The Year of the Dealer project final project event takes place on SATURDAY 25th February 2023. Our project partner curators, together with other members of the project team will attend a workshop at the University of Leeds which aims to reflect on the project and it's development, and think about possible futures for the project. We are also 'live testing' one of the Year of the Dealer digital trails at Temple Newsam, Leeds in the afternoon. This event is invitation only, but do keep your eye on the project website for updates on the YoD Digital Trails.
As part of the Year of the Dealer project, we will be organising a Q&A panel with leading antique dealers, Louise Phillips (Chair of the BADA), Simon Myers (of R.N. Myers & Sons) and Tony Lumb (of Charles Lumb & Sons), about 'being an antique dealer' on WEDNESDAY 16th November, 5.30pm-8.00pm at Temple Newsam, Leeds. A wine reception follows the Q&A.
THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO COVID ILLNESS - we will find another date...come back soon.
More details to follow, but hold the date!
As part of the Year of the Dealer project we will be organising a Q&A with leading antique dealer and Antiques Roadshow regular, Lennox Cato on 'being an antique dealer' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight on Thursday 3rd November, 5.30pm-8.00pm. A wine reception follows the Q&A.More details to follow!
THIS EVENT HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO RAIL STRIKE - we will reschedule...keep your eye on the webpages!
More details to follow!
We have made a film of the play 'Quinneys' - please keep your eye on the project website for details of the screenings.
Locating the Jewish Art Dealer in London: cultural and spatial geographies
This keynote lecture from Dr Mark Westgarth forms part of the Jewish Country Houses’ project workshop: Jewish Dealers and the European Art Market, 1850 – 1930.
The Antique Dealer in Fact & Fiction
A Lighthearted Zoom Talk with Dr Mark Westgarth
Mark Westgarth is Associate Professor in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Leeds in the UK.
He is founder and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Art & Antiques Market in the School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies.
He is author of A Biographical Dictionary of 19th Century Antique & Curiosity Dealers (2011), SOLD! The Great British Antiques Story (2019) and more recently, The Emergence of the Antique & Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850: the commodification of historical objects (2020).
He was guest curator for the recent exhibition, ‘SOLD! The Great British Antiques Story’ at the Bowes Museum, County Durham.
This will be a light-hearted talk about the role of antique dealers in fact and fiction and will cover from Dickens to Lovejoy! Should be fun!
**** PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - WE WILL POST A REVISED DATE FOR THE EVENT AS SOON AS WE CAN ***
**** PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - WE WILL POST A REVISED DATE FOR THE EVENT AS SOON AS WE CAN ***
**** PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - WE WILL POST A REVISED DATE FOR THE EVENT AS SOON AS WE CAN ***
**** PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - WE WILL POST A REVISED DATE FOR THE EVENT AS SOON AS WE CAN ***
