# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 10 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 at 05:15 pm - **Event Description**: Celebrating the 2024 edition of Taste and the Antique, this conference explores the interpretation and reception of classical sculpture.About this EventThis conference marks the publication of the new, expanded edition of Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s seminal Taste and the Antique (3 vols, Harvey Miller/Brepols, 2024).The original edition was a landmark study that established a canonical list of ninety-five ancient sculptures that were widely admired, collected, and copied between c. 1500 and 1900. It traced how these works—from the Apollo Belvedere to the Laocoön —shaped artistic taste, collecting practices, and artistic discourse by defining a classical aesthetic and pedagogy. As one of the most influential texts in the history of art history, Taste and the Antique has profoundly shaped scholarship and curatorial practice on the reception of ancient sculpture.The revised three-volume edition of 2024 substantially updates the original text with recent research. It broadens the discussion of the reception of the classical canon, incorporates decades of intervening scholarship, and brings the conversation into the realm of contemporary art, opening new perspectives on the afterlives of Greek and Roman sculpture.Taking the new edition as a point of departure, the conference assesses the state of the field, explores emerging methodologies, and considers future directions.Sessions will address how classical statues shaped visual culture beyond replication, including:SHAPING AND TRANSMITTING THE CANON: Examining the establishment, radical alteration, and dissolution of the sculptural canon in the early modern era.THE CANON AND THE BODY IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE: Exploring the role of classical statuary in the conception of "proportionate" and "disproportionate" bodies, in the representation of non-European populations, and in colonial educational and social policies.RESTORATION AND DISPLAY: Considering reconfigurations of the antique and notions of authenticity; situating the antique within modern museum contexts.CHANGING AND RETHINKING CANONS: Rethinking the antique within modern and postmodern theoretical frameworks and practices.A core aim of this event is to foster dialogue across generations, traditions, and methodologies of scholarship.Organised by Adriano Aymonino (University of Buckingham) & Kathleen Christian (Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Humboldt University of Berlin)Supported by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Center for Palladian Studies in America; Trinity Fine Art; Istituto Italiano di Cultura https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/5338fb50-bcd3-11f0-9774-53901ea914e5-rimg-w1200-h600-dc84300b-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/53698130-bcd3-11f0-a21c-5f84b628c251-rimg-w1200-h600-dcd2b965-gmir.jpg DAY 1 - Wednesday,10 Dec?: 06:00 PMDoors OpenInfo: Institute of Classical Studies – Senate House – Beveridge Hall?: 06:20 PM - 06:30 PMIntroducing the Keynote SpeakerHost: Katherine Harloe (Institute of Classical Studies)Info: Katherine Harloe , Director, Institute of Classical Studies, will be introducing the keynote speaker, Salvatore Settis, Accademico dei Lincei?: 06:30 PM - 07:30 PMKeynote paper: Only Connect: Dionysus and Christ Host: Salvatore Settis (Accademico dei Lincei)DAY 2 - Thursday, 11 Dec?: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AMRegistrationInfo: Institute of Classical Studies – Senate House – Beveridge Hall?: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AMWelcome and IntroductionHost: Adriano Aymonino (The University of Buckingham)SESSION 1: SHAPING AND TRANSMITTING THE CANON (10:45AM - 12:00PM)Host: Katherine Harloe (Institute of Classical Studies)Info: This session will be chaired by Katherine Harloe, Director, Institute of Classical Studies?: 10:45 AM - 11:05 AMAn Antiquity of Plants and Animals? Towards a Non-Human CanonHost: Katharina Bedenbender (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)?: 11:05 AM - 11:25 AMPiranesi and the Classical Body Host: Clare Hornsby(British School at Rome)?: 11:25 AM - 11:45 AMArt, Historiography & Connoisseurship:The Specimens of Antient Sculpture(1809)Host: Vivien Bird (The University of Buckingham)?: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PMDiscussion?: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PMLUNCH BREAKInfo: Lunch provided for speakers only.SESSION 2: THE CANON AND THE BODY IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE (2:00PM - 3.35PM)Host: Caroline Vout (University of Cambridge) Info: This session will be chaired by Caroline Vout, Professor of Classics - Director of the Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge?: 02:00 PM - 02:20 PMLiving Antiquities?Host: Annette Kranen (Universität Bern)Info: Living Antiquities? Anthropological/Travel Imagery and the Sculptural Canon in the Late Eighteenth Century?: 02:20 PM - 02:40 PMThe Bodies of Gods: Drawing from the Antique in Colonial IndiaHost: Eva Ehninger (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)?: 02:40 PM - 03:00 PMA Black Apollo? John Quincy Adams Ward’s The Freedman and the Belvedere TorsoHost: Anna Degler (Freie Universität Berlin)?: 03:00 PM - 03:20 PMBetween Plaster and Stone: Reframing the Classical Canon in Bourbon New SpainHost: Rebecca Yuste (Columbia University)?: 03:20 PM - 03:35 PMDiscussion ?: 03:35 PM - 04:05 PMTEA/COFFEE BREAK Info: Tea/Coffee available for all attendees.?: 04:05 PM - 04:25 PMIntroducing the Updated CensusHost: Kathleen Christian(Census-Humboldt University of Berlin)?: 04:25 PM - 04:45 PMIntroducing the New Edition of Haskell and Penny, Taste and the AntiqueHost: Adriano Aymonino (University of Buckingham)?: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PMDiscussion?: 05:00 PM - 05:10 PMIntroducing the Keynote SpeakerHost: Bill Sherman (Warburg Institute)Info: Bill Sherman , the Director of Warburg Institute will be introducing the keynote speaker, Nicholas Penny ?: 05:10 PM - 06:30 PMKeynote paper: The Invention of the ClassicalHost: Nicholas Penny Info: Former Director of the National Gallery, LondonDAY 3 - Friday, 12 Dec?: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AMRegistrationInfo: Warburg Institute – Auditorium?: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AMWelcome and IntroductionHost: Adriano Aymonino (The University of Buckingham)SESSION 3: RESTORATION AND DISPLAY (10:45AM -1:30PM)Host: Chiara Piva (Sapienza Università di Roma)Info: This session will be chaired by Chiara Piva, Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome?: 10:45 AM - 11:05 AMZooming In: The Social Lives of Statues Host: Jeffrey Collins (Bard Graduate Center)?: 11:05 AM - 11:25 AMZooming Out: Restoration as Taste Host: Elizabeth Bartman Info: Former President of the Archaeological Institute of America?: 11:25 AM - 11:45 AMRestorationHost: Astrid Fendt (Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart)Info: Restoration, De- and Re-restoration of Ancient Sculptures in the Munich Glyptothek, Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century?: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PMTEA/COFFEE BREAK Info: Tea/Coffee available for all attendees.?: 12:15 PM - 12:45 PMThe Braccio Nuovo in the Vatican MuseumsHost: Eleonora Ferrazza (Vatican Museums)Info: The Braccio Nuovo in the Vatican Museums: Display and Restorations of the Antique in the Nineteenth Century?: 12:45 PM - 01:15 PMRevealing RestorationsHost: Lisa Ayla Çakmak (Art Institute of Chicago)Info: Revealing Restorations: Assessing the Presentation and Reception of Restored Roman Sculptures from the Torlonia Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago?: 01:15 PM - 01:30 PMDiscussion?: 01:30 PM - 03:00 PMLUNCH BREAK Info: Lunch provided for speakers only.SESSION 4: CHANGING AND RETHINKING CANONS (3:00PM - 4:15PM)Host: Flora Dennis (Warburg Institute)Info: This session will be chaired by Flora Dennis, Deputy Director of the Warburg Institute?: 03:00 PM - 03:20 PMThe Head of an EtruscanHost: Joanna Fiduccia (Yale University)Info: The Head of an Etruscan: Alternative Antiquities and the Physiognomies of Modern Sculpture?: 03:20 PM - 03:40 PMThe Fragmented Marble BodyHost: Domiziana Serrano(Université Jean Monnet -Saint-Étienne)Info: The Fragmented Marble Body: Surrealism, Political Phantoms, and the Canon Recast?: 03:40 PM - 04:00 PMFrom the Cortile to the CosmosHost: Tilman Schreiber (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)Info: From the Cortile to the Cosmos: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon in the Context of US Space Travel?: 04:00 PM - 04:15 PMDiscussion?: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PMTEA/COFFEE BREAK Info: Tea/Coffee available for all attendees.CLOSING PAPER: HISTORIOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE CANON?: 04:45 PM - 05:05 PMFear RevealedHost: Mateusz Kapustka (Freie Universität Berlin – Zurich)Info: Fear Revealed: Jacob Burckhardt on Classical Anthropomorphism and Demonic Hybridity?: 05:05 PM - 05:15 PMFinal Remarks - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/the-future-of-the-antique-interpreting-the-sculptural-canon/100001932060758739 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, business, conferences, nonprofit, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10, max: 30, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Institute of Classical Studies - **lat**: 51.5211322 - **long**: -0.1293625 - **full address**: Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/febc7183b85253a5922710f6588c828ff56ab69ecc8ff42d05b8201be92baa43-rimg-w1200-h600-dc060814-gmir.jpg?v=1762627630 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon being held? - **A:** The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon takes place on Wed, 10 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 at 05:15 pm at Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon? - **A:** The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon is organized by Alumni Relations Team - University of Buckingham. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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