SHC Online Lecture: Collecting as a Public Good

The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its Online Lecture Collecting as a Public Good Prof. Julie Codell Thursday, July 30 2020 at 6.30 pm (BST) Public good is a microeconomic term meaning a good that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous, from which individuals cannot be excluded from use or could benefit … Continue reading SHC Online Lecture: Collecting as a Public Good

AGM and Annual Lecture 2020 [UPDATE]

AGM AND ANNUAL LECTURE Professor Elizabeth Emery: Women Dealers and Collectors of Japanese Art in Nineteenth-Century Paris Monday, 21 September, 2020 Keynote Lecture at 5.30PM (BST) AGM will follow directly after the lecture ONLINE Museums, libraries, and web sites celebrate the names of Philippe Sichel, Siegfried Bing, and Hayashi Tadamasa as “great dealers of Japanese … Continue reading AGM and Annual Lecture 2020 [UPDATE]

Reminder! CFP: SHC Collecting and Display of Small, Portable Objects (submit before 30 July 2020)

The Society for the History of Collecting Call for Papers Renaissance Society of America Conference Dublin, Ireland, 7–10 April 2021 Collecting and Display of Small, Portable Objects (15th–17th century) The taste for small objects, such as gems, jewels, coins, small antiquities, statuettes and miniature works of art is evident in leading collections from the fifteenth … Continue reading Reminder! CFP: SHC Collecting and Display of Small, Portable Objects (submit before 30 July 2020)

Reminder! CFP: The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now (submit before 20 July 2020)

CALL FOR PAPERS College Art Association, Annual Conference New York City, February 10–13, 2021 The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now The National Trust for Historic Preservation estimates that more than 15,000 house museums exist in the United States. It is an astounding figure that, as one writer has noted, … Continue reading Reminder! CFP: The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now (submit before 20 July 2020)

SHC Online Lecture: Shaping the Splendor of Italian Renaissance Art through Collecting and Patronage

The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its Online Lecture Shaping the Splendor of Italian Renaissance Art through Collecting and Patronage Inge Reist Director Emerita, Center for the History of Collecting Thursday, 23 July 2020 at 6.30pm (BST) For most of us, art patronage and collecting during the Renaissance and Baroque periods is … Continue reading SHC Online Lecture: Shaping the Splendor of Italian Renaissance Art through Collecting and Patronage