WEEKEND IN CHANTILLY Saturday – Monday 6-8 April Join the Society for the History of Collections and the Society for Court Studies for a special weekend in order to visit one of the most renowned collections of the nineteenth century at the Château of Chantilly. The present château was built between 1875 and 1882, by Henri … Continue reading Past Event: Weekend in Chantilly
Curator-led tour of the Royal Holloway Picture Gallery and current Exhibition
13 March, 2019 At the core of the collection are the legacies of two great Victorian collectors: the entrepreneur Thomas Holloway and the artist Christiana Herringham. Scholars of the history of collecting will be well acquainted with the College founder Thomas Holloway’s splendid collection of Victorian paintings, perhaps the first British collection formed for a … Continue reading Curator-led tour of the Royal Holloway Picture Gallery and current Exhibition
Tour of Christie’s Ebsworth Collection Sale (New York)
The Society for the History of Collecting – Americas invites members to a specialist walk-through with Stephen Jones, Associate Vice-President, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s of The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Located at Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Center, on Friday (November 9, 2018).
Seminar on Collecting and Display at the Institute of Historical Research
Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Mallet St. London WC1E 7HU. Tuesday, 13th November 6 p.m. Cecilia Riva will speak to us on Austen Henry Layard, the achievement of “a collector of various things” This talk challenges the historical assessment of the Layard Collection as simply a bequest of paintings to the National Gallery. The paper … Continue reading Seminar on Collecting and Display at the Institute of Historical Research
Visit to Masterpiece Art Fair (London)
A small group of young scholars gathered on Sunday afternoon to view London’s premier art fair, Masterpiece. The gathering of an international group of dealers, covering not only paintings, but the decorative arts, sculpture as well as antiquities and jewellery, makes a perfect opportunity to see wonderful treasures as well as to consider the importance … Continue reading Visit to Masterpiece Art Fair (London)