Call for Papers Transnational Collecting: Objects Crossing Borders, Objects Transformed Julie Codell, Chair What happens to objects when they cross borders and enter collections located beyond the cultures or nations in which they were produced? Objects don’t have fixed meanings, and collectors are a vital source of redefinitions and revaluations of objects they collect. Collectors … Continue reading Call for Papers: Transnational Collecting: Objects Crossing Borders, Objects Transformed (CAA 2024)
CFP: Collecting and Knowledge Production through Travel, RSA 2024 (8 Aug, 2023)
The Society for the History of Collecting Call for Papers Renaissance Society of America Conference 21–23 March 2024 Collecting and Knowledge Production through Travel The importance of travel in the circulation of ideas and goods in the early Modern period cannot be overemphasized. Travel, whether for commercial, private or public purposes was a source of … Continue reading CFP: Collecting and Knowledge Production through Travel, RSA 2024 (8 Aug, 2023)
Call for Papers: Valuing Materials, Materiality and the Art Market
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Online Lecture on Ludwig Pollak by Federica De Giambattista (28 Jun, 2023)
Wednesday 28 June at 7pm (CET); 6pm (BST) for a Zoom lecture delivered by Federica De Giambattista on the topic of A first reconstruction of the eclectic art collection of the archaeologist and art dealer Ludwig Pollak (1868-1943). From ancient Greek and Roman sculptures to Old Masters drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque. Unknown photographer, Ludwig Pollak's portrait-photo from … Continue reading Online Lecture on Ludwig Pollak by Federica De Giambattista (28 Jun, 2023)
THE MUTABILITY OF COLLECTIONS: TRANSFORMATION, CONTEXTUALISATION AND RE-INTERPRETATION (7th July, 2023)
THE MUTABILITY OF COLLECTIONS: TRANSFORMATION, CONTEXTUALISATION AND RE-INTERPRETATION 7th July, 2023 Room MAL G14, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX This one-day conference concentrates on the ways in which objects in collections are added, exchanged or disposed of, translated and transformed. Items can be moved to new surroundings and different decorative settings, resulting altered contexts … Continue reading THE MUTABILITY OF COLLECTIONS: TRANSFORMATION, CONTEXTUALISATION AND RE-INTERPRETATION (7th July, 2023)