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Sean Cham

@seancham.bsky.social

Art, Museums, and the British Empire

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Thank you!

28.11.2024 08:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

28.11.2024 07:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you! Would love to hear your thoughts

28.11.2024 07:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Inheriting Empire, Wealth, and Art: The Baring Family and London’s National Gallery in the Nineteenth Century The Baring family was one of the most influential families in nineteenth-century Britain. They held great financial power through the merchant bank Baring Brothers, political influence as members o...

My first article has just been published open access. I write about imperial wealth, art collecting, and cultural patronage through the lens of a 19c family.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

28.11.2024 07:45 — 👍 44    🔁 10    💬 4    📌 2
Full Documentary: 200 Years of the National Gallery Ep1 - Foundations (1824-1900)
YouTube video by The National Gallery Full Documentary: 200 Years of the National Gallery Ep1 - Foundations (1824-1900)

Earlier this year, I had the wonderful opportunity to share bits of my PhD research (3:48-5:05) in this three-part documentary as part of the National Gallery’s bicentenary. Glad that it's finally made available to the general public.

18.11.2024 17:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Could I be added too please, thank you

17.11.2024 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Call for papers

Call for papers

CfP: 'The British Empire in the Art Gallery: Discourses, Practices, Publics'
📌NPG London, 27 Sept 2024
Deadline: 31 May

Join us to critically discuss the empire and the art gallery. Organised by @seancham.bsky.social and I.

See: tinyurl.com/beagworkshop
Pls share!

22.04.2024 11:34 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 3

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