19-05-2011
Palestra "GLASS OF THE ALCHEMISTS: A RETROSPECT ON AN EXHIBITION AT THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS 2008", Dedo von Kerssenbrok-Krosigk
24 de Maio | 14H00 | Auditório da Biblioteca
Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk is head of the Glasmuseum Hentrich, Stiftung museum kunst palast, in Dusseldorf, Germany. After receiving his doctorate from Humboldt University, Berlin, he worked at the Bröhan-Museum—a museum specialized in Art Nouveau and Art Déco decorative arts—in Berlin 1998–2003. From 2004 until 2008, he was curator of European glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. As such, he was responsible for the museum’s collections from the Middle Ages to about 1900. His major project in Corning was the exhibition “Glass of the Alchemists,” which focused on the technological improvements of the making of glass in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Adrian Wright kindly contributed the epilogue to the accompanying
publication.
