The Seminar for Collecting and Display invites you to its Seminar on Monday, 5th June, 2023 at 6 p.m (BST)

The Seminar for Collecting and Display invites you to its Seminar on Monday, 5th June, 2023 at 6 p.m (BST) This will be an in-person event only   Professor Ken Dark will speak on: 'The City as a Museum: curating and displaying past monuments and sculpture in Byzantine Constantinople' For approximately a millennium, the city of … Continue reading The Seminar for Collecting and Display invites you to its Seminar on Monday, 5th June, 2023 at 6 p.m (BST)

French Chapter Visit – Paris – Visite de la Galerie Kugel (7 Dec, 2022)

The French Chapter of the Society for the History of Collecting invites you to a visit to  la Galerie Kugel on 7 December 2022, at 17hr. Le nombre de places est limité - merci de vous inscrire dès que possible. Une fois le nombre atteint la réservation sera fermée.  Etablie à Paris depuis plus de 60 … Continue reading French Chapter Visit – Paris – Visite de la Galerie Kugel (7 Dec, 2022)

CFP: SHC – Collections and Impermanence: Transfer, Exchange and Disposal

Society for the History of Collecting – PhD & ECR Workshop, 17 November 2022 Collections and Impermanence: Transfer, Exchange and Disposal   Images: (left) Thomas Rowlandson, Christie’s Auction Rooms, 1808 (Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.3.1167-146)); (right) A painting by Paolo Vernese is taken out of storage for routine inspection undeground. In the foreground is Cardinal … Continue reading CFP: SHC – Collections and Impermanence: Transfer, Exchange and Disposal

Francis Haskell Memorial Fund – 2022 Scholarship Application Deadline

Francis Haskell Memorial Fund The Burlington Magazine Foundation 2022 SCHOLARSHIPS Grants of up tp £2000 will be awarded from the Francis Haskell Memorial Fund this year to enable scholars to spend time in libraries or archives carrying out advanced research in the history of western art. Preference may be given to candidates in the early … Continue reading Francis Haskell Memorial Fund – 2022 Scholarship Application Deadline

The American-ness of American Collecting: A Work in Progress (27 July)

The Society for the History of Collecting invites you to its Zoom Lecture The American-ness of American Collecting—A Work in Progress Dr Elizabeth A. Pergam July 27, 2021 at 6:30 pm BST (1:30 pm EDT) Online The debate over how to define “American” has a long history and has taken on new relevance in interpretations … Continue reading The American-ness of American Collecting: A Work in Progress (27 July)