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February 25, 2021
October 6, 2020
Co-sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art and the Frick Art Reference Library, this upcoming four-part symposium examines the connections between science, technology, and art history. Read more for a preview of the important topics under consideration, including what technological advances might benefit the study of art in the near future.
Amaya Alzaga Ruiz, Assistant Professor, History of Art, The National University of Distance Education, Madrid, presents her lecture, "'Madrazo and the New York Collectors of El Greco," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
Richard L. Kagan, Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus of History, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, presents his lecture, "'El Grecophilitis' in Philadelphia: A Case History," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
José Luis Colomer, Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, Madrid, presents his lecture, "El Greco at The Phillips Collection," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection, presents his lecture, "Henry Clay Frick and El Greco," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
Marcus B. Burke, Senior Curator, Museum Department, The Hispanic Society of America, New York, presents his lecture, "Works by El Greco at The Hispanic Society of America and Archer Milton Huntington as a Collector," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
Susan Grace Galassi, Senior Curator at The Frick Collection, presents her lecture, "Stranger in a Strange Land: A Century of Exhibitions of El Greco in New York," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
Ellen Prokop, Associate Photoatchivist at The Frick Art Reference Library, presents her lecture, "The Father of Modern Painting? El Greco's Critical Fortunes," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
Walter Liedtke, Curator of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, presents his lecture, "El Greco in the Metropolitan Museum: From 1905 to the Present," during the one-day symposium El Greco Comes to America: The Discovery of a Modern Old Master. This event was organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection.
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