International Symposium: Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza as an art collector

Various speakers
Date:
14 and 15 October 2021
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles, English with Spanish subtitles

An unique opportunity to learn about the creator of the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection and founder of our museum from some of the people who knew him best. Our guest speakers include conservators, restorers, historians, lawyers and architects who worked side by side with Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, as well as prestigious international scholars of his exemplary collecting efforts. 

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Profit and Passion: Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza on His Way to Becoming an Art Collector
By Johannes Gramlich (Research Associate, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich).
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Creating a Great Collection
By Edmund Peel (Director, Edmund Peel Fine Art Consulting).
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My Years at the Villa Favorita
By Marco Grassi (former conservator at Villa Favorita).
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Hidden Gems: A Visit to La Moraleja
By Roberto Contini (Curator of 16th and 17th-century Italian and Spanish Painting and 17th-century French Painting, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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Going ‘Off Piste: Interview with Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, July 1989”
By Peter Vergo (Emeritus Professor, University of Essex).
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Panel (moderator: Paloma Alarcó (Chief Curator of Modern Painting, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid) .
By Ivan Gaskell (Professor of Cultural History and Museum Studies, Bard Graduate Center, New York), Nicoletta Misler (Professor, Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, Naples) and John Bowlt University of Southern California, Los Angeles).
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Closing of the Day
By Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Opening of the second day
By Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
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The Cultural Diplomacy of Baron H. H. Thyssen-Bornemisza: Personal Recollections of My Tenure as Curator of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection from 1979 to 1986
By Simon de Pury (former chairman and chief auctioneer of Phillips de Pury & Company, private dealer, art adviser, photographer and DJ).
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Private Collection, Public Space: The Evolution of the International Touring Exhibitions
By Susan Moore (Associate Editor of Apollo magazine and author of a forthcoming biography of Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza).
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Testimonies
By Mikhail Piotrovsky (General Director, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg).
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Panel (moderator: Guillermo Solana (Artistic Director, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid)
By Maria de Peverelli (former gallery director Villa Favorita, now Partner and Executive chairman Art Management, Stonehage Fleming), Elisabeth Hauff (former curator at Villa Favorita, Lugano) and David Ekserdjian (Professor, University of Leicester).
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Panel (moderator: Evelio Acevedo (Managing Director, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
By Lucia Cassol (former Head Registrar, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid), Rafael Moneo (Architect) and Miguel Satrústegui (Honorary Professor, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid).

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