and the history of the show, makes this application an invaluable tool to optimise your experience when visiting Hidden.

 Venez découvrir le nouvel Orsay !

Depuis l’automne 2011, le musée d'Orsay offre au public près de 2000 m2 supplémentaires dédiés aux arts décoratifs. Par ailleurs, les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'impressionnisme bénéficient d'une présentation totalement inédite et d'un cadre entièrement rénové. Guy Cogeval, le président de l’établissement, vous accueille en vous présentant les enjeux de cette vaste rénovation. Laissez-vous guider dans ces nouvelles salles grâce aux 50 commentaires d’œuvres, accompagnés de photos.

Des informations pratiques vous permettront par ailleurs de préparer votre visite et de vous tenir au courant de l’actualité des expositions du musée.

 Dunluce Castle bietet einen der spektakulärsten Standorte Nordirlands – auf vulkanischen Klippen hoch über der Irischen See. Die Burg war Sitz mehrerer Clans, eine hervorragend konstruierte Festung und Schauplatz zahlreicher Belagerungen und Schlachten. Ihre Geschichte ist ebenso dramatisch wie ihre Lage. Die heute noch sichtbaren Überreste stammen größtenteils aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert.

Die Acoustiguide App – Dunluce Castle führt Sie durch die Ruinen der Burg; mithilfe von Computergrafiken wird das Dunluce des 17. Jahrhunderts vor Ihren Augen zum Leben erweckt.

Vor Beginn der Führung sehen Sie einen kurzen Film, der Ihnen einen Überblick über die Geschichte der Burg vermittelt. Anschließend wählen Sie mithilfe des Hauptmenüs oder der interaktiven Landkarte den Bereich der Festung aus, den Sie erkunden möchten. Zu weiteren Informationen zählen die Öffnungszeiten und Eintrittspreise, sodass Ihr virtueller Besuch zu einem echten, unvergesslichen Erlebnis wird.