The Brummer Galleries in Paris and New York: From Antiquities to the Avant-Garde
Museum curators and other scholars consider the influence of the early 20th-century art dealers Joseph and Ernest Brummer and their galleries in Paris and New York.
Organized across six curatorial departments at The Met, this two-day symposium provides an opportunity to highlight and assess original research on this renowned art dealing firm. The Brummer galleries played a significant role in the formation of countless institutional and private collections in fields as varied as Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Ancient Greek and Roman, Ancient American, Middle Eastern, Iranian, and Medieval Art, and ranging from African sculpture to avant-garde painting. Among the many museums that maintained a long-term relationship with Joseph and Ernest Brummer, The Met houses the largest and foremost collection of works of art with Brummer provenances in any museum in the world.
The symposium is made possible by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Billy Rose Foundation.
DAY 1
Friday, October 13 - REGISTER HERE
The Fuentidueña Chapel, The Met Cloisters
Afternoon Session, 1:30–5 pm
Welcoming Remarks
C. Griffith Mann, Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met
A Family Affair: The Brummers and Art Dealing in Paris, 1906–1914
Monika Bincsik, Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art, The Met
Yaëlle Biro, Associate Curator for the Arts of Africa, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Met
Christel Hollevoet-Force, Associate Research Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met
From Paris to New York: A Gallery in Transition
Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Tom Hardwick, Independent Scholar
Julie Jones, Curator Emeritus, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Met
DAY 2
Saturday, October 14 - REGISTER HERE (separate registration from DAY 1)
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, The Met Fifth Avenue
Morning Session, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Carrie Rebora Barratt, Deputy Director for Collections and Administration, The Met
New York: The Triumphant Years
Christine E. Brennan, Senior Research Associate, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met
Lucretia Kargère, Conservator, Department of Objects Conservation, The Met Cloisters
Maya Muratov, Senior Research Assistant, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi, Hagop Kevorkian Research Associate, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Met
Martina Rugiadi, Associate Curator, Department of Islamic Art, The Met
Afternoon Session, 1:30–5 pm
The Brummer Legacy, 1947–2017
Marianne Wardle, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programs, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Michael Carter, Associate Museum Librarian, The Met Cloisters
Dr. John Laszlo, former Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Programs, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center; Vice President for Research, American Cancer Society (ret.); and nephew of Ella Baché Brummer and Ernest Brummer
William D. Wixom, Curator Emeritus, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met
Charles T. Little, Curator Emeritus, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met