| Symposia
Turning Points: Modern Art Collecting, 1913–Present
The cause for a shift in artistic taste or a realignment
of collecting patterns at times may seem untraceable.
As one generation of collectors in the early twentieth
century placed a premium on old masters, another
favored the European avant-garde, while yet a third
focused on the work of contemporary American
artists. This symposium will identify turning points in
modern art collecting during the period initiated by the
Armory Show of 1913 and explore the socioeconomic
circumstances that made these shifts all but inevitable.
Keynote Address: To Have and To Hold
Robert Storr, Dean, Yale School of Art, Yale
University
For a program information, click here.
Friday and Saturday
February 29 and March 1, 2008
The Frick Collection
One East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
To register call 212-547-0667 or send an e-mail to center@frick.org.
Turning Points in Old Master Collecting, 1830–1940
In collaboration with the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, whose President Marilyn Perry has offered invaluable advice and support, the Center's first symposium "Turning Points in Old Master Collecting, 1830-1940" was presented on May 19, 2007. Keynote speaker Neil Harris shaped the issues and led a discussion surrounding turning points in art collecting from 1830 to 1939 with special emphasis on changing trends in collecting old master paintings.
For more information, including synopses of the presentations, see Lectures: Symposium.
Click here for more photographs of the 2007 Symposium.
Inge Reist, Chief of Research Collections and Programs, and
Director of the Center for the History of Collecting in America; Linda S. Ferber, Vice President, Director of Museum Division, New-York Historical Society; Anne Poulet, Director, The Frick Collection. |
