Jewish Dealers and the European Art Market, (December, 2021)
This workshop, held in partnership with the Gilbert Collection at the V&A, London Art Week, and the National Trust, examined the social and commercial connections of Jewish dealers across Europe, the hostility they encountered, and their role in the development of the global art market.
The workshop was preceded by a programme of public events hosted by London Art Week which can now been viewed online. For more information, and to view other events hosted by London Art Week, visit https://tinyurl.com/2s3tefjp
In conversation: Belonging and Betrayal - How Jews Made the Art World Modern
Charles Dellheim (Boston) in conversation with James McAuley (Contributing columnist, The Washington Post), discussing the publication of Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern (Brandeis, 2021).
In conversation: Sargent's Wertheimers
Jean Strouse (New York) in conversation with Caroline Corbeau-Parsons (Musee d'Orsay) on Strouse's book about John Singer Sargent's twelve portraits of the art dealer Asher Wertheimer and his family.
The Jewish Contribution to Art Dealing in London.
A roundtable discussion about the heritage of Jewish art and antique dealerships in nineteenth and twentieth-century London.
Dr Diana Davis, Independent Researcher, UK Martin Levy, Chairman of H. Blairman and Sons Ltd and member of the Spoliation Advisory Panel, UK Alice Minter, Curator at the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London Cherith Summers, Director at Murphy & Partners, London Moderator: Dr Thomas Marks, Writer and art critic, Associate fellow of The Warburg Institute, London and Trustee of Art UK
FEATURED PUBLICATION
With a wide variety of illustrations, including paintings, decorative arts, historic photographs and archival material, the volume adopts a mix of methodological approaches to analyse a key chapter in Jewish cultural history and in the history of the international art market.
Published 23 January 2025
Hardback 336pp
ISBN 9781350473683 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
