A group of nine galleries in Bloomington, Illinois is banding together to celebrate the first citywide Slow Art Day planned anywhere in the world. In 2020 during the pandemic, Pamala Eaton, owner and gallerist of Eaton Gallery in Bloomington, Illinois, was…
Writing and talking about the art of slow looking can be difficult. Fortunately, Christopher Knight of the Los Angeles Times does it really well. And as we all get ready for Slow Art Day 2022, we can learn a lot…
Our 2021 report is now available for you to review. Read it and get inspired by your fellow slow-art-loving educators, curators, and artists. As of 2021, Slow Art Day events have been held in more than 1,500 museums around the world. Yet, we…
We’re excited that a growing number of museums in the Ukraine are joining Slow Art Day 2022. We thank them for reminding us all of our shared humanity (and love for art) in a time of tensions and troop deployments.…
We are excited to announce that our Slow Art Day 2021 Annual Report, which details the hard work and creativity of educators, curators, artists, and docents from around the world, will be published next week. For those of you designing…
Host Essay by Hedy Buźan Have you ever wondered “Okay. – So, how do I start ‘Slow Looking’?”, or, if you are a museum educator, “How do I help a visitor slow down?” One answer comes from the interactive art appreciation online…
Freelance writer, Rebecca Hardy Wombell, asks about the role of digital in building the slow art movement in her recent article for MuseumNext, where she also documents the history of Slow Art Day and our relationship to the Internet. We…
Host Essay by Hedy Buzan Wayne Thiebaud died on Christmas Day 2021 at the age of 101. Thiebaud was one of the most important American artists of our generation. Mis-described as a “Pop Artist”, Thiebaud’s work was simultaneously accessible and deep,…
For their first Slow Art Day, the gallery ARTualize in Singapore, Singapore, organized a Mindfulness with Paintings session, encouraging participants to combine mindfulness with slow looking. On the 10th of April, ARTualize opened their two-hour session by introducing participants to…
For their first Slow Art Day, the British Museum, in London, UK, collaborated with the Can Do Project, a skills-development programme for people aged 16-35 with a disability or long-term health condition, run by the resendential care company Leonard Cheshire. The…