By Jamie Kwan As a scholar of the Early Modern, I have made my yearly pilgrimage to the annual Renaissance Society of America (RSA) conference. As many of you may know, it is an academic, interdisciplinary, three to four day event filled with panels, roundtables, and networking; it is a prime time to cross paths…
Author: Jamie Kwan
The Director’s Choice: National Gallery, London
In keeping with the present spirit of virtual tours and online events, the National Gallery in London offered a unique recasting of its collection whilst its doors were closed to the public. The Director’s Choice originated from a series of weekly emails from the Gallery’s Director, Dr. Gabriele Finaldi, to their supporters in which individual…
Old Masters Today
A monthly post featuring very subjective auction highlights, irreverent collecting ideas, and essential Old Masters news and events. We recently wrapped up Master Drawings week in NY, which was less breakfast at Sotheby’s and more Morellian connoisseurship IRL. Have you been squinting at the top half of people’s faces and failing to recognize them? Maybe…
What do Leonardo da Vinci and Drew Barrymore have in common? Ever After
By Jamie Kwan If you are a child of the 90’s, it is very likely you watched your fair share of Drew Barrymore movies growing up. One of my favorites, Ever After, is a social-justice-feminist retelling of Cinderella, with Drew Barrymore as the heroine, now named Danielle de Barbarac. Watching this for the first time…
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