| 10 May 2016 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm | LG19 Faculty of Law | |
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Description
Free and open to all. No registration required.
Wim Pijbes, CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Art History 2015-16 will be in conversation with Dr Emilie Gordenker, Director of the Mauritshuis. This is part of a series of events on the theme of how to make old masters museums relevant for today and the future. The event will be chaired by Dr Alexander Marr (History of Art, University of Cambridge).
How do you make a collection with old masters and only paintings, in a building which in itself can't be refurbished, relevant and appealing to the audience of today and tomorrow? Wim Pijbes will lead the conversation with Emilie Gordenker on the issues below.
1. The building: architecture and the extension of the Mauritshuis
2. The audience: which tools you use to attract the audience
3. The collection: what is the role and how can you 'use' your icons
Other events in the series
Friday 6 May 2016 Lecture
Refurbishing the Rijksmuseum
Monday 9 May 2016
When is Art National? In Conversation with Dr Nicholas Cullinan
Fir administrative enquiries please contact Michelle Maciejewska.
About the Professorship
The Humanitas Chair in the History of Art has been made possible by the generous support of J E Safra and the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust who sponsor the Humanitas events in Cambridge.
The Humanitas Visiting Professorship in the History of Art explores a wide range of approaches to the history of art, from the economic, social and philosophical to the cultural and aesthetic.
Previous Humanitas Visiting Professor in History of Art
2013-14 Pierre Rosenberg (former Director of the Louvre)
2012-13: Philippe de Montebello (Director Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fiske Kimball Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)
Standing Committee
Simon Goldhill (Director, CRASSH)
Tim Knox (Director, Fitzwilliam Museum)
Paul Binski (History of Art, Cambridge)
Alexander Marr (History of Art, Cambridge)
Hosting College
Clare College
