CFP: CAA 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: The Collector and Cultural Narratives
Deadline: July 20, 2019 Julie Codell, Arizona State University From the mid-19th century, a new kind of narrative about private collectors appeared in Europe and the US, e.g., Jameson’s Companion to the Most…
CFP: Session at CAA 2020: The Institution as Collector (Chicago, 12-15 Feb 20)
Chairs: Elizabeth A. Pergam, PhD Adriana Turpin, PhD Both the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrate their 150th anniversaries in 2020. Yet these two institutions began in…
MEMBERS ANN: Patrons and Lovers of Art: Art Institutions, collecting and the wealth of empire in early nineteenth century London, 23rd May 2019, London
The foundation in Britain of a National Gallery in 1824 was commemorated in a remarkable painting by Dutch artist Pieter Christoffel Wonder, Patrons and Lovers of Art (1830).
CFP: Collecting impressionism (Rouen, 25-26 Jun 20)
Rouen, H2o auditorium, June 25 – 26, 2020Deadline: Jun 20, 2019 An international symposium organised by the Paris Nanterre University Foundation in partnership with the Labex “Les Passés dans le Présent” , and…
STIP: Center for the History of Collecting Fellowships, The Frick Collection, New York
The Center for the History of Collecting encourages and supports the awareness and study of the formation of fine and decorative arts collections in the United States from Colonial times to the present,…
CFP: Volume: Art and Science of Collecting in 18th Cent. Europe
Deadline: Jan 30, 2019 Call for Essays: “The Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe”Edited by Dr. Arlene Leis and Dr. Kacie Wills We are inviting chapter abstracts for a collection of…
CFP: A Matter of Access – Collections and their Visibility, London & Munich 22-25 June 2019
Organisers: Susan Bracken, Andrea M. Gáldy, Adriana Turpin (International Forum Collecting & Display) Since its foundation in 2004, the international forum Collecting & Display has investigated numerous aspects of both collections and collectors….
CONF: Sammeln und Ausstellen global? (Duesseldorf, 1 Feb 19)
Ein Studientag anlässlich der Ausstellung Museum global. Mikrogeschichten einer ex-zentrischen Moderne Seit seiner Entstehung im 18. Jahrhundert ist das Museum ein Ort permanenter Neu- und Umordnungen. Sammlungen haben den Anspruch von Dauer. Gleichwohl…
ANN: Collecting Prints and Drawings: Thematic Virtual Issue
The Journal of the History of Collections has launched a Thematic Virtual Issue on the topic of Collecting Prints and Drawings. The collection compiles articles from past issues of the journal and is…