TALKS: Collectors & Collections: Display & Taste in the Modern & Contemporary Periods

An all-day programme of papers on aspects of the display of collections from the 17th-century to the present day, this study day is intended to allow international emerging scholars to present their work and open discussion in a wide range of different areas- sculpture, drawings, old masters and contemporary art as well as ethnographic objects., Talks look at collectors and examine how they acquired works and displayed them either privately or in museums. Speakers from New York, California, Madrid, Rome and London are all participating with papers ranging from the city as a collector, Ethnographica in the Cabinet of Curiosities or African masks in the studios of early avant-garde artists or Russian collectors of nude

We will have sessions for networking with the speakers and colleagues interested in the history of collecting at lunch and over a drink at the end of the day. This day is a must for anyone with a broad interest in the wider questions on collecting.

For further information or a booking form, please contact a.turpin@iesa.edu
Cost to include tea, lunch and reception £50 and £25 for students.