http://mglenn.com/2008/12/13/please-explain-ago-policies/ Personal website of Michael Glenn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://mglenn.com/2008/12/13/please-explain-ago-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-19 mglenn Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:05:59 +0000 http://mglenn.com/?p=967#comment-19 Susan, thank you so much for your detailed response on your policy. The copyright issues in Canada as in the United States have always perplexed me in, especially in these types of situations, but I can appreciate the AGO's legal position. I appreciate you taking the time to inform. Susan, thank you so much for your detailed response on your policy. The copyright issues in Canada as in the United States have always perplexed me in, especially in these types of situations, but I can appreciate the AGO’s legal position. I appreciate you taking the time to inform.

]]> http://mglenn.com/2008/12/13/please-explain-ago-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-18 susan bloch-nevitte Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:54:10 +0000 http://mglenn.com/?p=967#comment-18 Your comments about various AGO policies are well considered, well stated, and well worth response. I hope I don't go on too long. Most importantly, for the throngs who have criticized our blanket no-photography policy, we have listened and revised... Visitors are now free to take personal-use photographs in and around the AGO's Gehry iconic architecture, or anywhere else that doesn't include artworks. Many of our works are copyright protected, and that is the reason why we cannot allow photographs in and around the artwork. Some of the works can also be affected over time by camera flash, but the primary issue is copyright. We didn't write Canada's copyright rules but we are required to uphold them... On the issue of food, the primary issue is pest control. Mice, rats, insects, they are the ruination of artwork. Spills and splatters are also an issue, but pests are #1... Getting close to art is a good thing. Touching it isn't. You would not believe what finger oil can do to art over time -- accumulate, harden and discolour. It's grotestque. We encourage visitors to look closely within the 1-metre rule... We want people to engage... really. But tomorrow's visitor will thank today's for not bumping into the art, or touching it... Sketching policies are designed to protect the art and the visitor experience. It's a balancing act, but our conservators tell us that even erasable marks can cause abrasion, while ink removal requires solvents that can visibly impact the artwork. Again, it's a balancing act between protection of art and visitor experience. We're working to find that balance. Come back and visit. Keep talking to us. We are listening. Your comments about various AGO policies are well considered, well stated, and well worth response. I hope I don’t go on too long. Most importantly, for the throngs who have criticized our blanket no-photography policy, we have listened and revised… Visitors are now free to take personal-use photographs in and around the AGO’s Gehry iconic architecture, or anywhere else that doesn’t include artworks. Many of our works are copyright protected, and that is the reason why we cannot allow photographs in and around the artwork. Some of the works can also be affected over time by camera flash, but the primary issue is copyright. We didn’t write Canada’s copyright rules but we are required to uphold them… On the issue of food, the primary issue is pest control. Mice, rats, insects, they are the ruination of artwork. Spills and splatters are also an issue, but pests are #1… Getting close to art is a good thing. Touching it isn’t. You would not believe what finger oil can do to art over time — accumulate, harden and discolour. It’s grotestque. We encourage visitors to look closely within the 1-metre rule… We want people to engage… really. But tomorrow’s visitor will thank today’s for not bumping into the art, or touching it… Sketching policies are designed to protect the art and the visitor experience. It’s a balancing act, but our conservators tell us that even erasable marks can cause abrasion, while ink removal requires solvents that can visibly impact the artwork. Again, it’s a balancing act between protection of art and visitor experience. We’re working to find that balance. Come back and visit. Keep talking to us. We are listening.

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