Hope those of you involved in the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery displays have recovered from all the relentless hard work? Congratulations again on your achievement!
Coming soon, a free talk that might interest students of Museum Studies...by one of your favourite lecturers!
'Merchants of Modernism: Dealers, Exhibitions and the promotion of the avant-garde, 1900-1939' - Talk by Dr. Mark Westgarth
Saturday, 12 November 2011, 3pm
The rise in the interest in the avant-garde is a story that mirrors the evolving conditions of modernity in the early 20th century. New kinds of dealers and new commercial art galleries disseminated avant-garde artworks to a metropolitan public through innovative exhibition strategies, new marketing techniques and the professional practices of the modern art dealer. Focusing on some of the most significant art dealers in the period, including Paul Durand-Ruel and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, and some high profile exhibitions at galleries such as Grafton Galleries, Reid & Lefevre, Leicester Galleries, this introductory talk maps the evolution of the modern art market at a critical moment in its development.
Free event, all welcome. No booking necessary.
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The talk was very enlightening. It touched upon many of the subjects, we are studying in our MA Art Gallery & Museum Studies Program. The talk subtlety embedded many of the topics we discuss in class, taste, the Bourgeoisie society, the ownership of cultural capital, interpretation and so on, which I recognized & grasped due to extensive reading material assigned for our better understanding in museum studies ;). The talk was a reinforcing learning experience that helped me to connect all our seminar lectures(in the classroom & on-site) & readings, shedding light to many of the doubt I had about the importance of the art market then and today in relation to the promotion of emerging artist and new art movements in the evolution art historical practices.
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