What: Workshop on Travelling Images: Circulating Photographs, Objects, Knowledge When: Universität Zürich, October 12 - 14, 2017 Where: University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 59 Room RAA-G-15 Registration deadline: Oct 1, 2017 More information at: https://travellingimageszurich.wordpress.com/ Travelling Images: Circulating Photographs, Objects, Knowledge Leisure travel can be traced back to the “Grand Tour” starting from the 17th century, however more widespread tourism … Continue reading Conference:
Conference: 'Knowing 'as much of art as the cat': 19th-century women writers on the Old Masters', The National Gallery, London, Friday 10 November 2017
What: Conference: 'Knowing 'as much of art as the cat': 19th-century women writers on the Old Masters' When: Friday 10 November 2017, 10am–5.45pm Where: The National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing Lecture Theatre More information and booking at: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/knowing-as-much-of-art-as-the-cat-19th-century-women-writers-on-the-old-masters his major conference examines the role of English-speaking women as disseminators of knowledge about Old Master paintings and historic painting techniques … Continue reading Conference: 'Knowing 'as much of art as the cat': 19th-century women writers on the Old Masters', The National Gallery, London, Friday 10 November 2017
Symposium: From Saint Cloud to Bernardaud, The Wallace Collection, London, 20-21 October 2017
Symposium of the French Porcelain Society: 'From Saint-Cloud to Bernadaud' The Wallace Collection, London, 20-21 October 2017 Our ground-breaking symposium revealing new research on French porcelain manufacturers other than the royal factory of Vincennes-Sèvres is now only a month away. Don’t miss this major event introducing many scholars from France new to the Society, as … Continue reading Symposium: From Saint Cloud to Bernardaud, The Wallace Collection, London, 20-21 October 2017
Book Review: Dealing on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1864-1940, edited by Lynn Catterson. Brill, 2017
With a broad range of essays, this book presents several distinct ways in which dealers created and shaped demand and taste; how they supplied collectors, particularly American collectors, with works of art from Europe and how they promoted themselves in an increasingly competitive and lucrative market. Catterson begins with her own work on Stefano Bardini, … Continue reading Book Review: Dealing on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1864-1940, edited by Lynn Catterson. Brill, 2017