CONF: The Mutability of Collections – Transformation, Contextualisation and Re-Interpretation (Collecting & Display, London, 7 July 2023)
This one-day conference concentrates on the ways in which objects in collections are added, exchanged or disposed of, translated and transformed. Items can be moved to new surroundings and different decorative settings, resulting…
ANN: Early Modern Collecting and the Shifting Cabinet of Curiosities – Lecture by Patricia Rocco (Collecting and Display, 15 May 2023 18:00 BST, zoom only)
Ulysses Aldrovandi had established one of the largest naturalist collections of his day in 16th century Bologna, including all manner of exotic flora and fauna. His collection was meant to be categorized, catalogued,…
ANN: Collecting Spanish Decorative Arts in Britain and Spain, online seminar (Collecting and Display, 20 Mar 2023; 8pm London GMT)
Coleccionismo de artes decorativas españolas en Gran Bretaña y España / Collecting Spanish Decorative Arts in Britain and Spain (Madrid: Polifemo, 2022) examines the collecting of Spanish decorative arts between about 1850 and…
CFP: The Mutability of Collections: Transformation, Contextualisation and Re-Interpretation (Seminar on Collecting & Display, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 7-8 July 2023)
We invite proposals for papers reflecting on the ways in which the contents of collections are not permanent but may be subject to numerous mutations. Objects in collections are added, exchanged or disposed of, translated and…
TIAMSA Member News: The Anatomy of Wrongdoing: Socio-Psychological Dynamics of Unlawful Art Collecting
Event: Collecting & Display, London14 December 2020, 6.30 p.m. In 1776 Charles Townley (1737-1805), an English collector of antiquities, Grand Tourist and future trustee of the British Museum, received a letter from his…
CONF: More than Money. An interdisciplinary Perspective on Art in Organizations (University of Amsterdam / online, 13-14 Nov 20)
More than Money. An interdisciplinary Perspective on Art in Organizations (University of Amsterdam / online, 13-14 Nov 20) Please note this conference starts today. Conference webpage https://corporatecollecting2020.wordpress.com/.
CFP: From private to public Issues and strategies in the presentation of private collections of modern and contemporary art in public institutions (Grenoble 21 March 2021)
Call for papers for conference:From private to public: Issues and strategies in the presentation of private collections of modern and contemporary art in public institutions Grenoble, 21 March 2021Musée de Grenoble Deadline: 20…
CFP: Collecting & Display International Forum (London, 2020/21)
The Collecting and Display Seminar Group at the Institute of Historical Research, London was founded in 2004 to provide a forum for new research into the many different aspects of the history of…
CONF: Collecting and Display (Munich/London, 22-24 Jun 19)
MUNICH & LONDON, June 22 – 24, 2019Registration deadline: Jun 15, 2019 COLLECTING AND DISPLAY CONFERENCE: A MATTER OF ACCESS22 June 2019 in Munich and 24 June 2019 in London Conference schedule