ANN: Tricks of the Trade: Duveen Brothers and the Market for the Decorative Arts, 1880–1940 – Lecture by Charlotte Vignon (Getty Center / online, 5 May 2022, 12-1pm PST)
Drawing from her publication, Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880–1940 (2019), curator and professor Charlotte Vignon discusses the commercial strategies and the relationships with preeminent collectors, including J. P. Morgan, that led this…
ANN: Emperor Rudolf II’s Paintings Collection Revisited: New Ideas and Perspectives – Lecture by Štěpán Vácha (Collecting Central Europe, 22 Mar 2022, 7pm; online)
Rudolf’s art collections represent an extensive field of research with a wide range of opinions. The current discourse oscillates between the idea of a private museum accessible only to the emperor and court artists…
CFP: Virtus Special Issue: Collectioneurs Nobles. Continuity and Change in Aristocratic Collecting Practices in Belgium and the Netherlands (1750-1950)
The long nineteenth and early twentieth century is often considered a period of socially widening collecting practices. Besides the boom of public museums, the general understanding of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century collecting is…
TODAY: TIAMSA Live Book Discussion No. 4 – Georgina Walker: The Private Collector’s Museum. Public Good Versus Private Gain (online 25 Nov 2021, 12 noon CET)
Today, TIAMSA hosts its fourth book discussion, focussing on Georgina Walker’s book “The Private Collector’s Museum“. Following our trusted format, a brief presentation of the book by the author Georgina Walker will be followed by a…
TIAMSA Live Book Discussion No. 4 – Georgina Walker: The Private Collector’s Museum. Public Good Versus Private Gain (online 25 Nov 2021, 12 noon CET)
TIAMSA is happy to announce a fourth book discussion, focussing on Georgina Walker’s book “The Private Collector’s Museum“. Following our trusted format, a brief presentation of the book by the author Georgina Walker will be followed…
CONF: Des collections aux musées. Collectionneurs et passeurs culturels au temps de Feliks Jasieński (1861-1929) (online / INHA Paris, 18-19 Nov 2021)
La collection Jasieński représente plus de quinze mille œuvres d’art réunies dans la dernière décennie du XIXe siècle et les deux premières décennies du XXe siècle ; elle comprend des peintures, des sculptures…
CONF: Collections privees dans les institutions publiques (Montpellier MO.CO. / online, 18 Nov 2021, 9.30am CET)
Collections privees dans les institutions publiques, Montpellier MO.CO. L’événement peut être suivi en direct: https://youtu.be/CVQesY5r4Vc
ANN: Federico Zeri collezionista eccentrico (online/Fondazione Zeri Bologna, 7 Oct-25 Nov 2021; in Italian)
Ciclo di conferenze – Federico Zeri collezionista eccentrico: “Non credo al bello ma all’opera d’arte come documento storico” Inizia il 7 ottobre la rassegna di incontri Federico Zeri collezionista eccentrico, una delle iniziative promosse dal…
CFP: Sammler*innen, Sammlung, Netz – Eine Tagung zu den Netzimplikationen von Sammlungspraxis und Sammlungsforschung (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel; 30 Mar-1 Apr 2022)
Eine Sammlung trägt Objekte zusammen, verknüpft sie und spiegelt strukturell und funktional die Grundeigenschaft des Netzes. Mit Blick auf die Sammlungspraxis sind allenthalben Vernetzungsgeschehen zu beobachten. Gegenwärtig werden Objekte mit Hilfe moderner Technologien in…