Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909 (Series: Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets, Volume 8) Joanna Smalcerz, 2020. Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, xii, 244 pp., full colour ill. €121.00 (excl. VAT; ebook also available). ISBN 978-90-04-42148-6 (hardback), ISBN 978-90-04-42149-3 (ebook). - Eleni Vassilika Smalcerz’s study … Continue reading Review: Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909
Review: A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology
A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology Toby Wilkinson, 2020. London : Picador. 512pp. Available in hardback, paperback, and ebook from various retailers. ISBN 9781509858705 - Eleni Vassilika The non-specialist museum visitor may wonder how ancient Egyptian objects have ended up in western museums. Specialists will scan labels … Continue reading Review: A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology
Review: Diversifying the History of Collecting – Collecting the Sacred
Review of Diversifying the History of Collecting: Collecting the Sacred: Art, Belief and Identity Emerging Scholars Workshop, 2nd March 2021 The processes behind the acquisition, display and gifting of religious art and sacred decorative objects dominated the subject of the most recent Emerging Scholars Research workshop. Four papers were devoted to the respectful interrogation of different cultural traditions, beliefs and identities and in turn, how the aggregation of religiously charged art collections should be approached in … Continue reading Review: Diversifying the History of Collecting – Collecting the Sacred
Review: ‘Emerging research workshop: New approaches to women collectors’
Genevieve Drinkwater, MA Student, History of Design Masters, V&A/RCA Often damaged, dismantled, or dispersed at auction, sources supporting the existence of collections amassed by women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are often scarce. However, a small community of scholars have begun to piece together the elusive scraps of history left behind by elite women … Continue reading Review: ‘Emerging research workshop: New approaches to women collectors’
Review: Florence, Berlin and Beyond: Late Nineteenth-Century Art Markets and their Social Networks
Florence, Berlin and Beyond: Late Nineteenth-Century Art Markets and their Social Networks (Series: Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets, Volume 9) Lynn Catterson, 2020, Brill. Review by Tom Stammers Networks are now a ubiquitous, if rarely theorised, concept in the history of collecting. Networks typically demonstrate how diverse actors, often operating across considerable … Continue reading Review: Florence, Berlin and Beyond: Late Nineteenth-Century Art Markets and their Social Networks