SHC Book Review: Los Angeles: Getty Research Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance: A Contribution to the History of Collecting. By Julius von Schlosser

Los Angeles: Getty Research Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance: A Contribution to the History of Collecting. By Julius von Schlosser, Ed. Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, and trans. Jonathan Blower, 2022. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, xii + 231[[., Paperback USD $65.00, ISBN 9781606066652 This is the latest volume in the series ‘Texts & … Continue reading SHC Book Review: Los Angeles: Getty Research Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance: A Contribution to the History of Collecting. By Julius von Schlosser

SHC Book Review: Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum., Ed. Donatien Grau, 2021. Los Angeles:Getty Research Institute, 256pp., Paperback USD $35.00, ISBN 9781606067192

Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum., Ed. Donatien Grau, 2021. Los Angeles:Getty Research Institute, 256pp., Paperback USD $35.00, ISBN 9781606067192 Museums are facing a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, their number seems to follow a continuous growth, with an apparently endless appetite to dedicate them to wide-ranging themes, or to build them as tourist destinations … Continue reading SHC Book Review: Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum., Ed. Donatien Grau, 2021. Los Angeles:Getty Research Institute, 256pp., Paperback USD $35.00, ISBN 9781606067192

SHC Book Review: Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.  Ed. Antwaun Sargent, 2020

Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.  Ed. Antwaun Sargent, 2020;  New York: D.A.P/Distributed Art Publishers Inc., 256pp., Paperback USD $49.95, ISBN 9781942884590 There is a long tradition of the touring exhibition catalogue dedicated to a private collection; these publications can be a useful peek into … Continue reading SHC Book Review: Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.  Ed. Antwaun Sargent, 2020

Review: National Treasures: Saving the Nation’s Art in World War II

National Treasures: Saving the Nation’s Art in World War II Caroline Shenton, 2021. London, John Murray Press, 336 pp. ISBN 9781529387438 (hardcover) £16.99; ISBN 9781529387452 (paperback) £10.99; ISBN 9781529387469 (ebook) £16.99; ISBN 9781529387445 (Audiobook Downloadable) £25.  - Eleni Vassilika Preparations for World War II evacuation of artworks began essentially in the 1920s by the Committee … Continue reading Review: National Treasures: Saving the Nation’s Art in World War II

Workshop Roundup: Spoliation and Recovery of Art and Antiquities from Italy 

Spoliation and Recovery of Art and Antiquities from Italy  Tuesday, 22 March 2022 Workshop roundup (by Eleni Vassilika) Dr Barbara Furlotti (Courtauld Institute) spoke of the Italian laws against spoliation that were in place from the late 15th century. She described the case of Vincenzo Gonzaga and the collection of Peranda that Pope Clement VII … Continue reading Workshop Roundup: Spoliation and Recovery of Art and Antiquities from Italy