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From ArtHist.net and ICRA:

 International Catalogue Raisonné Association Annual Conference, On Paper
Royal Academy, London, 5 December 2023

Lorenzo di Credi, Study of Drapery for a Seated Figure, detail (Paris: Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt).

The International Catalogue Raisonné Association (ICRA) is pleased to host its forthcoming annual conference, titled On Paper, at The Royal Academy London on 5 December 2023. The day-long conference will present unique perspectives from leading professionals in the field on all aspects of paper—from cataloguing, curating and conservation, to materials, techniques and artists’ innovative use of paper across the centuries from Old Masters to present day. On Paper will provide deep insight into the questions and challenges posed by paper both as a support and medium. Ticket are available at eventbrite; £150 for ICRA members, £250 for non-members. Discounted tickets are available for art historians and academics; send an email to Esme at esme.constanti@icra.art for further information.

p r o g r a m m e

9.00  Registration

9.30  Welcome — Teresa Krasny (ICRA Chair)

9.35  Introduction to the Royal Academy’s Collection of Works on Paper — Annette Wickham (Curator of Works on Paper, RA, London)

9.45  A Brief History of Paper-Making — Susan Catcher (Senior Paper Conservator, V&A, London)

10.15  The Art of Cataloguing Works on Paper — Gregory Rubinstein (Head of Old Master Drawings Department, Sotheby’s, London) and Fabienne Ruppen (Assistant Curator, Kunstmuseum Basel)

11.15  Coffee and Tea

11.30  The Legacy of a Works on Paper Collector and Art Historian: Frits Lugt — Rhea Blok (Curator, Fondation Custodia, Paris)

12.00  Spotlight on Pastel — Leila Survage (Paper Conservator, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) with Margaret Zayer (la Maison du Pastel, Paris)

12.30  Lunch and visit to the RA’s exhibition Impressionists on Paper: From Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec

2.00  Prints: The Unique versus the Multiple
Moderator Daniel Herrmann (Curator of Modern & Contemporary Projects, The National Gallery and author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Eduardo Paolozzi’s prints)
Alan Cristea (20th- and 21st-century gallerist and print dealer, London) and Kari Greve (Paper Conservator, National Museum Oslo and author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Nikolai Astrup’s prints)

3.00  Pushing the Boundaries of Paper: Radical Approaches
Moderator: Yuval Etgar (author, The Ends of Collage and Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art)
Claudine Grammont (Head of Cabinet d’art graphique, Centre Pompidou, Paris) and Eric Robertson (Professor of Modern French Literary and Visual Culture, Royal Holloway, University of London)

4.00  Coffee and Tea

4.15  Rethinking the Role of Paper in an Artist’s Legacy
Moderator: Andrea Rose (art historian and editor of Leon Kossoff: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings)
Adam Greenhalgh (lead author of the catalogue raisonné Mark Rothko: The Works on Paper and Associate Curator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC), Kira Kofoed (Head of Archives, Thorvaldsen Museum), and Sewon Kang (Archivist, The Easton Foundation/Louise Bourgeois Archive and Cataloguer, Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books)

5.15  Keynote Presentation — Claudette Johnson (artist)
Currently the subject of a major exhibition, Claudette Johnson: Presence at The Courtauld Gallery (29 September 2023 — 14 January 2024), Johnson will share key insights into her practice over the past three decades.

5.45  Closing Remarks — Teresa Krasny (ICRA Chair)