What: CFP: Fashion and Clothing Collection, Exhibition and Research in Small and Medium Sized Museums in Europe When: 17-19 May 2018 Where: Strasbourg/Haguenau, The Museum of Alsace CFP deadline: 19 December 2017 This interdisciplinary international conference "Fashion and Clothing in Small and Medium Sized Museums in Europe: Collection, Research, Exhibition" is organised by the Europan Research … Continue reading CFP: Fashion and Clothing Collection, Exhibition and Research in Small and Medium Sized Museums in Europe, Strasbourg, 17-19 May 2018
CONF: Surrealism in the United States, Paris, 27-29 November 2017
Conference: Networks, Museums and Collections. Surrealism in the United States When: 27-29 November 2017 Where: Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Hôtel Lully, 45, rue des Petits Champs, F-75001 Paris More information at: info@dfk-paris.org; www.dfk-paris.org With the Support of the Terra Foundation for American Art Academic advisory board: Julia Drost (Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte Paris) Fabrice Flahutez (Université Paris Nanterre) … Continue reading CONF: Surrealism in the United States, Paris, 27-29 November 2017
CFP: From Ruin to Museum, Nottingham, 3-4 July 2018
What: CFP: From Ruin to Museum: the creation of new museums in old buildings in 19th-century Europe Where: University of Nottingham When: 3-4 July 2018 Deadline to submit a proposal: 31 December 2017 Submit papers to Richard Wrigley: richard.wrigley@nottingham.ac.uk In 1878, Nottingham's Castle Museum opened in what had been a charred shell since 1831 (the result of a … Continue reading CFP: From Ruin to Museum, Nottingham, 3-4 July 2018
Forum: Objects of Contention, Spoils from the Yuanmingyuan in British Museums, 15 August and 25 September 2017
In the autumn of 1860 British and French troops looted the Yuanmingyuan, the lavish garden estate of the Qing emperors. Campaign members then returned to Europe rich with spoils. Imperial Chinese objects from the estate, many created by imperial command, have since taken unexpected trajectories in private collections and public museums. Objects of Contention was … Continue reading Forum: Objects of Contention, Spoils from the Yuanmingyuan in British Museums, 15 August and 25 September 2017
Conference: Collecting and Provenance: Usage, Authenticity and Ownership, 13-16 November 2016, Jerusalem
CONFERENCE: Collecting and Provenance: Usage, Authenticity and Ownership Venue: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Date and Time: 13 – 16 November 2016 More information: http://www.collectinganddisplay.com/conferences.html