Emotional Objects – Northern Renaissance Afterlives in Object, Image and Word, 1890s-1920s 'Emotional Objects' brings together leading international scholars and curators, the conference to explore the emotional resonances and meanings of Northern Renaissance art, monuments, images and texts for contemporary culture at a time of social turbulence and heady artistic innovation. Via emotional viewing, object … Continue reading CONF: Emotional Objects (online, 22-23 Apr 21)
Seeing the ‘Other’? (Online, 8-9 Apr 21)
Online (German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven), Apr 8–09, 2021 Dr. Gisela Parak Seeing the ‘Other’? Theories & Histories of (Post-)Colonial Visual Cultures German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven in cooperation with the Institute for Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies, the Institute for Anthropology and Cultural Studies and the Institute for Art History/Film Studies/Art Education at the University of … Continue reading Seeing the ‘Other’? (Online, 8-9 Apr 21)
The Arensbergs in Hollywood Discussion Series Pt 2 (9 March)
The Arensbergs in Hollywood Discussion Series Tuesday, March 9, 2021, from 3 pm – 4:30 pm PST ONLINE ONLY Free HOSTED VIA ZOOM Part 1: The Arensbergs in Hollywood Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 3:00–4:30 pm PST Arcadia Library Lecture Please visit Philadelphia Museum of Arts’ site to register in advance for this online event Part … Continue reading The Arensbergs in Hollywood Discussion Series Pt 2 (9 March)
SHC: Collecting the Sacred: Art, Belief and Identity (2 March 2021)
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)