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Provenance and the Digital Viewing Room
Trust, records and the second life of the online presentation.
30 May 2026 · Fardokht Gorouhi · Paris, 2026 · 1 min read
The digital viewing room promised access. It also quietly changed how provenance is recorded and trusted.
What changes
When a work's first public appearance is a webpage, the record begins online. We examine what should be preserved, and by whom.
A record is only as good as the trust it carries.