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CFP: Museum Networks and Museum History (London, 16-17 July 2020)

CFP: Museum Networks and Museum History (London, 16-17 July 2020) Subject: CFP: Museum Networks and Museum History (London, 16-17 Jul 20) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, July 16 – 17, 2020 Deadline: Mar 6, 2020 Networks have become an increasingly important part of the analytical toolkit used by historians of museums and collections. As scholars … Continue reading CFP: Museum Networks and Museum History (London, 16-17 July 2020)

Past Event: A guided tour of ‘Treasures of Osterley’ followed by a talk on the Child family as collectors by John Chu

A guided tour of ‘Treasures of Osterley’ followed by a talk on the Child family as collectors by John Chu. SATURDAY, 18 JANUARY AT 10:00AM OSTERLEY PARK, JERSEY ROAD ISLEWORTH TW7 4RB ‘Treasures of Osterley’ explores the rise to fame and fortune of the Child banking family of Osterley Park through the exquisite works of art and furniture they collected. … Continue reading Past Event: A guided tour of ‘Treasures of Osterley’ followed by a talk on the Child family as collectors by John Chu

The Society for the History of Collecting together with the Victoria and Albert Museum present: ‘Violated National Heritage: Theft, Traffic and Restitution’

The Society for the History of Collecting together with the Victoria and Albert Museum present: 'Violated National Heritage: Theft, Traffic and Restitution' 23 March, 2021 at 4.30pm (GMT) Online Attendees who paid for the 2020 event will be refunded, and ticket registration will open in early 2021. If you registered for the 2020 date, you will … Continue reading The Society for the History of Collecting together with the Victoria and Albert Museum present: ‘Violated National Heritage: Theft, Traffic and Restitution’

CFP: The Art Fair: The Rise of a Global Phenomenon (24 January 2020)

Subject: CFP: The Art Fair: The Rise of a Global Phenomenon Deadline: Jan 24, 2020 Call for academic essays for an edited book following the TIAMSA Art Fair conference 2017 Editor: Stephanie Dieckvoss, Senior Lecturer Kingston University (s.dieckvoss@kingston.ac.uk) Context: Following on from the successful first TIAMSA (The International Art Market Studies Association) conference on art … Continue reading CFP: The Art Fair: The Rise of a Global Phenomenon (24 January 2020)

ANN: “Goncourt Brothers and the Taste for the Eighteenth Century,” (28 January 2020, The Frick Collection)

ANN: “Goncourt Brothers and the Taste for the Eighteenth Century,” The Frick Collection, Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Presented by the Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library, this two-part lecture examines the life and enduring influence of brothers Jules and Edmond de Goncourt, nineteenth-century connoisseurs and collectors who … Continue reading ANN: “Goncourt Brothers and the Taste for the Eighteenth Century,” (28 January 2020, The Frick Collection)