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Why We Need to Collect

9 Nov 2007

Loyd Grossman OBE FSA, Chairman of the Campaign for Museums, looks at the development of collecting, from the private sphere to public institutions, the changing role of collections and the continuing imperative to collect.

Reynolds Room; 6.30-7.30pm; £14/£6* (includes lecture, exhibition entry and a drink), £10 (includes lecture and a drink)

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Show photo credits

Alexander Calder, 'Sumac V', 1953, Mobile, painted metal. 125 x 140 cm. Maeght family, Paris. Photo © Galerie Maeght. © Calder Foundation, New York/DACS London 2008

 

Unknown artist, Incense burner in the shape of a church, 10th–11th century. Silver partially gilded, 36 cm. Procuratoria di San Marco, Venezia. Photo per gentile concessione della Procuratoria di San Marco/Cameraphoto Arte, Venice