New Directions in Early Modern European Art: The Aso O. Tavitian Collection

Clark Art Insrtitute Symposium

By: Clark - Sep 28, 2026

 

New Directions in Early Modern European Art: The Aso O. Tavitian Collection Symposium
Friday, October 2, 10 am–5 pm | Reception at 9:30 am
Manton Research Center auditorium
225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

The Clark Art Institute presents a symposium in honor of its 2024 gift of 331 works of art from the collection of late philanthropist and connoisseur Aso O. Tavitian (1940–2020). This one-day symposium explores current scholarship on early modern European art and is organized in conjunction with An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection. On view through February 21, 2027, the An Exquisite Eye exhibition presents a selection from the Tavitian Collection in anticipation of the collection’s permanent home in the new Aso O. Tavitian Wing, opening in 2028.

The Clark welcomes the following speakers:

Etienne Breton, Saint Honoré Art Consulting
Lisa Ellis, Conservator, Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario
Caroline Fowler, Starr Director of the Research and Academic Program, Clark Art Institute
Dennis Geronimus, Professor of Renaissance Art History, New York University
Sarah Grandin, Lecturer in the Arts of Early Modern France, The Courtauld Institute of Art
Nicholas Hall, Nicholas Hall Ltd.
Stuart Lochhead, Stuart Lochhead Sculpture
Olivier Meslay, Professor, École du Louvre
Paris Spies-Gans, Art Historian and Writer
Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture, Clark Art Institute

Free and open to scholars and the public. Advance registration required. Register at events.clarkart.edu. Accessible seats available.

This symposium is generously supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.