Conference: State of the Art, 18-20 July ------

State of the Art: Collecting art and national formation c. 1800–2000

A three-day international conference at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. ------ Wednesday 18 July to Friday 20 July 2007 ------

Since the development of the public art gallery and museum in the early 19th century, art and the collecting of art in Britain have been closely linked to the articulation of national identity and the construction of nationhood. They have thus interleaved with debates on national morality, class, race and gender, and the social and civic functions of culture. In recent years ‘cultures of collecting’ have been subjects of considerable study in art history, museology and other forms of cultural studies. This international conference will build on this research, drawing together a range of academics and curators from national and international institutions, to consider the issues surrounding art collecting and nationhood across a variety of locations and cultures.

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