Private Collecting and Public Display: Art Markets and Museums conference
Private Collecting and Public Display: Art Markets and Museums conference
Call for papers for a two-day conference at the University of Leeds on 30 and 31 March 2017, organised by the Centre for the Study of the Art and Antiques Market.
This two-day conference investigates the relationships between ‘private’ collections of art (fine art, decorative art and antiquities), and the changing dynamics of their display in ‘public’ exhibitions and museums.
We are delighted to confirm Dr Susanna Avery-Quash, Senior Research Curator (History of Collecting) at the National Gallery, London as our keynote speaker.
The postgraduate subcommittee of the Centre for the Study of the Art and Antiques Market at the University of Leeds includes Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth, Anna Reeve, Shir Kochavi and Heather Findling. We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers which explore these themes or which address any other aspect of the private collecting and public display of collections, from the Early Modern period until the 21st century.
Topics can include but are not limited to:
The relationships between ‘private’ and ‘public’ spheres
The role and impact of the art market in the ‘public’ and ‘private’ realms
The history and role of temporary loan exhibitions
The role played by gender in collecting practices and bequests
Collecting and loaning objects by minority groups
Legacies of the collector
Philanthropy versus self-promotion
Deaccessioning – public museums selling art back into art market/into private collections
The dynamic of contemporary art collecting and public art galleries
To propose a paper
Please send a Word document with your contact information, paper title, an abstract of 300-500 words, and a short biographical note. Full session proposals for a panel of three papers are also welcomed. Some travel bursaries will be available for accepted speakers.
Proposals should be sent to csaa@leeds.ac.uk by 1st November 2016.
For full information about the Private Collecting and Public Display: Art Markets and Museums conference, see the website for the Centre for the Study of the Art and Antiques Market.
