Join us this Friday for another Stories take over with Alice Minter. Alice is currently curator of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, on loan to the Victoria & Albert Musuem in London. Prior to that, she worked for ten years at Sotheby's in London as a specialist in Silver, Objects of Virtue and Ceramics. Her … Continue reading Instagram Stories: Collection Series with Alice Minter
CONF: Engaging Objects. Looking at Art with Malcolm Baker (Riverside, 21 February 2020)
Subject: CONF: Engaging Objects. Looking at Art with Malcolm Baker (Riverside, 21 Feb 20) University of California Riverside, Center for Ideas and Society, February 21, 2020 Looking at art with Malcolm Baker is always an adventure. This conference celebrates Distinguished Professor Emeritus Baker’s scholarship and his time at UCR, from 2007 to 2019. Baker is … Continue reading CONF: Engaging Objects. Looking at Art with Malcolm Baker (Riverside, 21 February 2020)
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’
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)
REMINDER: Celebrating the Bicentenary of Prince Albert and his role as a collector by The Society for the History of Collecting (London, 4 December 2019)
Celebrating the Bicentenary of Prince Albert and his role as a collector WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 6-8PM FOLLOWED BY DRINKS THE COURT ROOM, SENATE HOUSE, MALET ST LONDON WC 1 7HU This special seminar will explore Prince Albert’s significance to the cultural life of Victorian Britain, from his collecting practices to his role in creating the … Continue reading REMINDER: Celebrating the Bicentenary of Prince Albert and his role as a collector by The Society for the History of Collecting (London, 4 December 2019)