CONF: Crossing French Metropolises (Paris, 3-4 July 2019)

Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:32:35 +0200 Subject: CONF: Crossing French Metropolises (Paris, 3-4 Jul 19) From: Laura Karp Lugo Date: Jun 22, 2019 Subject: CONF: Crossing French Metropolises (Paris, 3-4 Jul 19) Paris, July 3 - 04, 2019 Crossing French Metropolises: Exiled Artists and Intellectuals during the 20th Century Building on common interests of the German Center for … Continue reading CONF: Crossing French Metropolises (Paris, 3-4 July 2019)

Prized Possesions

Prized Possessions: Dutch paintings from National Trust Houses at the Mauritshuis: a missed opportunity? Before Christmas I went to the exhibition of Prized Possessions: Dutch paintings from National Trust Houses on view at the Mauritshuis (October 2018-6 January 2019), This was a somewhat abbreviated version of the exhibition at the Holborne Museum, Bath earlier this … Continue reading Prized Possesions

CONF: The Christie’s Education Recycling Luxury Conference (5 July 2019, London)

CONFERENCE – 5th JULY 2019 Christie's Education London 42 Portland Place, London Description The concept of luxury is associated with ideas of excess (luxus) or even worse immodesty (luxure). An infamous example involving Cleopatra dissolving a priceless pearl and swallowing it encapsulates some common associations between luxury and immorality, or luxury as intrinsically linked to … Continue reading CONF: The Christie’s Education Recycling Luxury Conference (5 July 2019, London)