| Colloquia
The concept of a Center for the history of art collecting in America began to take shape at a colloquium held at the Frick in May 2005, when thirteen participants reached a clear consensus that such a center should exist to serve this new and growing field of inquiry, in which social-, cultural- and art historians, as well as interested laymen share a keen and mutually beneficial interest. Since the Colloquium, dozens of additional meetings with potential advisors and collaborators have taken place and spurred development of the Center’s mission and programming.
In the future, the Center will bring together scholars for colloquia who are focused on particular aspects of American collecting. It is hoped that their free exchange of ideas will generate publications that will fill lacunae in the field. |
