Appel à candidature : Bourses de Master en histoire du marché de l’art et du collectionnisme (Londres, septembre 2016)

755px-Johan_Zoffany_-_Tribuna_of_the_Uffizi_-_Google_Art_ProjectFULL AND PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR THE MA IN THE ART MARKET AND THE HISTORY OF COLLECTING

The University of Buckingham

A one-year MA offered by the University of Buckingham and the National Gallery in association with Waddesdon Manor (Rothschild Collections). Investigating American and European art markets and cultures of collecting from the Renaissance to the present day, it is taught by staff from the University of Buckingham, the National Gallery and Waddesdon Manor.

A unique MA

A unique feature of the course will be access to two of the greatest surviving art dealers’ archives: Agnew’s, acquired by the National Gallery in 2014, and Colnaghi’s, housed since . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : « Gendering Museum Histories » (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 7-8 septembre 2016)

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Autoportrait, 1790 This conference addresses the relationship between museums, galleries and gender during the last 400 years. Museums can be understood as buildings, institutions, collections, displays, interpretations and groups of people; each of these aspects has both reflected and shaped ideas about gender and its construction and meaning. While the gendering of collections and museum displays has attracted some attention (for example Porter 1990; Machin 2008), too often other gendered aspects of museum and gallery history, such as employment practices or visitors, have been mentioned only in passing, yet it seems likely that museums have been responsible both for defining and for subverting gender roles . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : Bourses pour le Master « The Art Market and the History of Collecting » (Londres, 2016)

Cognoscenti_in_a_Room_hung_with_Pictures_-_c._1620Full and partial scholarships available generously funded by P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd. Apply now for January 2016

A Unique MA: Investigating American and European art markets and cultures of collecting from the Renaissance to the present day, the MA is taught by staff from the University of Buckingham, the National Gallery and Waddesdon Manor.

The course is mostly based in the National Gallery in London and includes study trips to Paris and Florence.

A unique feature of the course will be access to two of the greatest surviving art dealers’ archives: Agnew’s, acquired by the National Gallery in 2014, and Colnaghi’s, housed since February 2014 in the Windmill Hill Archive, Waddesdon Manor. It is the first MA . . . → En lire plus