Events

Speaker: Marjolijn Bol

Artists as Futurists? On the History of Durability in Art and the Making of the Future

Research Seminar

Public event without registration
Date: Jun 30, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Marjolijn Bol
Location: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome
Categories: Research Seminar, Research Group Fransen, MPFG-Fransen - Media Revolutions and Images
Contact: katja.hackstein@biblhertz.it

Why did artists want to make objects they hoped would last a long time? And why did their patrons want to own long-lasting works of art? This talk will give an introduction to Dynamics of the Durable: A History of Making Things Last in the Visual and Decorative Arts (DURARE), a project funded by the European Research Council. [more]