CONF: Annual Lecture – Judy Rudoe ‘The British Museum and collecting post 1850 applied arts’ (17 Sep 2025, 5:30 PM BST)
In the late 1970s, the decision was made to extend the European applied arts collections into the 20th century. This was in part to bring the European collections in line with other departments…
ANN: CAL x SHC: Creating a ‘Cosmopolis’: Refugee Art Dealers in Twentieth-Century London (29 June 2025 at 4pm GMT)
The Society is delighted to collaborate with Classic Art London (www.classicartlondon.uk) to organise a conversation between Dr Helena Cuss and Dr Elizabeth Pergam on refugee art dealers in pre- and post-war London.
ANN: On the Front Line’: Women Driving the Art World (10 Jun 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (BST), Colnaghi, 26 Bury St, London SW1Y 6ALA)
The Society is delighted to collaborate with WAAW (waawworld.com/) to organise a panel discussion on the remarkable but often overlooked work that women collectors, patrons and curators played in driving the art world both…