SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF COLLECTING Diversifying the History of Collecting EMERGING RESEARCH WORKSHOP: Collecting the Sacred: Art, Belief and Identity Tuesday 2nd March 2021, 18.00-19.30 Description of Gourd Vessel, Given by Sir Apolo Kagwa, Katikiro of Uganda, British Museum, Af1902,0718.23 We are delighted to announce the second round of events in our 2020/21 series … Continue reading SHC: Collecting the Sacred: Art, Belief and Identity (2 March 2021)
RESEARCH DAY: Collecting, Travel, and the Museum in the Long Eighteenth Century (25 February 2021 online)
RESEARCH DAY Thursday 25 February 2021, Online, Collecting, Travel, and the Museum in the Long Eighteenth Century 2:30 pm Research Day Session 1 Professor Arthur MacGregor Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Professor, Victoria and Albert Museum; Editor, Journal of the History of Collections - ‘The Decline of the Cabinet of Curiosities: The Case of the East … Continue reading RESEARCH DAY: Collecting, Travel, and the Museum in the Long Eighteenth Century (25 February 2021 online)
Press Release: 2021 Strawberry Hill’s New Online Exhibition Reveals its Unexpected Jewish Past
Press Release: Tuesday 26th January, 2021 2021 STRAWBERRY HILL’S NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION REVEALS ITS UNEXPECTED JEWISH PAST To celebrate the European Jewish Days of Culture, Strawberry Hill House has created an online exhibition to spotlight the contribution of two of its historic owners: Frances, Countess Waldegrave (1821-1879), whose father John Braham was an internationally famous … Continue reading Press Release: 2021 Strawberry Hill’s New Online Exhibition Reveals its Unexpected Jewish Past
Botanical Treasures: Inspiration from Nature in Porcelain and on Paper – Opens Summer 2021
Botanical Treasures: Inspiration from Nature in Porcelain and on Paper – Opens Summer 2021 Made possible after a successful joint application to the Finnis Scott Foundation Botanical Art Award, from May 2021 the Museum of Royal Worcester will be co-hosting a botanical art exhibition with members of the Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration (GSBI). The core … Continue reading Botanical Treasures: Inspiration from Nature in Porcelain and on Paper – Opens Summer 2021
CFP: Migration and the Visual Arts in Denmark (Copenhagen, 24 September 2021)
CFP: Migration and the Visual Arts in Denmark (Copenhagen, 24 Sep 21) The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, Sep 24, 2021 Deadline: Apr 2, 2021 Crossing Borders: Migration and the Visual Arts in Denmark, 1800-2021 The purpose of this conference is to highlight the migration of artists and ideas to Denmark over … Continue reading CFP: Migration and the Visual Arts in Denmark (Copenhagen, 24 September 2021)