THE LONDON ART WEEK SYMPOSIUM - 'CONVERSATIONS ON COLLECTING'
Lunedì 2 dicembre, in occasione della London Art Week sarà organizzato un Simposio inaugurale per favorire il dibattito e l'apprendimento tra pubblico, collezionisti, rappresentanti del mondo dell'arte e professionisti del panorama museale. Organizzato in collaborazione la National Gallery, il Simposio sarà composto da tre tavole rotonde: i relatori tratteranno tematiche legate al fenomeno del collezionismo.
Alle 15.30 l'intervento di Claudio Gulli su Palazzo Butera e la collezione Valsecchi.
La partecipazione al Simposio è gratuita, ma i posti devono essere prenotati in anticipo.
PROGRAMMA DEL SIMPOSIO:
INTRODUZIONE E BENVENUTO DI GABRIELE FINALDI, DIRETTORE, NATIONAL GALLERY
14.30 - 15.15
RETURNING HOME: THE SIGNIFICANCE AND CHALLENGES OF EXHIBITIONS THAT REUNITE HISTORIC COLLECTIONS IN THEIR ORIGINAL SETTING
- Toto Bergamo Rossi, Curator, Domus Grimani; Director, Venetian Heritage Foundation
- Silvia Davoli, Curator, Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill; Paul Mellon Research Curator, Strawberry Hill House; Associate Researcher, University of Oxford
- Thierry Morel, Curator, Houghton Revisited; Director and Curator at Large (Hermitage Museum Foundation USA) and Trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum, London
Moderator: Thomas Stammers, Assistant Professor (Modern European Cultural History), Department of History, Durham University
15.30 - 16.15
COLLECTING TODAY: WHAT MOTIVATES PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND HOW DO THEY ENVISAGE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COLLECTIONS
- Katrin Bellinger, Collector and Founder, Tavolozza Foundation
- Claudio Gulli, Curator, Valsecchi collection at Palazzo Butera, Palermo
- Keir McGuinness, Collector
Moderator: Justin Raccanello, LAW participant, specialist dealer in Italian ceramics
16.30 - 17.15
CHANGING QUESTIONS: THE ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN 2020 AND HOW THEY CAN BETTER ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC
- Ketty Gottardo, Martin Halusa Curator of Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery
- Luke Syson, Director and Marlay Curator, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
- Nicholas Thomas, Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Moderator: Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper
17.30 FINE
Lunedì 2 dicembre, dalle 14.30 alle 17.30
Sainsbury Wing Theatre alla National Gallery, Londra WC2N 5DN