Conference Schedule
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021
(10:00 AM-4:30 PM, ALL TIMES EST)
10:00-10:30 am
Orthodox Material Culture in the West: Collecting Collectors and Collections
Dr. Lana Sloutsky, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Museum of Russian Icons
10:30-11:00 am
KEYNOTE I
Collecting Byzantine Miniature Mosaic Icons in Papal Rome after the Fall of Constantinople
Dr. Robert S. Nelson, Professor of Art History, Yale University
11:00 am-12:30 pm
EUROPEAN COLLECTORS, COLLECTIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS
Christian Orthodox Artifacts on Tour. The Exhibitions of the 1920s and 1930s
Dr. Francesco Lovino, Associate Fellow, Centre for Early Medieval Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno.
Early Russian Art in Oxford
Dr. Georgi Parpulov, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
The Sekulić Collection of Icons. A Gem of the Belgrade City Museum
Dr. Jelena Erdeljan, Professor of Art History, University of Belgrade ‘Remote Beauty’ or ‘Historical Interest’?
Exploring the Motives of Richard Hare as a Collector and Scholar of Russian Icons
Dr. Louise Hardiman, Independent Scholar
Collecting Orthodoxy in 18th- and 19th-century Rome. From the collection of Agostino Mariotti (1724- 1806) to the Vatican Museums (from 1820 to today)
Dr. Ginevra Odone, Assistant Lecturer in Modern Art History, Aix-Marseille Université
12:30-1:30: Networking Lunch/Break
1:30 pm-2:30 pm
CURATORIAL ROUNDTABLE
Dealers Then and Now: A Moderated Discussion
Dr. Christine Brennan, Senior Researcher and Collections Manager, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dr. Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Associate Curator of the Byzantine Collection, Dumbarton Oaks
Dr. Sir Richard Temple, Bt., Founder of the Temple Gallery, London
2:45-3:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Teaching the Sacred: Education at the Museum of Russian Icons
Amy Consalvi, Director of Education and Visitor Services, Museum of Russian Icons
Collections Management and Care at the Museum of Russian Icons
Laura Garrity-Arquitt, Registrar, Museum of Russian Icons
3:30-4:30: Social Event
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2021
(9:30 AM-4:45 PM, All TIMES EST)
9:30-10:00 am
KEYNOTE II
For Piety and Profit: Ethiopian Icons in the 21st Century
Dr. Raymond Silverman, Professor Emeritus, History of Art, African Studies and Museum Studies, University of Michigan
10:00-11:30 am
AMERICAN COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS I
The Inveterate Collector: A Man of Many Icons
Kent dur Russell, Executive Director, Museum of Russian Icons
From Forges to Fiery Furnaces: Amy Putnam and the Timken Museum’s Russian Icon Collection
Dr. Derrick R. Cartwright, Associate Professor of Art History, University of San Diego, Director of University Galleries, USD, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Timken Museum of Art
Cast Icons: Preserving Sacred Traditions
Dr. Masha Zavialova, Chief Curator of the Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis
Nicholas and Helena Roerichs’ Icon Collection and the Light from the East
Dr. Wendy Salmond, Professor of Art History, Chapman University
11:30 am-12:30 pm: Networking lunch/break
12:30-2:00 pm
AMERICAN COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS II
Post, Davies and Grabar: The Russian Icon
Dr. Roann Barris, Professor of Art History, Radford University
From Private to Public: The Menil Icon Collection in the Museum
Clare Elliott, Associate Research Curator, Menil Collection
Collecting Orthodox Christian Art at the Walters Art Museum: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Christine Sciacca, Associate Curator of European Art, Walters Art Museum
The Worcester Art Museum: Groundbreaking Home to Byzantine Art, 1925-45
Dr. Deborah H. Stein, Independent Scholar and Lecturer, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Long Journey of the Jumati Medallions: To a Monastery, Private Collections and Beyond
Mariam Otkhmezuri Charlton, Graduate Student,
Hunter College, CUNY
2:30-3:30 pm
ORTHODOX COLLECTIONS
The Paul M. Fekula Collection of Orthodox Icons and Liturgical Artifacts
Dmitry Gurevich, Independent Researcher and Proprietor of the Russian Store
Icons in Captivity: Sacred Images of the Romanovs at Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg
Nicholas B. A. Nicholson, Curator, Russian History Museum
Peasant Iconographers. Tradition, Families, and Preserving Personal Background
Dr. Mihaela D. Leonida, Professor of Chemistry, Fairleigh Dickinson University
3:45-4:25 pm
INDEPENDENT PAPERS
Icon Commentaries: From Authenticity to Forgery
Dr. Justin Willson, Lecturer in Medieval and Byzantine Art, Princeton University
Getting the Bug: Collecting Icons Today
Dr. John McCarthy, Former Australian diplomat and icon collector
4:30-4:45
CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. Lana Sloutsky