The 2008 Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
is celebrating its eleventh year of presenting the best in fine and decorative arts scholarship during Charleston, South Carolina’s 2008 Antiques Week. Join us March 12-16, 2008 for Terra Incognita: New Discoveries and Influences on the South.
Founded in 1997, The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum opens Antiques Week with noted national and international arts experts addressing topics relating to connoisseurship and the interpretation of American material culture. The Forum offers superb lectures in small-scale sessions, with lively question and answer sessions that often continue over lunch or dinner. Speakers and participants enjoy a special camaraderie as they study significant collections together, visit historic properties and experience the best in Southern hospitality at receptions in landmark venues.
The 2007 Forum
attracted participants from 23 states, including students from Sotheby’s Institute, New York. Wendell Garrett, Editor-at-Large of The Magazine Antiques and last year’s Keynote Speaker, enthused “I have attended and participated in a number of symposiums over the country, and this one is the best by every measure.” Wendy Moonan, antiques writer for The New York Times, described The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum as “reliably intellectual and utterly provocative, probably due to its intriguing mix of speakers.”
The Forum is an opportunity for collectors, scholars and all who want to learn to:
- gain appreciation and in-depth knowledge of paintings and objects which can illuminate our past
- exchange information in formal and informal settings
- explore new research in the field
- engage old friends and make new ones in a collegial setting
- participate in the array of offerings presented throughout Charleston during Antiques Week
The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
benefits the Gibbes Museum of Art. The Forum’s daytime lectures are held in the Rotunda at the Gibbes. This beautiful setting provides patrons with an opportunity to visit The Charleston Story, a newly-installed, ongoing exhibition at the Gibbes of paintings sculpture and miniature portraits from the city’s founding in 1670 through the Civil War. William Christenberry: Photographs, 1961-2005 will also be on view at the museum during Antiques Week.
The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
is organized by a dedicated group of volunteers. In keeping with its focus on scholarship, the Forum is designating all 2008 proceeds to education and outreach programs at the Gibbes Museum of Art.