April 3, 2027 — Look slowly. See more.
April 3, 2027 — Look slowly. See more.
Weston, West Virginia- Museum of American Glass in West Virginia
Savannah, Georgia- Telfair Academy of Telfair Museums
West Palm Beach, Florida- Norton Museum of Art
Slow Art Day 2012 Report: Schneider Art Museum in Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Oregon host Anne Ashbey—one of the founding hosts of Slow Art Day—was pleased that the Schneider Art Museum’s spring show offered the opportunity to challenge participants in a new way. She knew that many museum visitors come with a…
Wickenburg, Arizona- Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Miami, Florida- Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
Portland, Oregon – Portland Art Museum
ARTInfo: Slow Art Day Fights Visual Grazing With a Deep Dive Into Museums
by Kyle Chayka
Published in ARTInfo: August 17, 2012
A 2001 study showed that visitors to the Metropolitan Museum looked at individual works of art for an average of just 17 seconds at a time, a visual habit called “grazing.” Even the most iconic artworks in the world can’t seem to hold our attention: The Louvre discovered that visitors look at the Mona Lisa for just 15 seconds on average. In the age of the moving image and endlessly updated World Wide Web, works of art in more traditional media don’t get the focus they deserve. Slow Art Day, a three-year-old initiative currently ramping up for its 2013 event, is looking to change all that with an orchestrated long art-viewing session at museums around the world.