Boston, MA, March 24 - 25, 2017 Deadline: Nov 21, 2016 Trashed: Rejection and Recovery in the History of Art and Architecture The 33rd Annual Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History of Art and Architecture What happens to the ideas and materials that end up in the scrap bin of history? While some projects … Continue reading CFP: Rejection & Recovery in the History of Art (Boston, 24-25 Mar 17)
Conference: The Inexplicable and the Unfathomable: China and Britain, 1600-1900, 11-12 November, 2016, London
CONFERENCE: The Inexplicable and the Unfathomable: China and Britain, 1600-1900 Venue: The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London WC2R 0RN Date and Time: 11 - 12 November 2016 Fees: £16 general admission / £11 students and concessions (advance booking required: link here to Event Brite) The 'Chinese character seems at present inexplicable', observed Lord Macartney … Continue reading Conference: The Inexplicable and the Unfathomable: China and Britain, 1600-1900, 11-12 November, 2016, London
REMINDER: Conference The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now, 20-21 October 2016, Paris.
This is the full programme of the conference as well as practical details: DATES: 20-21 October 2016 PLACE: Salle Vasari, INHA, 2 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris The focus of the conference is to explore the changing and complex nature of the role of agent in the art market during the Modern Period. Papers will explore shifts … Continue reading REMINDER: Conference The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now, 20-21 October 2016, Paris.
Research Seminars, 2016-2017, UCL London
The Italian department at UCL (SELCS) is organising the first talk of a new series of Research Seminars (2016-2017): The Medici and their Archive: Diplomacy, News, and Material Culture – Dr Alessio Assonitis (Director of the Medici Archive Project, Florence). The event will take place on 26 October 6pm in the UCL Italian Seminar Room, … Continue reading Research Seminars, 2016-2017, UCL London
Seminar in the History of Collecting, 26 September 2016, The Wallace Collection (London)
SEMINAR: Researching the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842: a real Baedeker's guide of taste, Lecture by Dr. Silvia Davoli, Paul Mellon Centre Research Curator, Strawberry Hill House, The Horace Walpole Collection Venue: Lecture Theatre, The Wallace Collection, London Date and Time: 26 September 2016, 5.30pm to 6.30pm Website: http://www.wallacecollection.org/thecollection/seminarsinthehistoryofcollecting