The symposium is organized in conjunction with the exhibition One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection at the Georgia Museum of Art on view through January 6, 2019.

Symposium Schedule

Friday, September 21

Visit to the galleries and coffee reception: 4:00 pm

• Georgia Museum of Art

Keynote Lecture: 5:30 pm

• Room S151, Lamar Dodd School of Art

“A Façade for the Emperor: Saint Petersburg Architectural Fashion of the 1840s and Its Trendsetters”: Shouky Shaheen Distinguished Lecturer in the Arts, 2018

Sergey Kuznetsov, Professor of art history, State University of Saint Petersburg and Director of research, The Stroganoff Palace, Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Session One: Saturday, September 22, 9:30 am

• M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art

Moderator of all three symposium sessions: Vladimir von Tsurikov, Independent Scholar, Board Member of the Russian Nobility Association in America (formerly: Director of the Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Director & Curator, Foundation for Russian History)

“Palettes, Power and Palaces: Women Artists and Patrons at the Russian Court”: Alfred Heber Holbrook Memorial Lecture, 2018

Rosalind Polly Blakesley, Professor of Russian and European art, Head of the department of history of art, University of Cambridge

Coffee Break: 10:30–11:00 am

Session Two: Saturday, September 22, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

“Prince Sergey Belosselsky-Belozersky and Russian Exile Politics”

Anatol Shmelev, Robert Conquest Curator for Russia and Eurasia, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

“The ‘Politics’ of a Princely Collection”

Edward Kasinec, Curator Emeritus, Slavic and Baltic Division, New York Public Library, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Hee-Gwone Yoo, Senior Librarian at the General Research Division, Schwarzman Building, The New York Public Library

Lunch Break: 1:00–2:30 pm

Session Three: Saturday, September 22, 2:30–3:30 pm

“The Belosselsky-Belozersky Art Collection: Past, Present and Future”

Asen Kirin, Professor of art history, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Parker Curator of Russian Art, Georgia Museum of Art. University of Georgia

Gallery tour and discussion 3:00–4:00 pm