WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Nov. 29, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a conversation between Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark, and Caroline Fowler, Starr Director, Research and Academic Program, to open the symposium British Art 1750–1919: Reflections and Futures. 

 

The talk takes place at 5:30 pm in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion, located in the Clark Center. The symposium, which continues on Thursday, November 30 from 9 am to 5 pm, is presented in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Manton Research Center building, which is the home to the Clark's gallery dedicated to British art.

 

Meslay discusses his experience curating British art, and how the field of British art has changed since Meslay mounted one of the first exhibitions dedicated to British art at Paris' Louvre Museum British Art in French Collections, in 1994. A scholar of British art, Meslay brings his experience of working within both French and American institutions to consider how shifting ideas of borders, nationalism, art history, and exhibition trends have transformed not only the field of British art but also museum practice and exhibitions more widely.

 

Free. A 5 pm reception in the Michael Conforti Pavilion precedes the event.