---
type: conference
title: The Art Museum in the Digital Age – 2025
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/digitalmuseum2025"
---

**Period:** Monday, 20 January - Friday, 24 January 2025

# The Art Museum in the Digital Age – 2025

## International Online Conference

The seventh edition of the international online conference is dedicated to the ethical and social implications of digital transformation in museums. Digital technologies present both opportunities and challenges. For example, museums can use digital media to make their collections accessible to a wider audience and create interactive experiences. At the same time, however, they must also take into account matters of data security, copyright and cultural representation. Four online sessions, an on-site workshop and a hybrid panel discussion will focus on the concept of digital humanism. According to this concept, the potential of information technology is recognised, but human values and social aspects must be taken into account in its implementation.

**Period:** 20 January 2025, 21 January 2025, 22 January 2025, 23 January 2025, 24 January 2025

**Registration:** (online)

**Materials (PDF):** [Call for Papers](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2024-12/CFP_2025_EN.pdf), [Program](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-01/Conference_2025_Program.pdf), [Workshop and Panel Discussion](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-01/Conference_2025_Workshop%20%26%20Panel%20Discussion_0.pdf), [Book of Abstracts](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2026-04/Book%20of%20Abstracts%202025.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:** Johanna Aufreiter, (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Christian Huemer, (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Sylvia Stegbauer, (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Hanna Brinkmann, (Universität für Weiterbildung Krems / University for Continuing Education Krems), Jacqueline Klusik-Eckert, (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Ross Parry, (University of Leicester)

**Partner:** ![Logo Insitute for Digital Culture](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2023-12/RI_DC_Logo.png.webp?itok=yUk21oRM), ![Logo ICOM Österreich](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/media-directories/ICOM_LetterModel-Oesterreich.jpg.webp?itok=gIx3TsEQ), ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2019-10/Museumsbund%20O%CC%88sterreich.png.webp?itok=rtL0pauZ), ![DArtHist Austria Logo](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2022-11/DartHist_schwarz.png.webp?itok=4CC4hAm7)

## Introduction 

**Welcome & Introduction**  
Stella Rollig, Christian Huemer, Sylvia Stegbauer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

## Keynote 

**Die Perspektive des digitalen Humanismus auf Kunst und Kultur**  
Julian Nida-Rümelin (Professor emeritus für Philosophie und politische Theorie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

## Contributions 

**Panel 1: Künstliche Intelligenz & Ethische Aspekte | Artificial Intelligence & Ethical Aspects**

**A Dalí for the Digital Age: Interrogating the Bringing of History (Back) to Life with**  
**Deep Fake Technology**  
Kris Belden-Adams (University of Mississippi)

**Panel 2: Plattformen & Datenräume | Platforms & Data Spaces**

**Souverän, fair, sicher. Der Datenraum Kultur und das Prinzip digitaler Humanismus**  
Clara Blomeyer, Katharina Hoins (Hamburger Kunsthalle), Felix Biermann (acatech – Deutsche  
Akademie der Technikwissenschaften | acatech – National Academy of Science and  
Engineering)

**Geneva Cultural Heritage Research Platform**  
Cristóbal F. Barria Bignotti (Université de Neuchâtel & Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève),  
Nicola Carboni (Université de Genève | University of Geneva), Marie Barras (Musée d’art  
et d’histoire de Genève)

**From Platform Governance to Institutional Practice: How Museums (Actually)**  
**Use Google Arts & Culture**  
Leo Cao (Center for Advanced Internet Studies \[CAIS\], Bochum)

**Mit HAI durch Sammlungsgeschichten tauchen – Der Heidelberg Accession Index für Objektgeschichte und Provenienzforschung**  
Maria Effinger (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg | Heidelberg University Library) und Valentina Salcedo Paparoni (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation)

[Heidelberg Accession Index](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-07/HAI_Belvedere2025_01_21_Effinger_SalcedoPaparoni.pdf)

**Panel 3: Museale Praxis & Visitor Research | Museum Practice & Visitor Research**

**To What Extent Does Digitization Impact the Authenticity of Digital Objects in**  
**the Ithra Museum?**  
Rabab Almalki (University of Birmingham)

**Reconstructing (Contested) Cultural Heritage in the Post-Digital. Ethics in Curatorial**  
**Practice and Visitor Research**  
Annette Löseke (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig | Braunschweig University  
of Art)

**Sonic (Hi)Stories – Artistic Mediation of Cultural Heritage Through Audio-Augmented**  
**Reality**  
Florian Wiencek (Musealisten, Wien | Vienna)

**Panel 4: Digitale Strategien & Transformationen | Digital Strategies & Transformations**

**Pursuing Relevance in a Digital Age: Museums in the Spectacle of Crisis**  
Liana Safaryan (University for Continuing Education Krems, Aalborg University, University of Łódź)

**Dopamine Dilemma: Museums and Digital Cultural Heritage in an Era of More Media and Endless Distractions**  
Florian Windhager, Eva Mayr (Universität für Weiterbildung Krems | University for Continuing Education Krems)

## Panel Discussion 

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

Andrew Ellis (Art UK, London), Susanne Kurz (Universität zu Köln | University of Cologne), Lukas Pilka (UMPRUM, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Praha | Prague), Hannah Thompson (Royal Holloway, University of London)

## Programm 

### MO | MON, 20 JAN

**17.00 | 5 pm**

**Begrüßung & Einführung | Welcome & Introduction**  
Stella Rollig, Christian Huemer, Sylvia Stegbauer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

**Panel 1: Künstliche Intelligenz & Ethische Aspekte | Artificial Intelligence & Ethical Aspects**

Moderation: Sonja Thiel (University of California, Berkeley)

**17.20 | 5.20 pm**

**Situated and Ethical Approaches to AI: an Oral History Museum, an Ancient Rock Art Site, and their Communities in Australia**  
Lilian Cameron (University of Sydney)

**17.45 | 5.45 pm**

**A Dalí for the Digital Age: Interrogating the Bringing of History (Back) to Life with Deep Fake Technology**  
Kris Belden-Adams (University of Mississippi)

**18.10 | 6.10 pm**

**AI and Generative Art in Museums: Ethical Challenges for Authenticity and Representation**  
Julia Gerda (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | Goethe University Frankfurt)

**19.00 | 7 pm**

**Keynote Lecture**

Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

**Die Perspektive des digitalen Humanismus auf Kunst und Kultur**  
Julian Nida-Rümelin (Professor emeritus für Philosophie und politische Theorie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

### DI | TUE, 21 JAN

**Panel 2: Plattformen & Datenräume | Platforms & Data Spaces**

Moderation: Jacqueline Klusik-Eckert (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)

**17.00 | 5 pm**

**Souverän, fair, sicher. Der Datenraum Kultur und das Prinzip digitaler Humanismus**  
Clara Blomeyer, Katharina Hoins (Hamburger Kunsthalle), Felix Biermann (acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften | acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)

**17.25 | 5.25 pm**

**Geneva Cultural Heritage Research Platform**   
Cristóbal F. Barria Bignotti (University of Chile & Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève), Nicola Carboni (Université de Genève), Marie Barras (Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève)

**17.50 | 5.50 pm**

**From Platform Governance to Institutional Practice: how Museums (actually) use Google Arts & Culture**  
Leo Cao (Center for Advanced Internet Studies \[CAIS\], Bochum)

**18.15 | 6.15 pm**

**Mit HAI durch Sammlungsgeschichten tauchen – Der Heidelberg Accession Index für Objektgeschichte und Provenienzforschung**  
Maria Effinger (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg | Heidelberg University Library) und Valentina Salcedo Paparoni (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation)

### MI | WED, 22 JAN

**Panel 3: Museale Praxis & Visitor Research | Museum Practice & Visitor Research**

Moderation: Hanna Brinkmann (Universität für Weiterbildung Krems | University for Continuing Education Krems)

**17.00 | 5 pm**

**Was machen die Leute wirklich in digitalen Ausstellungen?**  
Martin Siefkes, Julia A. J. Pfeiffer (Technische Universität Chemnitz | Chemnitz University of Technology)

**17.25 | 5.25 pm**

**To what extent does the Digitization impact the Authenticity of the Digital Objects in the Ithra Museum?**   
Rabab Almalki (University of Birmingham)

**17.50 | 5.50 pm**

**Cultural Heritage in the Post-Digital. Ethical Implications for Curatorial Practice and Visitor Research**   
Annette Löseke (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig | University of Fine Arts, Braunschweig)

**18.15 | 6.15 pm**

**Sonic (Hi)Stories – Artistic Mediation of Cultural Heritage through Audio-Augmented-Reality**  
Florian Wiencek (Musealisten, Wien | Vienna)

### DO | THU, 23 JAN

**Panel 4: Digitale Strategien & Transformationen | Digital Strategies & Transformations**

Moderation: Rebecca Kahn (Universität Wien | University of Vienna)

**17.00 | 5 pm (Cancelled)**

**Digital Transformation at Cuba’s National Museum of Fine Arts**  
Marta María de la Fuente Marín (University of Havana & Juan Marinello Institute for Cultural Research)

**17.25 | 5.25 pm**

**Transcontinental Techno-Accessibility: Collaborative Digitisation of Colonial Heritage Collections**  
Agustina Andreoletti (Universität zu Köln | University of Cologne)

**17.50 | 5.50 pm**

**Pursuing Relevance in a Digital Age: Museums in the Spectacle of Crisis**  
Liana Safaryan (University for Continuing Education Krems, Aalborg University, University of Łódź)

**18.15 | 6.15 pm**

**Dopamine Dilemma: Museums and Digital Cultural Heritage in an Era of more Media and endless Distractions**   
Florian Windhager, Eva Mayr (Universität für Weiterbildung Krems | University for Continuing Education Krems)

### FR | FRI, 24 JAN

**14.00 | 2 pm**

**Workshop (Round Table)**

Moderation: Ross Parry (University of Leicester)

Der Workshop findet vor Ort im Belvedere 21, Wien, statt. Anmeldung zur Veranstaltung ist erforderlich. Der Workshop wird in Kooperation mit dem Institute for Digital Culture der University of Leicester durchgeführt.

The workshop takes place on site at Belvedere 21, Vienna. Registration for the event is required. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the Institute for Digital Culture at the University of Leicester.

Der Workshop bietet den Teilnehmer\*innen die Möglichkeit, folgende Themen mit Expert\*innen zu diskutieren:

The workshop offers participants the opportunity to discuss the following topics with experts:

**Tisch 1 | Table 1: Cultural Heritage Data**   
Andrew Ellis (Art UK, London)  
**Tisch 2 | Table 2: Sensory Experience**  
Ross Parry (University of Leicester), Hannah Thompson (Royal Holloway, University of London)  
**Tisch 3 | Table 3: Artificial Intelligence**   
Sergiu Gordea (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien | Vienna)  
**Tisch 4 | Table 4: Virtual Reality**  
Matthias Husinsky (FH St. Pölten | University of Applied Sciences, St. Pölten)

**17.00 | 5 pm**

**Podiumsdiskussion | Panel Discussion**

Die Podiumsdiskussion findet vor Ort im Blicke Kino, Belvedere 21, Wien, statt. Aus Platzgründen wird um Anmeldung gebeten. Die Veranstaltung inklusive Simultanübersetzung wird auch über Zoom gestreamt.

The panel discussion takes place on site in the Blickle Kino, Belvedere 21, Vienna. Registration is requested due to space limitations. The event, which includes simultaneous translation into English, is also streamed on Zoom.

Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

**Andrew Ellis (Art UK, London)**  
**Susanne Kurz (Universität zu Köln | University of Cologne)**  
**Lukas Pilka (UMPRUM, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Praha | Prague)**  
**Hannah Thompson (Royal Holloway, University of London)**