---
type: conference
title: The Art Museum in the Digital Age – 2024
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/digitalmuseum2024"
---

**Period:** Monday, 15 January - Friday, 19 January 2024

# The Art Museum in the Digital Age – 2024

## International Online Conference

The Belvedere Research Centre is delighted to present the sixth edition of its conference series on the digital transformation of art museums. The international conference builds upon the previous event focusing on topics such as Metaverse, Web 3, and Artificial Intelligence. Unsurprisingly, however, the debate about the responsible use of AI in the museum sector is omnipresent in the contributions submitted this year in particular. Four online sessions, an on-site workshop and a hybrid panel discussion are dedicated to the critical examination of machine learning versus human curation, the digital networking and aggregated analysis of cultural heritage data, and immersive experiences in the interplay of virtuality and reality.

**Period:** 15 January 2024, 16 January 2024, 17 January 2024, 18 January 2024, 19 January 2024

**Registration:** (online)

**Materials (PDF):** [Program](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Konferenz_Conference_2024_Program_Programm_0.pdf), [Workshops and Panel Discussion](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-01/Konferenz_Conference_2024_Workshops.pdf), [Abstracts](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-12/Abstracts.pdf), [Call for Papers](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-10/CFP_2024_engl.pdf)

**From the Series:** [All Conferences](https://www.belvedere.at/en/art-museum-digital-age)

**Language:** German, English Simultaneous Interpretation

**Hashtag:** #digitalmuseum #belvederemuseum

**Conference Committee:** Christian Huemer, (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Alexandra Sommer, (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Markus Wiesenhofer, (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Anna Frasca-Rath, (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Lev Manovich, (Graduate Center, City University of New York), Vince Dziekan, (Monash University, Melbourne)

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## Introduction 

**Welcome & Introduction**  
Stella Rollig; Christian Huemer; Alexandra Sommer (Belvedere, Vienna)

## Keynote 

**AI in the Museum**  
Lev Manovich (The Graduate Center, City University of New York)

## Contributions 

**PANEL 1: Challenges**

**„Skulls, Wings, and a Sky“: AI Gamification and Institutional Autonomy on Google Arts & Culture**  
T. Leo Cao (University of Texas, Austin; Leiden University)

**Uncharted Territories: Redefining Art Museums’ Reach through Multimodal AI**  
Darío Negueruela del Castillo; Pepe Ballesteros, Iacopo Neri; Ludovica Schaerf; Tristan Weddigen (Max Planck Society – University of Zurich)

**Digitalizing Ukraine’s Museum Collections in Times of War**  
Nazar Kozak (Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv)

**PANEL 2: Metaspaces**

**Back to Square One: Why Blockchain Technology and Working with Creative Communities Are on the Agenda of the Finnish National Gallery**  
Johanna Eiramo (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki)

**Museum Objects and Immersive Gamification for Student Engagement**  
Jeffrey Pomerantz (Proximal Design Labs, Raleigh); Michelle Harrell (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh)

**The Augmented Reality Art Experience: A Case Study of the Exhibition** ***Seeing the Invisible***  
Sophia Bakogianni (Byzantine and Christian Museum and Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens)

**Digitale Kunstausstellungen im Internet: Was können wir gewinnen, was verlieren?**  
Werner Schweibenz (Universität Konstanz)

**PANEL 3: Networks**

**An Unlikely Pairing: The Catalogue Raisonné as a Trusted Source for Conversational Inquiry Using Generative AI**  
Liz Neely (Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe)

**Iranian Cultural Heritage and Artificial Intelligence: Narration, Innovation, and Creation**  
Niloofar Yazdkhasti (Museum Matters, Tehran)

**Artemis Digital: Kunstbegegnungen im Kontext von Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden**  
Chantal Eschenfelder, Alexandra Reißer (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main)

**Quantity, Quality, Trust: Dilemmas and Strategies of Museum Documentation in the Age of AI**  
Lynn Rother, Fabio Mariani, Max Koss (Leuphana University Lüneburg)

[Download PDF](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Quantity%2C%20Quality%2C%20Trust_%20Museum%20Documentation%E2%80%99s%20Dilemmas%20and%20Strategies%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20AI.pdf)

**Digital Transformations of Storytelling in Archives and Museums: A Linked Data and Visualization Perspective**  
Eva Mayr, Johannes Liem, Anja Grebe, Florian Windhager (University for Continuing Education Krems); Jakob Kusnick (University of Southern Denmark); Carina Doppler, Kasra Seirafi (Vienna)

[Download PDF](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-05/Mayr%20et%20al%20-%20belvedere24%20-%20Storytelling%20Transformations.pdf)

**PANEL 4: Curating**

**Artmediamuseum: Creating the First Digital Art Collection for Brasília’s National Museum of the Republic**  
Ana Avelar (University of Brasília)

**New Perspectives for Participatory Media Art Documentation**  
Viola Rühse, Carl Philipp Hoffmann, Carla Milena Zamora Campos (University for Continuing Education Krems)

**Surreal Impressions: Deepfaking the Museum through Dalí and Van Gogh**  
Jasmin Pfefferkorn (University of Melbourne); Anna Calise (IULM University, Milan)

**Making** ***AI: More than Human*** **and the More than Human Museum**  
Suzanne Livingston (London)

**Ein LiDAR-basiertes Werkzeug zur räumlichen Analyse der Ausstellungsnutzung**  
Bernd Lintermann, Marc Schütze (ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe)

## Panel Discussion 

**Panel Discussion**  
Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Vienna)

Kimmo Levä (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki); Nina Röhrs (Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich); Sophia Widmann (MUSEUM BOOSTER, Vienna); Gerfried Stocker (Ars Electronica, Linz)

## Program 

### MO, 15 JAN

**5.00 pm**

**Welcome & Introduction**  
Stella Rollig; Christian Huemer; Alexandra Sommer (Belvedere, Vienna)

**Panel 1: Challenges**

Moderation: Vince Dziekan (Monash University, Melbourne)

**5.20 pm**

**„Skulls, Wings, and a Sky“: AI Gamification and Institutional Autonomy on Google Arts & Culture**  
T. Leo Cao (University of Texas, Austin; Leiden University)

**5.45 pm**

**Uncharted Territories: Redefining Art Museums’ Reach through Multimodal AI**  
Darío Negueruela del Castillo, Pepe Ballesteros, Iacopo Neri, Ludovica Schaerf, Tristan Weddigen (Max Planck Society – University of Zurich)

**6.10 pm**

**Digitalizing Ukraine’s Museum Collections in Times of War**  
Nazar Kozak (Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv)

**7.00 pm**

**Keynote Lecture**

Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Vienna)

**AI in the Museum**  
Lev Manovich (The Graduate Center, City University of New York)

### TU, 16 JAN

**Panel 2: Metaspaces**

Moderation: Markus Wiesenhofer (Belvedere, Vienna)

**5.00 pm**

**Back to Square One: Why Blockchain Technology and Working with Creative Communities Are on the Agenda of the Finnish National Gallery**  
Johanna Eiramo (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki)

**5.25 pm**

**Von Pixeln zu Emotionen. Atmosphäre in Metaverse-Kunstausstellungen**  
Isabelle Hamm (Universität zu Köln)

**5.50 pm**

**Museum Objects and Immersive Gamification for Student Engagement**  
Jeffrey Pomerantz (Proximal Design Labs, Raleigh), Michelle Harrell (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh)

**6.15 pm**

**The Augmented Reality Art Experience: A Case Study of the Exhibition** ***Seeing the Invisible***  
Sophia Bakogianni (Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens)

**6.40 pm**

**Digitale Kunstausstellungen im Internet: Was können wir gewinnen, was verlieren?**  
Werner Schweibenz (Universität Konstanz)

### WE, 17 JAN

**Panel 3: Networks**

Moderation: Anna Frasca-Rath (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)

**5.00 pm**

**Quantity, Quality, Trust: Dilemmas and Strategies of Museum Documentation in the Age of AI**  
Lynn Rother, Fabio Mariani, Max Koss (Leuphana University Lüneburg)

**5.25 pm**

**An Unlikely Pairing: The Catalogue Raisonné as a Trusted Source for Conversational Inquiry Using Generative AI**    
Liz Neely (Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe)

**5.50 pm**

**Digital Transformations of Storytelling in Archives and Museums: A Linked Data and Visualization Perspective**    
Eva Mayr, Johannes Liem, Anja Grebe, Florian Windhager (University for Continuing Education Krems); Jakob Kusnick (University of Southern Denmark); Carina Doppler, Kasra Seirafi (Vienna)

**6.15 pm**

**Iranian Cultural Heritage and Artificial Intelligence: Narration, Innovation, and Creation**  
Niloofar Yazdkhasti (Museum Matters, New Delhi)

**6.40 pm**

**Artwashing: Big Tech, New Tech, and the Ends of Art**  
Kaitlin Clifton Forcier (University of Illinois, Chicago)

### TH, 18 JAN

**Panel 4: Curating**

Moderation: Arnika Groenewald-Schmidt (Belvedere, Vienna)

**5.00 pm**

**Artmediamuseum: Creating the First Digital Art Collection for Brasília’s National Museum of the Republic**  
Ana Avelar (University of Brasília)

**5.25 pm**

**New Perspectives for Participatory Media Art Documentation**  
Viola Rühse, Carl Philipp Hoffmann, Carla Milena Zamora Campos (University for Continuing Education Krems)

**5.50 pm**

**Surreal Impressions: Deepfaking the Museum through Dalí and Van Gogh**  
Jasmin Pfefferkorn (University of Melbourne); Anna Calise (IULM University, Milan)

**6.15 pm**

**Making** ***AI: More than Human*** **and the More than Human Museum**  
Suzanne Livingston (London)

**6.40 pm**

**Ein LiDAR-basiertes Werkzeug zur räumlichen Analyse der Ausstellungsnutzung**  
Bernd Lintermann, Marc Schütze (ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe)

### FR, 19 JAN

**2.00 pm**

**Digital Culture Workshops (Round Tables)**

Organised and moderated by the Institute for Digital Culture, University of Leicester (Ross Parry, Vince Dziekan, and partners), the workshop offers an opportunity for participants to identify development needs and research opportunities in the following areas:

- Creative and Culture Technologies
- Digital Skills and Leadership
- Inclusive Digital Design
- Cultural Informatics

The workshop will be held in English and will take place on site at Belvedere 21, Vienna. Registration for the event is required.

**5.00 pm**

**Panel Discussion**

The panel discussion will take place in the Blickle Kino, Belvedere 21, Vienna, in English. Registration is requested due to space limitations. The event will be simultaneously translated into German and also streamed on Zoom.

Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Vienna)

**Kimmo Levä (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki)**  
**Nina Röhrs (Roehrs & Boetsch, Zurich)**  
**Gerfried Stocker (Ars Electronica, Linz)**  
**Sophia Widmann (MUSEUM BOOSTER, Vienna)**

The event will conclude with drinks and finger food in the Lucy Bar.