This听Round听Table听brings together听a group of world-leading听scholars on Parmigianino听to discuss their听latest听projects and听research on the artist, one of the most celebrated of sixteenth-century Italy.听During an afternoon academics and curators from Italy, UK and听迟丑别听US听will present听on听the artist鈥檚听manifold artistic practices, including drawing, printmaking and painting,听substantially听updating our knowledge on this important artist听and producing a state-of-the-art assessment of scholarship on his oeuvre.
This Round Table, which will include Q&A after each paper,听coincides with the Drawings Gallery exhibition听The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The 天美传媒, a collaborative project between the Gallery, the Institute and the Conservation department at The 天美传媒, which听has听brought together former听MA and听research students, curators, conservators and a member of faculty, and is thus integral part of the 天美传媒 Connects’ raison d鈥櫭猼re.听Feedback by the distinguished speakers to the exhibition and catalogue will offer the participants in The 天美传媒’s project the opportunity to discuss their work with some of the most renowned scholars in the field.听
Organised by Dr Ketty Gottardo (The 天美传媒) and Dr Guido Rebecchini (The 天美传媒)听
Participants
David听Ekserdjian听is Professor of the History of Art and Film at the University of Leicester. As well as writing and lecturing widely on Renaissance art,听with particular specialities in the artists Correggio and Parmigianino,听Professor听Ekserdjian听is also an expert on the history of collecting. He acts as an adviser to international museums and galleries, including the National Gallery and Tate Britain, as well as to private collectors and auction houses. Bronze sculpture is another of Professor听Ekserdjian鈥檚听areas of expertise and it formed the topic of an exhibition that he conceived and curated at the Royal Academy in 2012.听听
Achim Gnann is Senior Lecturer and Curator of Italian art from the 15th to the 19th Century at the Albertina Museum in Vienna. Author of several books and exhibition catalogues on Renaissance artists (including Raphael: The Drawings,听2017, an听exhibition听organised in collaboration听with the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford), and of the catalogue raisonn茅 of Parmigianino鈥檚 drawings听(2007). His most recent book on Rembrandt鈥檚 landscape drawings was published in 2021.
Catherine Jenkins听is听an听independent听art听historian听and former听curator听of听prints听at 迟丑别听Metropolitan听Museum of Art.听Her听publications听include听Prints听at the Court of Fontainebleau, c. 1542-47 (3 vols.) and听numerous听articles on听sixteenth-century听printmaking.听She听was听迟丑别听co-curator听of 迟丑别听recent听Metropolitan听Museum exhibition The Renaissance of听Etching.听
Aimee Ng听is Curator at The Frick Collection in New York. A specialist in Italian Renaissance art, she has organized exhibitions on听Bertoldo听di Giovanni; Giovanni Battista Moroni; European portrait medals from the fifteenth to nineteenth century; Andrea del听Sarto; and Parmigianino. She has held curatorial and academic positions at The Morgan Library & Museum, where she was postdoctoral fellow at the Morgan鈥檚 Drawing Institute in 2014, and at Columbia University, where she earned her Ph.D.听
Naoko听Takahatake is Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Getty Research Institute. Prior to joining the GRI in 2019, she was Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Takahatake has curated and co-curated exhibitions of works on paper from the Renaissance to the present. A specialist in 16th- and 17th-century Italian print history, she organized the 2018 exhibition The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy and edited the accompanying catalogue.
Mary Vaccaro听is Professor of Art History at the University of Texas, Arlington, who specializes in sixteenth-century northern Italian painting and drawing. In 2002 she published a monographic book on the paintings of Parmigianino after co-authoring a volume on the same artist’s drawings (2000). As an authority on the School of Parma, she has published widely on the art of Parmigianino. In 2014-15, she held a senior research appointment as Visiting Professor at Villa I听Tatti-The Harvard University听Center听for Italian Renaissance Studies, Italy, which allowed her to deepen her understanding of 16th- and 17th-century Bolognese draftsmen, especially the Carracci.听
