Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum., Ed. Donatien Grau, 2021. Los Angeles:Getty Research Institute, 256pp., Paperback USD $35.00, ISBN 9781606067192 Museums are facing a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, their number seems to follow a continuous growth, with an apparently endless appetite to dedicate them to wide-ranging themes, or to build them as tourist destinations … Continue reading SHC Book Review: Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum., Ed. Donatien Grau, 2021. Los Angeles:Getty Research Institute, 256pp., Paperback USD $35.00, ISBN 9781606067192
SHC Book Review: Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art. Ed. Antwaun Sargent, 2020
Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art. Ed. Antwaun Sargent, 2020; New York: D.A.P/Distributed Art Publishers Inc., 256pp., Paperback USD $49.95, ISBN 9781942884590 There is a long tradition of the touring exhibition catalogue dedicated to a private collection; these publications can be a useful peek into … Continue reading SHC Book Review: Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art. Ed. Antwaun Sargent, 2020
The Seminar for Collecting and Display: Prince Otto of Hesse in Whitehall Palace, 1611 (16 January, at 6 p.m GMT)
The Seminar for Collecting and Display invites you to its seminar on Monday, 16 January, at 6 p.m (GMT) IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM Sara Ayres, Centre for Privacy Studies, Copenhagen University will talk on Prince Otto of Hesse in Whitehall Palace, 1611 Hans Eworth (d.1574) Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses, 1569, oil on … Continue reading The Seminar for Collecting and Display: Prince Otto of Hesse in Whitehall Palace, 1611 (16 January, at 6 p.m GMT)
SHC: Murano Glass Animals from Pierre Rosenberg’s Collection, an online lecture by Dr Cristina Beltrami (Thursday 26 January at 5.30pm GMT)
The Society for the History of Collecting are pleased to invite you on Thursday 26 January at 5.30pm (GMT); 6.30pm (CET) for an Zoom lecture delivered by Dr Cristina Beltrami on the topic of : Murano Glass Animals from Pierre Rosenberg's Collection Photo credit: Pierre Rosenberg in the Savana Habitat of the Glass Ark exhibition, Le Stanze del Vetro - … Continue reading SHC: Murano Glass Animals from Pierre Rosenberg’s Collection, an online lecture by Dr Cristina Beltrami (Thursday 26 January at 5.30pm GMT)
West Coast Chapter Visit – Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts (27 Jan, 2023)
The West Coast Chapter of the Society for the History of Collecting invites members to a special curatorial tour of the exhibition: Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts Friday, 27 January 2023 at 1:00 pm PST Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA Registration for this event is reserved … Continue reading West Coast Chapter Visit – Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts (27 Jan, 2023)