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About Ricarda Brosch

Assistant curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Part-time PhD student at the Courtaud Institute of Art

NBN Episodes hosted by Ricarda:

Art November 9, 2019

Separating Sheep from Goats

Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America

Noelle Giuffrida

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Noelle Giuffrida’s book, Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America (University of California Press, 2018), tells the history of collecting and exhibiting Chinese …
Art July 17, 2019

The Tale of Genji

A Visual Companion

Melissa McCormick

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The Genji Album (1510) in the Harvard Art Museums is the oldest dated set of Genji illustrations known to exist. In The Tale of Genji. A Visual Companion, published by …
Art January 23, 2019

Mediterranean Encounters

Artists Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1774–1839

Elisabeth A. Fraser

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Elisabeth A. Fraser's Mediterranean Encounters: Artists Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1774–1839 (Penn State University Press, 2017) takes its readers on a journey through six illustrated travel albums covering …
Art November 20, 2018

The Making of a Modern Art World

Institutionalization and Legitimization of Guohua in Republican Shanghai

Pedith Pui Chan

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The Making of a Modern Art World: Institutionalization and Legitimization of Gouhua in Republican Shanghai (Brill, 2017) investigates the production and consumption of guohua (“national painting”) in Shanghai between …
Art July 11, 2018

Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London

The Burlington Fine Arts Club

Stacey J. Pierson

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In her latest book, Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London: The Burlington Fine Arts Club (Routledge, 2017), Stacey J. Pierson reveals the fascinating history of …
Art June 13, 2018

Inside the Lost Museum

Curating, Past and Present

Steven Lubar

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In Steven Lubar’s latest book Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present (Harvard University Press, 2017), Steven gets to the heart of what makes museums so interesting to both …
Chinese Studies May 7, 2018

Ming China and Vietnam

Negotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia

Kathlene Baldanza

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In Ming China and Vietnam: Negotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2016), Kathlene Baldanza explores the complex diplomatic exchanges between China and Vietnam from the 13th to …
Art April 5, 2018

Chinese Painting and Its Audiences

Craig Clunas

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In his latest book, Chinese Painting and Its Audiences published in 2017 by Princeton University Press, Craig Clunas puts to question the entire concept of "Chinese painting" by looking at …
Art February 9, 2018

Collecting the World

The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane

James Delbourgo

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James Delbourgo's new book Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane (Allen Lane, 2017) tells the fascinatingly complex and controversial story of Hans Sloane, the man whose …
Art January 9, 2018

The Chinese Typewriter

A History

Thomas Mullaney

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Tom Mullaney's new book The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT Press, 2017) provides a fascinating first look at the development of modern Chinese information technology. Spanning 150 years from the …