VCESDA Spring Lecture: Running the Gamut
Register:
Saturday, May 3, 2025
2
– 3 p.m.
| Free with registration |
*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Location:
Lecture Hall
5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States
Running the Gamut? Recent Acquisitions of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts for the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dr. Jack Hinton will present the (sometimes dizzying!) range of acquisitions made by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in recent years in the areas of European sculpture and decorative arts. A focus on selected highlights will reveal curatorial strategies to deepen historical context and broaden representation across collections, and the impact these additions have on the museum’s installations and programs.
The DIA’s Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (VCESDA) auxiliary group sponsors programs and lectures that celebrate decorative arts and sculpture in all their variety. This free springtime lecture will offer insights into the ways that one of the DIA’s most prominent peer museums is expanding its collection and the stories it shares with visitors.
Hinton is Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA). He studied Histories of Art and Design at the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Royal College of Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. A distinguished specialist in Renaissance decorative arts, he has spent over 20 years researching and presenting the PMA’s world-class collection of more than 22,000 objects made in diverse media from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Running the Gamut? Recent Acquisitions of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts for the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dr. Jack Hinton will present the (sometimes dizzying!) range of acquisitions made by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in recent years in the areas of European sculpture and decorative arts. A focus on selected highlights will reveal curatorial strategies to deepen historical context and broaden representation across collections, and the impact these additions have on the museum’s installations and programs.
The DIA’s Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (VCESDA) auxiliary group sponsors programs and lectures that celebrate decorative arts and sculpture in all their variety. This free springtime lecture will offer insights into the ways that one of the DIA’s most prominent peer museums is expanding its collection and the stories it shares with visitors.
Hinton is Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA). He studied Histories of Art and Design at the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Royal College of Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. A distinguished specialist in Renaissance decorative arts, he has spent over 20 years researching and presenting the PMA’s world-class collection of more than 22,000 objects made in diverse media from the Middle Ages to the present day.