Calouste Gulbenkian residence. Avenue d’Iéna, Paris. Library, c. 1956-57 Source: https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/evento/collecting-modus-operandi-1900-195 In 2019 the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and the Art Library will have been open for 50 years. Gulbenkian was known as ‘Mr. 5%’, who wanted ‘only the best’, but this conference seeks to go beyond the biographical, or the anecdotic, and to consider Gulbenkian in the … Continue reading Gulbenkian Symposium – Collecting: modus operandi, 1900- 1950, 15-16 February 2019, Lisbon