Book Launch | Art and Race
This evening at The Courtauld:
An Evening about Art and Race, Launching L’Art et la Race: L’Africain (tout) contre l’oeil des Lumières
The Courtauld Institute of Art, King’s Cross, London, 11 June 2019
Organized by Katie Scott and Esther Chadwick
The Courtauld Institute invites you to a round-table discussion to celebrate the publication of Anne Lafont’s major new book L’Art et la Race: L’Africain (tout) contre l’oeil des Lumières (2019) and to mark the exhibition Le Modèle noir at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. The book will be launched by Dr Mechthild Fend (UCL) and Dr Esther Chadwick (Courtauld), followed by conversation between Professor Lafont (EHESS), Professor David Bindman (UCL), and Sam McGuire (Tate) about the staging of the exhibition. Drinks reception to follow.
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 5:00–6:30pm; Research Forum Seminar Room, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Campus, Penton Rise, London. Free and open to all. Registration details are available here.
Call for Papers | 2020 Wallace Seminars on Collections and Collecting
From the Call for Papers:
2020 Wallace Collection Seminars on the History of Collections and Collecting
The Wallace Collection, London, last Monday of the Month
Proposals due by 6 September 2019
The seminar series was established as part of the Wallace Collection’s commitment to the research and study of the history of collections and collecting, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Paris and London. We are keen to encourage contributions covering all aspects of the history of collecting, including:
• Formation and dispersal of collections
• Dealers, auctioneers and the art market
• Collectors
• Museums
• Inventory work
• Research resources
The seminars, which are normally held on the last Monday of every month during the calendar year, excluding August and December, act as a forum for the presentation and discussion of new research into the history of collecting. Seminars are open to curators, academics, historians, archivists and all those with an interest in the subject. Papers are generally 45–60 minutes long, and all the seminars take place at the Wallace Collection between 5.30 and 7pm.
If interested, please send a short text (500–750 words) and a brief CV, indicating any months when you would not be available to speak, by Friday 6 September 2019. For more information and to submit a proposal, please contact collection@wallacecollection.org. Please note that we are able to contribute up to the following sums towards speakers’ travelling expenses on submission of receipts:
• Speakers within the UK – £80
• Speakers from Continental Europe – £160
• Speakers from outside Europe – £250
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