Symposia
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Holland's Golden Age in America: Collecting the Art of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals,May 15, 2009 to May 16, 2009 Thirteen speakers presented papers on the formation of American collectors’ taste for Dutch art, on specific Gilded Age collections, and on the dissemination of Dutch art across the United States during the twentieth century. The symposium concluded with an interview of the renowned collectors Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo.  Program: Holland's Golden Age in America |
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The American Artist as Collector: From the Enlightenment to the Post-War Era,March 6, 2009 to March 7, 2009 The purpose of this symposium was twofold: to examine the collecting tastes of specific artists who amassed collections of note, and to explore the impact of artist-advisers on the acquisition patterns of other collectors. Click here for more information. Program: The American Artist as Collector |
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Collecting Spanish Art: Spain's Golden Age and America's Gilded Age,November 21, 2008 to November 22, 2008 Organized by the Center in collaboration with the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, Madrid, in honor of Jonathan Brown. Program: Collecting Spanish Art |
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Power Underestimated: American Women Art Collectors ,April 17, 2008 to April 18, 2008 Co-hosted by the Center and the American Studies Program, The Graduate School in Languages, Cultures and Societies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. For program information, including a list of the speakers and titles of their presentations, click here. Program: Power Underestimated |
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Turning Points: Modern Art Collecting, 1913–Present,February 29, 2008 to March 1, 2008 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. Program: Turning Points: Modern Art Collecting |