International Conference. Icon and Fetish: Art History, Anthropology and Aesthetics Today. In Memoriam Francesco Pellizzi.

Date: 

Thursday, June 4, 2026 (All day) to Friday, June 5, 2026 (All day)

Location: 

I Tatti (with live Zoom access)
Albrecht Dürer, Wing of a European Roller, c. 1500. Vienna, Albertina Museum.

An International Conference Organized by Alina Payne & Carlo Severi

Icon and Fetish: Art History, Anthropology, and Aesthetics Today brings together twenty-two scholars to explore the contemporary relationship between these disciplines, with a focus on the relationship between artmaking and power, ritual behavior, mythology, memory, and survival.

 

Speakers:

Jacopo Baron
Yve-Alain Bois
Lina Bolzoni
Samir Boumediene
Chiara Cappelletto
Tom Cummins
Paul Davis
Nicolas Dietrich
Carlos Fausto
Cécile Fromont
Joseph Koerner
Els Lagrou
Pedro Memelsdorff
Alina Payne
Alessandra Russo
Avinoam Shalem
Carlo Severi
Thiago Sapede
Matthew Spellberg
Caroline Van Eck
Gerhard Wolf
Christopher S. Wood

Program to follow

Image: Albrecht Dürer, Wing of a European Roller, c. 1500. Albertina Museum, Vienna.

 

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