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Google Digitises Lost Studios Because Physical Archives Are Inconvenient

The claim: Google Arts and Culture partnered with experts to recreate the lost workspaces of 19th-century women sculptors, bringing historical legacies back into focus through digital preservation.

The reality: A curator in Paris spent months digging through archives so you can swipe past a JPEG of a workbench on a $1,200 iPad while waiting for a flat white.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
Another historical archive digitised so tech executives can pat themselves on the back for preserving art they never look at.

Read the original: Recreating the lost studios of women sculptors with Prune Nourry

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