SHC & Partners Provenance Research in Action (12-16 Jun, 2023)

Society for the History of Collecting  Provenance Research in Action: Theory, Tools and Implementation 12 - 16 June, 2023 Join a week-long, hands-on workshop on provenance research and due diligence in the heart of the London art world. Run by the Society for the History of Collecting in partnership with some of the most relevant … Continue reading SHC & Partners Provenance Research in Action (12-16 Jun, 2023)

Collecting with a View: Thomas E. Stammers

COLLECTING WITH A VIEW: A series introducing the research and collecting interests of our Steering Committee members. DR. THOMAS E. STAMMERS 1-What are you reading at the moment? Reading is often tied to reviewing- and I agree to review lots to ensure that I do manage to keep up with recent scholarship. The most exciting thing … Continue reading Collecting with a View: Thomas E. Stammers

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