CFP: Seminar on Collecting and Display (held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London)
Held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London Organisers: Susan Bracken, Andrea M. Gáldy, Adriana Turpin The Collecting and Display Seminar Group at the Institute of Historical Research, London was founded…
CONF: Displaying the British Museum: past, present and future (BP Lecture Theatre, 20-21 FEB 2025)
This wide-ranging two-day conference explores the history of display at the British Museum, from Robert Smirke’s architectural vision to blockbuster exhibitions of the 20th century. Today, the British Museum is preparing for a…
CFP: Artists’ Collections: Objects, Frameworks, Ideas (Munich, 26-27 Jul 20)
Munich, June 26-27, 2020 Call for papers Artists have always assembled a range of artefacts and naturalia: beautiful, rare or “exotic” things, memorabilia, works by other artists, paraphernalia, studio materials and models, artists’…
ANN: Next Research Seminar, 7 October, 6pm, IHR, Senate House
Andrea M. Gáldy will speak on Politics of Culture: Collecting and Display at the Court of (Grand) Duke Cosimo I de‘ Medici In 2019, the 500th birthday of Cosimo I de‘ Medici is being…
CONF: The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now, Part I, 13 July, London
London, The Warburg Institute, July 13, 2016 Studies of the art market have paid great attention to the rise of auctions and the subsequent opening of the art market. However, there was another,…