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).

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

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)

All Members Welcome  5.30 pm, 13th September 2018 at The Art Workers’ Guild   Dame Rosalind Savill: Three Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace as collectors of Sèvres porcelain Today in the Wallace Collection the Sèvres porcelain amassed between 1802 and 1875, by four generations of one family, reveals the richness and ingenuity of the pieces … Continue reading The Society for the History of Collecting | AGM & Annual Lecture