Caroline Lau

Want to contribute to The Art Genome Project?

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:59:01 -0400

Take the interview. Submit your application by 11:59pm EST on Friday, June 15th.

Big questions and open skies at Art.sy.

We’re looking for Research Interns to make vital contributions to our growing, living tool for discovering art, The Art Genome Project.

Art.sy is powered by the The Art Genome Project, an ongoing effort to map the characteristics that connect the world’s artists and artworks. We call these characteristics “genes.” There are currently over 800 genes in The Art Genome Project, ranging from the more art-historical or conceptual (Renaissance, Minimalism, and Gender Politics) to the more concrete (Collage, Landscape, and Impasto). See our blog to learn more.

About the Research Internship

This is an ideal opportunity for you to put the sum total of your art-historical chops to the test. More than any other internship in the arts—and we have held many of them—this position is a constant intellectual challenge, paired with the practical concerns of communicating art history to a broad, non-specialist audience. Our interns play a meaningful role in our mission to expand the art world.

Contributing to The Art Genome Project requires a unique blend of creative insight, strong analytic skills, and the ability to conduct research on everything from Renaissance Art to important concepts in contemporary art. As a Research Intern at Art.sy, you will:

Evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of existing genes
Identify opportunities to create and implement new genes
Conduct art-historical research on a vast array of Modern/Contemporary and/or pre-1900 artists

We’re looking for people who are passionate about access to art, have a solid grounding in art history, but think outside of the box. Ideal candidates:

Have completed advanced coursework towards a BA in Art History, and may be interested in pursuing an advanced degree in Modern and Contemporary Art History
Have a broad understanding of survey art history, with a special emphasis on Post-War and Contemporary Art
Can mine art-historical texts and data for critical issues relevant to The Art Genome Project
Are actively engaged with the contemporary art world

The Research Internship is based at our beautiful offices in downtown Manhattan, starts immediately, and is 2-3 months in length. This position is unpaid, but accepted candidates may apply for available stipends.

How to Apply

At Art.sy, we are bringing art, science, design, and engineering together. Forgive the cliché, but there’s no better way to say it: we want to change the world. If you want to change the world with with us, please reach out.

To apply for the Research Internship, visit Take The Interview. We’ll be accepting applications until 11:59pm EST on Friday, June 15th. We’re asking each applicant to record short videos (of up to 2 minutes) answering two questions, and we’re using Take the Interview to collect your video responses securely.

What do you think are some of the most important tendencies in contemporary art right now?
Have you seen any particularly interesting or infuriating exhibitions in the last year?

If you have any questions, tweet us @Artsy or email Caroline at caroline@art.sy (but please do not send resumes to this address). Otherwise, we can’t wait to hear from you.

Counting (happy) sheep.

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:33:54 -0400

Counting (happy) sheep.

Art.sy, powered by The Art Genome Project. And buckets of house...

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:37:32 -0400

Art.sy, powered by The Art Genome Project. And buckets of house made cold brew.

Sometimes, a mini doughnut shows up on my desk.

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:39:04 -0400

Sometimes, a mini doughnut shows up on my desk.

You never know what you’ll find on a walk along the...

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:28:22 -0400

You never know what you’ll find on a walk along the Hudson. Where is Ram Head #2 going? Where has Ram Head #2 been?

Coveting a beautifully quirky home we stumbled upon in Red Hook...

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:53:30 -0400

Coveting a beautifully quirky home we stumbled upon in Red Hook yesterday. Who lives here?

I totally fell in love with Ruby Sky Stiler’s woven...

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:29:00 -0400

I totally fell in love with Ruby Sky Stiler’s woven pages at NADA NYC 2012 today.

The media is (or was) an unread, discarded, art book. It is (or was) an old history of ancient history, no longer reflecting the current take on the classical age, but speaking (if we could have read it) more pointedly to the reality of the time in which it was written. As a reader, there’s either something very sad, or au courant (recycling!), about the book turned into useable paper. Its disembowelment suggests that we shouldn’t believe what it says anyways, and reminds us of forgotten knowledge and context even as it has been refashioned into a new jumble of palimpsest, fleeting words–‘position,’ ‘muscle,’ ‘artists,’–and fractured old-school (e.g. non-jpeg) illustrations. The effect is one of technology scrambled through Op Art, rendered in techniques as old as The Bible. (Read more.)

My first taste of Frieze New York at Randall’s Island, a...

Sat, 05 May 2012 21:48:00 -0400

Joseph Kosuth at Sean Kelly Gallery.

The ferry to Randall's Island.

The infamous Frieze Tent.

My first taste of Frieze New York at Randall’s Island, a magical 20 minute ride up the East River. I’m still digesting what I saw.

The monumental machine, in ruins. Adrián Villar Rojas’...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:53:00 -0400

The monumental machine, in ruins. Adrián Villar Rojas’ crumbling behemoth at the New Museum, “A person loved me”.

This morning, Art.sy released its first film, Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:19:00 -0400

This morning, Art.sy released its first film, Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder. I’ve been thinking about this all morning:

Of course at the moment of ignition, the explosion is instantaneous, but gunpowder has its origins in minerals that took hundreds, thousands or millions of years to form.
—Cai Guo-Qiang

Back to center. Shoal Creek Trail, Austin, TX.

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:29:00 -0400

Back to center. Shoal Creek Trail, Austin, TX.

Old Leather, Chrome.

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:25:00 -0500

Old Leather, Chrome.

Sugar High. New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:28:00 -0500

Sugar High. New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn.

A loaf of fresh bread, stick of butter, bottle of wine. Recipe...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:23:00 -0500

A loaf of fresh bread, stick of butter, bottle of wine. Recipe for a beautiful Sunday.

Happiness is a plate of oysters and a whole slow-cooked pork...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:18:00 -0500

Happiness is a plate of oysters and a whole slow-cooked pork shoulder, tucked into bibb lettuce leaves with white rice, kimchi, and ginger scallion sauce. And good friends, who are crazy enough to sacrifice their health and vegetarian ways, to eat it all with relish at 1am.

Need them both in my life.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:09:00 -0500

View from the 25th Floor, Downtown NYC

Storm King Mountain, NY

Need them both in my life.

I made a simple salad of watercress and avocado—with a dressing...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:45:00 -0500

I made a simple salad of watercress and avocado—with a dressing of sweet white miso, olive oil, champagne vinegar, salt and pepper—and served it with rosemary roasted yukon gold potatoes. A righteous lunch (er, breakfast) to ring in 2012.

Homemade gifts make the best gifts.

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:53:00 -0500

Homemade gifts make the best gifts.

Sustenance for rousing conversation. Poached egg, cheddar and...

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:54:00 -0500

Sustenance for rousing conversation. Poached egg, cheddar and potato cake, brussel sprouts with bacon.

John Elderfield, MoMA Chief Curator Emeritus, joins Art.sy

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:40:27 -0500

John Elderfield, MoMA Chief Curator Emeritus, joins Art.sy