Author: The Society for the History of Collecting
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Public Conversation: Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections, London, V&A, 11 September 2018
Troubling Objects: interrogating collecting and collections Troubling Objects will bring together academics, artists, activists and museum professionals to share ideas… READ MORE
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CFP, Seminars in the History of Collecting 2019, The Wallace Collection, London
Seminars in the History of Collecting 2019 Call for Papers The seminar series was established as part of the Wallace… READ MORE
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CFP: Small Things in the Eighteenth Century, York.
Small Things in the Eighteenth Century Image: Still Life with Silver Wine Decanter, Tulip, Yixing Teapot and Globe, Roestraten, Pieter van,… READ MORE
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CAA session for The International Art Market Studies, deadline extended to Aug 15: The Studio as Market
CAA session for The International Art Market Studies, deadline extended to Aug 15: The Studio as Market Chair: Julie F.… READ MORE
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CFP: Tools for the Future: Researching Art Market Practices from Past to Present, Utrecht, 17-18 December 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS International workshop series TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE: RESEARCHING ART MARKET PRACTICES FROM PAST TO PRESENT Workshop 2… READ MORE
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CFP: Art Market and Art Collecting from 1900 to the Present in Germany and France, Berlin, Paris, 2018 and 2019.
CALLS FOR PAPERS Art Market and Art Collecting from 1900 to the Present in Germany and France German-French Research Programme… READ MORE
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Book review: The Shift: Art and the Rise of Power of Contemporary Collectors by Marta Gnyp, Art and Theory Publishing, Stockholm. 2018.
This discussion of the art market and the role of the collector today provides an excellent overview of the different… READ MORE
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Book review: A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum, ed. Pippa Shirley and Dora Thornton, The British Museum, London, 2017.
In 2015 a conference was held at the British Museum to celebrate the re-installment of the Waddesdon Bequest. This has… READ MORE
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Book review: Revolutionary Paris and the Market for Netherlandish Art by Darius A. Spieth, Brill, 2018.
The growth of interest in Dutch and Flemish painting in eighteenth-century Paris has been a subject of considerable interest and… READ MORE
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Recent Society visit to Longford Castle, 30 June 2018
On 30 June, SocHistColl visited the unusual hexagonal country seat of Longford Castle, near Salisbury, for a private tour round… READ MORE
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