An international group connecting scholars interested in the history of collecting in all its forms societyhistorycollecting.org
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SocHistColl retweeted
30 Jul 2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We are looking for contributors to our panel on Manipulations🤚 – the practice of retouching, repurposing, and reframing objects as they move across cultural boundaries and owners – for the Renaissance Society of America 2026 conference in San Francisco #RSA
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SocHistColl retweeted
31 Jul 2025
📣 CFP for the next RSA in San Francisco! How objects are manipulated, by whom and why? How do we define these practices? Deadline is August 10 #RSA #arthistory #materialculture #conservationstudies #materiality
30 Jul 2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We are looking for contributors to our panel on Manipulations🤚 – the practice of retouching, repurposing, and reframing objects as they move across cultural boundaries and owners – for the Renaissance Society of America 2026 conference in San Francisco #RSA
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2 Jul 2025
Don't miss our next event!
Book launch of Irene M. Walsh’s new publication: “Lillie P. Bliss: Collector, Advocate and Visionary Benefactor of the Museum of Modern Art”
9th July 2025
6:00 - 8:30 pm (BST)
Art Workers’ Guild (London)
In-person
Register here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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24 Jun 2025
... And on Monday, 30th June, we'll wait for you here:
“The Rise of Private Museums: The Intersection of Public and Private in Latin America”
A talk by Lassla Esquivel
11.30am BST
Society of Antiquaries of London
Please register here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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24 Jun 2025
If you are in London next weekend, don’t miss this! 👀
“Creating a ‘Cosmopolis’: Refugee Art Dealers in Twentieth-Century London”
29 June, 4pm BST
A conversation between Helena Cuss and Elizabeth Pergam
Colnaghi, 26 Bury St, London SW1Y 6AL
Register here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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22 Jun 2025
Join our upcoming in-person event in Paris! 😍
Special tour of the exhibition: “Le Dernier Sacre” at the Galerie des Gobelins
1st July 2025
4:30-6:00 pm (CEST)
Open to Members and Non-members!
Register – by 30th June – here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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14 May 2025
... Then, in the afternoon, don't miss this online lecture by Giulia Zaccariotto about the collection of Mario Scaglia displayed in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo.
Open to members and non-members!
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
And for infos: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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14 May 2025
Tomorrow @sochistcoll will host two events: in the morning, a special visit to the exhibition "Siena: The Rise of Painting" in London, dedicated to our Members!
Registrations are closed but more infos here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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16 Apr 2025
Link to register: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
Open to members and non-members, free registration!
13 Apr 2025
Don’t miss our upcoming online lecture!
"Ettore Modigliani (1873-1947) in Milan between public and private collecting", by Lorenzo Francesco Colombo
On Thursday, 17th April 2025 - 6:30 PM (CET)
Online, on zoom
The link for free registration for the event will be available soon!
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13 Apr 2025
Don’t miss our upcoming online lecture!
"Ettore Modigliani (1873-1947) in Milan between public and private collecting", by Lorenzo Francesco Colombo
On Thursday, 17th April 2025 - 6:30 PM (CET)
Online, on zoom
The link for free registration for the event will be available soon!
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29 Mar 2025
Another Call for Papers Alert: “Unveiling Hidden Histories, Creating New Narratives: The Collections of Teaching Institutes”, @SocHistColl online seminar to be held on 10 July 2025.
Deadline: 7 April!
Please send submission to SHC.seminar.2025@gmail.com
👉arthist.net/archive/44812
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28 Mar 2025
@SocHistColl seeks proposals for its sponsored session at Sixteenth Century Society Conference (Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2025)
Topic: "Histories and Afterlives of Renaissance Collections", deadline: April 10
Send it with a CV: americas@societyhistorycollecting.org
sixteenthcentury.org/confere…
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26 Mar 2025
Next event of @SocHistColl 👉 Tour of Swann Auction Galleries - Preview of their African American Art Sale (April 3)
Monday, 31st March 2025
6:00 - 7:30 PM (EDT)
104 East 25th Street, 7th floor, New York
Fully booked, but you can join the waitlist: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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16 Mar 2025
Don’t miss our upcoming online lecture😊
"Inside the Cerruti Collection: Stories from a House-Museum near Turin", by Laura Cantone
Thursday, 20th March 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (CET)
Online, on zoom - Open to members and non-members!
Register here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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SocHistColl retweeted
3 Mar 2025
CFP: CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL CONTEXTS @musgalhistgroup annual conference @NationalGallery 26th-27th Sept 2025 Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-events @SocHistColl @RHGeoHumanities @Nat_SCA @mus_ethno_group @Kew_LAA
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23 Feb 2025
Tomorrow! Seminar by Marie Tavinor - "Leeds, New York and Tokyo: Sir Joseph Duveen’s Support of Living British Artists” (Collecting & Display series)
6:00 - 7:30 pm (GMT)
Online & IHR, University of London
Link to register: history.ac.uk/events/leeds-n…
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SocHistColl retweeted
30 Jan 2025
CFP: CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS @musgalhistgroup annual conference with @NationalGallery, 26th-27th Sept '25. Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-events @SocHistColl @SPNHC @Nat_SCA @mus_ethno_group @uniofleicester
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15 Feb 2025
👉Today @SocHistColl at @caavisual in NYC-Hilton Midtown✨
11:00am "Presenting Contemporary Art in Museums, ca. 1880-1930: Temporary Exhibitions, Institutional Networks and Collecting"
1:00pm "The Evolving House Museum: Collectors and Their Residences Then and Now (Brill, 2024)
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12 Feb 2025
New Event alert! 📢
Join us in Milan for a special visit to the Poldi Pezzoli Museum ✨
📆Tuesday, 25 February - 11am CET
The tour will be led by Lavinia Galli, curator at the Museum and member of our Italian Chapter.
Register here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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30 Nov 2024
Register by tomorrow for this special visit of @SocHistColl:
Tour of the exhibition “Il Tesoro di Terrasanta” at Museo Marino Marini, Florence
Tuesday, 3rd December, 4 to 6 pm (CET)
Visit led by Leyla Bezzi, exhibition curator, in Italian
Register here: thesocietyforthehistoryofcol…
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