East India Company Collecting Cultures (28 Sep, 2021)

The Society's Annual Lecture  'East India Company Collecting Cultures: Empires of Things' by Professor Margot Finn Tuesday, 28 September 6:45pm BST // 1:45pm EDT // 10:45am PDT // 7:45pm CEST This lecture will explore a variety of different ways in which East India Company Collecting cultures c. 1750-1850s made empire in India possible on the … Continue reading East India Company Collecting Cultures (28 Sep, 2021)

Review: Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects

Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects (Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950) Minna Törmä, 2020. London & New York : Routledge, 176 pp., 47 b/w illustrations., £96.00 (hardback) £29.59 (ebook). ISBN 9781138351806 (hardback) ISBN 9780429435041 (ebook)  - Isobel MacDonald In Nordic Private Collecting of Chinese Objects (published as part of The Histories … Continue reading Review: Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects

CFP: Women Art Dealers and Photography: Picturing Identities, Networks and Selling Strategies (Session at CAA Chicago, 16-19 February 2022, chaired by Caterina Toschi and Véronique Chagnon-Burke)

This session pertains to “WADDA | Women Art Dealers Digital Archives“, an initiative aiming to document how photography has participated in the construction of the identity of women-run galleries, while supporting the formation of a network of promotion on which these women could rely to gain visibility. Our call invites scholars who work on women … Continue reading CFP: Women Art Dealers and Photography: Picturing Identities, Networks and Selling Strategies (Session at CAA Chicago, 16-19 February 2022, chaired by Caterina Toschi and Véronique Chagnon-Burke)

CFP: The Association for Art History Annual Conference (April 2022, London)

Born from the Margins: Women Gallerists Creating New Markets, 1800-1990 In 1966, Linda Givon founded the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the goal of championing contemporary art as an agent of social change and political activism. Her work as a gallerist serves as the inspiration for this session, which purpose is to contribute … Continue reading CFP: The Association for Art History Annual Conference (April 2022, London)

Fifty Years of the Wellcome Collection at Swansea and Beyond (15 – 17 September 2021)

Free Zoom conference to mark fifty years since part of the Wellcome Collection arrived to Swansea University About this event On the 17th September 1971, ninety-two crates consisting of some 4,500 objects (mainly Egyptian) arrived to Swansea University. This was part of dispersal of the Egyptian material at the Wellcome Collection, which probably amassed somewhere … Continue reading Fifty Years of the Wellcome Collection at Swansea and Beyond (15 – 17 September 2021)