Art Displays Move From Gallery Walls Into Computer Screens

The University of Miami’s Department of Art and Art History gets creative and offers digital exhibits in an effort to reach broader audiences.

It seems like during the age of COVID-19, our computers are the hottest new venue sites for all sorts of events. At the University of Miami, new art exhibitions, traditionally displayed in Wynwood, are now moving from gallery walls into the comforts of our own home.

The Department of Art and Art History is presenting its first online series of digital exhibitions. Christine Di Staola, who is obtaining her M.F.A. in painting and printmaking, was the first student who had the opportunity to transition and display her artwork digitally in her latest exhibit “Christine Di Staola: Abstract Prints.” 

“We are living during a time where brick and mortar structures are not the only way that you can market your art and going through traditional