Esther Bell, Hardymon Director, and Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture, cordially invite you to a symposium in honor of the Aso O. Tavitian Collection gift to the Clark Art Institute. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection, this one-day gathering explores current scholarship on early modern European art.
Free and open to scholars and the public. Advance registration required. Register at events.clarkart.edu. Accessible seats available. Call 413 458 0570 with any questions. A 9:30 am reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.
Session one
10:20–10:45 am
Mysteriously Meant: The Varied Lives of Two Renaissance Portraits
Dennis Geronimus, Professor of Renaissance Art History, New York UniversityÂ
10:50–11:15 am
François Duquesnoy all’antico: a Rediscovered Self-Portrait in Terracotta?
Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture, Clark Art Institute
11:20–11:45 am
An Artful Gift: Bernini’s Matilda of Canossa from Papal Diplomacy to the Aso O. Tavitian Collection at the Clark
Lisa Ellis, Conservator, Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario
11:50–12:10 pm
Discussion
Facilitated by Caroline Fowler, Starr Director of the Research and Academic Program, Clark Art Institute
Session two
2:00–2:25 pm
Clodion in Relief
Sarah Grandin, Lecturer in the Arts of Early Modern France, The Courtauld Institute of Art
2:30–2:55 pm
Revolutionary Women: Angelica Kauffmann and Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Artists of Their Times
Paris Spies-Gans, Art Historian and Writer
3:00–3:15 pm
Discussion
Facilitated by Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture, Clark Art InstituteÂ
Session three: panel discussion
3:30–4:15 pm
Collecting Early Modern European Art
A conversation with Stuart Lochhead (Stuart Lochhead Sculpture), Nicholas Hall (Nicholas Hall Ltd.), and Etienne Breton (Saint Honoré Art Consulting); facilitated by Olivier Meslay (Professor, École du Louvre)
This symposium is generously supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.