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'11 Annual Report Eng2.2 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT Contents Trustees of the Library 3 Director’s Report 4 Acquisitions 7 Exhibitions 10 Loans 18 Conservation 19 Reference Library 24 Education 25 Volunteers 29 Funding 30 Membership Programme 31 Information Technology/Technical 32 Rights & Reproductions 33 Digital Media 34 Retail 36 Events 37 Staff 38 Presentations and Publications 40 Staff List 42 Balance Sheet 46 CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT Trustees of the Library The Library is a public self-governing charitable trust. Registered Charity No. CHY 5879. Established under the terms of the will of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, which was granted probate in 1969, the collection is vested in the Trustees who own and operate the Library. The Board of Trustees consists of a maximum of twelve members, one each of whom is appointed by the President and Taoiseach and three by the Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht. The Director of the National Library serves as a Trustee ex officio. All other Trustees are co-opted. The Trustees elect the Chair. Since 1997 the Trustees of the Library are appointed or co-opted to serve five-year terms and may serve a maximum of 2 consecutive 5 year terms. Trustees do not receive any remuneration, aside from modest receipted expenses incurred, while carrying out their duties. All expenses are paid in accordance with the guidelines and rules set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. THE TRUSTEES OF THE LIBRARY ARE CURRENTLY: Dr Thomas P. Hardiman (appointed 1991, elected Chairman 1998) Sir Marc Cochrane (appointed 1988) Mr Dermot Desmond (appointed 1991) Dr Patricia Donlon (appointed 2011) Ministerial appointee Mrs Joan Duff (appointed 1983) Professor Sean Freyne (appointed 1986) Ms Caroline Gray (appointed 2010) Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty (appointed 2010) Mrs Madeleine O'Sullivan (appointed 2003, re-appointed 2008) Ministerial appointee Ms Fiona A Ross (appointed 2010; ex officio) Professor Roger Stalley (appointed 1993) 3 CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT Director’s Report 2011 was an eventful year in the Library, characterised by a busy programme of changing displays particularly a new presentation of the first floor gallery, Arts of the Book. The comment posted by a visitor on an internet review site - “Great museum, not just a library...” – serves as a reminder that while the Chester Beatty Library was in fact the private library of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, today it is one of Ireland’s national cultural institutions, and functions as a museum that is open free of charge to visitors all year round. During 2011, the Library welcomed 248,000 visitors, an increase of 20% on 2010 figures. In addition to the permanent galleries, visitors enjoyed a number of temporary exhibitions. The wonderful Heroes and Kings of the Shahnama continued its run until April and provided the backdrop for the 2011 Chester Beatty Annual Lecture on 3 February, Who is the most desperate of men?: The world of the Shahnama, delivered by Richard Davis, Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University, the pre-eminent scholar of the Shahnama. The summer show, The Art Books of Henri Matisse proved immensely popular: on loan from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch collection, the works by this great modern master brought a splash of vibrant colours to the temporary gallery. The lighting in the gallery was replaced especially for this show, thanks to the generous support of the Office of Public Works. At CBL we seek to find a balance in the presentations between the Western, Islamic and East Asian Collections, and China through the Lens of John Thomson in collaboration with the Wellcome Library, London, carried our imaginations to the Far East, with its candid portraits and lively street scenes set in nineteenth-century China. The exhibitions and public programmes attracted considerable media attention and throughout the year the Library facilitated visits from film crews and journalists from Australia, Britain, China, the Gulf States, Iran, New Zealand, and the USA, as well as Ireland. These visits and the CBL’s regular PR campaigns resulted in significant coverage across the world on radio, television, in print and on the web. The Library was also awarded a Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor, who list us at number 5 out of 220 attractions in Dublin and Lonely Planet rates us at number 4 in its list of ‘Top Picks for Dublin’. 4 CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT In these difficult times, the CBL has been both frugal and effective with resources, and operates with a very modest level of staff relative to the size and significance of the Collections in our care. This is supplemented with the support of our Volunteer Programme and through careful outsourcing; and the Library has also participated in the FÁS JobBridge scheme. The Library is extremely grateful for the financial support it receives from government, foundations, sponsors and private donors, as well as the advice and involvement of colleagues nationally and internationally. Foundations and private donors have enabled us to pursue research and conservation on important manuscripts. The Library has also created a number of international partnerships with academic institutions to digitize major parts of the Collections at little or no cost to the Library; for example, there is a long-standing programme to digitize all the Japanese literary scrolls with Keio University in Tokyo, while a consortium of scholars in America and Australia are undertaking sophisticated analysis of our main Manichaean text. As a fully committed member of the Council of National Cultural Institutions (CNCI), the CBL participates in the informal agreement of assistance, the CNCI Disaster Response Framework for Co-Operation, both in terms of manpower and physical resources such as salvage equipment and salvage recovery space; and we are also investigating shared services in relation to IT disaster recovery. We are indebted to the Office of Public Works for their support of the Library’s ongoing maintenance programme and their sterling advice in all areas of operations. In addition to day- to-day maintenance issues, 2011 saw a complete overhaul of the Library’s temporary exhibition gallery; the installation of a loop system for the hard-of-hearing and new chairs in the Lecture Theatre; and plans were devised for a refurbishment of the roof garden. During these challenging economic times, when the public sector moratorium continues to limit promotions and recruitment, the Trustees and Director of the Library are particularly thankful for the hard work of all our staff and volunteers. Much of this work takes place quietly, behind the scenes, but in all areas of the Library’s operations, dedicated staff ensure that our systems and procedures create a safe environment for the Collections in our care and a welcoming, lively space for our visitors to enjoy. 5 CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT This brief overview began with the visitor count for 2011 and, while this is an important measurable indicator of the CBL’s performance, it is important to remember that it is not the Library’s sole aim. As the reader will see in the following pages, the CBL continues not only to care for the precious artworks in our care, but to explore new ways to make the Collections available and accessible to our audience. It is thanks to our committed staff, and our wider support, that the Chester Beatty Library continues to be the pre-eminent Irish institution for the appreciation and understanding of world cultures, and engagement with the peoples whose cultures are represented in our Collections. 6 CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT Acquisitions Presentation at the Temple, 1408 Miniature with full-page border on a leaf from the Chester Beatty Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, dated Paris 1408. This single folio (f.48) of Manuscript W103, the so-called Chester Beatty Book of Hours, was purchased in November 2011 (Christie’s, London, sale 8002, lot 4). It is a fine, dated example of the work of the Mazarine Master, a leading illuminator in Paris. Chester Beatty bought the Book of Hours from the Edward Arnold sale at Sotheby’s in 1929. Arnold had in turn acquired it at the Jarman sale of the same auction house in 1864. While in Beatty’s collection the manuscript was disbound and partly disseminated. This manuscript miniature, which depicts the Presentation at the Temple, was sold at the Beatty sale at Sotheby’s in 1932. The remainder of the volume was sold at auction after Beatty’s death in 1968; the miniatures were highly regarded by Beatty and were only sold to fulfill obligations of his will. While in Jarman’s possession, the Book of Hours was damaged in a flood following a violent storm in August 1846, along with the rest of his celebrated collection. Although Jarman had all the works carefully salvaged and conserved, traces of water damage are still visible along the edges of the folio. 7 CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY CHESTER BEATTY OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT Acquisitions Artist’s Proof The Graphics Studio presented a portfolio of prints which featured in the Artist’s Proof exhibition, held in the Library from 15 January to 19 April 2009. These limited edition prints by twenty-four printmaking artists (comprising nine international and invited artists, and fifteen Graphic Studio members) were displayed alongside two working proofs to track the stages that lead up to a final fine art print. Following their showing at the Chester Beatty Library, the prints toured four venues in Ireland and Britain finishing in November 2010.
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