Botanical Treasures: Inspiration from Nature in Porcelain and on Paper – Opens Summer 2021

Botanical Treasures: Inspiration from Nature in Porcelain and on Paper – Opens Summer 2021 Made possible after a successful joint application to the Finnis Scott Foundation Botanical Art Award, from May 2021 the Museum of Royal Worcester will be co-hosting a botanical art exhibition with members of the Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration (GSBI). The core … Continue reading Botanical Treasures: Inspiration from Nature in Porcelain and on Paper – Opens Summer 2021

Seminar: Collecting and Display (Autumn Programme Online)

SEMINAR COLLECTING AND DISPLAY  AUTUMN PROGRAMME ONLINE  The seminar, organised by Susan Bracken, Andrea Galdy and Adriana Turpin, was established in 2004 and was one of the first in its field. It holds monthly meetings on Monday evenings with a range of international speakers on a wide variety of subjects. Our sessions cover diverse topics … Continue reading Seminar: Collecting and Display (Autumn Programme Online)

CFP: 3 Sessions at AAH 2020 (Birmingham, 14-16 April 21)

Subject: CFP: 3 Sessions at AAH 2020 (Birmingham, 14-16 Apr 21) Association for Art History’s 47th Annual Conference (AAH), University of Birmingham, April 14 - 17, 2021 Deadline: Oct 19, 2020 [1] Why Trompe l’Oeil? The art of deception across the boundaries of time and space [2] The Space Between Non-Arts and Fine Arts: Confronting Gender and … Continue reading CFP: 3 Sessions at AAH 2020 (Birmingham, 14-16 April 21)

REMINDER – SHC Online Lecture: Charles I and the Art of Italy in Spain (13 August 2020)

Invites you to its Online Lecture Charles I and the Art of Italy in Spain Dr Susan Bracken Thursday August 13, 6.30 pm (BST) 1623 was a significant year for the outstanding collection being formed by the future Charles I.  In January John and Tom Smith (aka Charles, Prince of Wales and George Villiers, Marquess … Continue reading REMINDER – SHC Online Lecture: Charles I and the Art of Italy in Spain (13 August 2020)

Reminder! CFP: SHC Collecting and Display of Small, Portable Objects (submit before 30 July 2020)

The Society for the History of Collecting Call for Papers Renaissance Society of America Conference Dublin, Ireland, 7–10 April 2021 Collecting and Display of Small, Portable Objects (15th–17th century) The taste for small objects, such as gems, jewels, coins, small antiquities, statuettes and miniature works of art is evident in leading collections from the fifteenth … Continue reading Reminder! CFP: SHC Collecting and Display of Small, Portable Objects (submit before 30 July 2020)