Symposium
Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891). Themes and studies in comparison
Museo Vincenzo Vela Ligornetto (Switzerland) 25–26 August 2023
Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891), one of the most significant mid-nineteenth-century interpreters of sculpture, carved out an intense career between Switzerland and Italy. A few years after celebrating the bicentenary of his birth (2020), an anniversary that Museo commemorated with a large-scale exhibition, the federal institution is organizing an international symposium. Academics, art historians and young researchers with varied backgrounds will share new insights that have emerged from their recent studies and topical issues of contemporary relevance, such as the significance of public monuments today, will be dealt with. The interdisciplinary exchange around the oeuvre and artistic legacy of Vincenzo Vela will take place between young and renowned scholars with whom the museum has engaged in long-standing prolific relations of both a scientific and a personal nature.
Review
Cultivating traditions: are they of use to museums?
26 August 2010 The intangible cultural heritage at the centre of the annual conference of the Association of Swiss Museums and ICOM Switzerland
Private universe and public space: artists' houses as museums
9-10 october 2009 National convention of the Swiss Association of Historians and Art Historians (ASSSA)