February 1987 Number 27 Editor: Jo Miller • Editorial Office: The next Bulletin w/7/ be circulated in mid July Honorary Secretary. We are delighted that she has as from 1 April 1987 1987. The deadline for copy is 31 May 1987. accepted this nomination and we look forward to Radigan Farm working with her and to a developing relationship Ashill between the Association and our colleagues and Nr. Ilminster Administrative changes in the Association members in the museums. Somerset TA19 9NL Marcia Pointon Tel: (0823) 480249 From the Chair: This year's annual conference will see the departure from office, though not we hope from the affairs of the Association, of two people who have had a major impact on the ART HISTORY — 1987 shaping of the Association and the running of its business over the past few years. Flavia Swann, whose active involvement with Our journal Art History has a new publisher, the Association through the Executive Committee Basil Blackwell, who have produced a commenced in 1977. She organised the 1979 comprehensive promotional leaflet which promotes London Conference and has edited The Bulletin our journal in the following way. since 1980. Under her editorship this vital means 'Founded in 1978 as the official journal of the of communication for members has expanded and Association of Art Historians, Art History has developed. The hard labour involved in chasing up. rapidly established itself as a leading journal copy and meeting printers' deadlines should not be internationally, covering all aspects of the visual underestimated; Flavia has shouldered this burden arts, from prehistory to the present day, including for an extremely long period and we owe her a architecture, design and the history of great debt of gratitude. Jo Miller takes over as photography and film. It also encompasses other Editor with this issue which has been prepared by subjects such as religion, archaeology and her in co-operation with the outgoing Editor. literature where art has significance and Our thanks also go to Joe Darracott our current implications. Secretary, who also organised the 1985 London Art History is essential reading for all art conference. Among his many major contributions historians in galleries, museums, polytechnics, to the Association's smooth running and varied schools, universities, the commercial world — in activities, have been Joe's responsibility for an fact anyone directly concerned with the important and fruitful correspondence with a advancement of the history of art and design'. group of award-giving bodies and for the Further information from: conceiving of and organising a series of working Sue Mushin parties that have helped the Executive to deal with Basil Blackwell a backlog of work. The outcome of the 108 Cowley Road correspondence mentioned above is a grant from Oxford OX4 1JF the J. Paul Getty Museum to set up The Artists' Tel: 0865 722146 Papers Register, administered from Glasgow University Library under the auspices of the Association of Art Historians. There will be a full account of this project in the next Bulletin. Joe BRIGHTON CONFERENCE 1986 retires at the next Annual General meeting and I would like to take this opportunity of formally As the 1987 AHH Conference approaches and offering him thanks for all the work he has done. members consider the financial implications for At Easter we shall transfer to a somewhat their bank accounts of attending the attractive modified system of management involving the programme on offer, the organisers of the 1987 following officers: Chair, Hon. Secretary, Hon. conference thought it might be helpful for people Treasurer, and a Director of Administration and to see how costly it is to organise a big and varied Publicity. I am extremely pleased to announce that conference even with the help of subsidies. the Executive Committee has appointed Pamela Courtney, who will be familiar to most members in her role as Director of Publicity and organiser of our highly successful Book Fair, as Director of Administration and Publicity. The Executive Committee has invited Evelyn Silber, Assistant Director, Museum Services, Birmingham Museums and Art Galleries to join it now as its prospective 1 Categories of attendance at the 1986 Summary of income and expenditure AHH Conference in Brighton Total income from conference fee 9000.30 British Academy grant 450.00 MEMBERS full Fri Sat Sun Mon University of Sussex grant 250.00 conf. Private donations 100.00 Full fees 113 0 14 12 2 Expenditure major items student 45 0 1 4 1 Administrator's fee 2000.00 UB40 5 0 1 1 0 Office expenses incl postage 1350.11 OAP 6 0 2 0 0 Poster design 250.00 unspecified 7 0 1 2 0 Overseas speakers' fares 406.08 TOTAL 176 0 19 19 3 Printing 1434.55 Student helpers (23 at 10,00 per day) 990.00 (unspecified = people who booked concessionary rates at Student coordinator 140.00 the conference itself and for whom a breakdown was not Helpers' accommodation 60.00 available). Technician's overtime 132. 00 Hardship Travel Fund 111.90 Projector hire 68.65 NON full Fri Sat Sun Mon Gardner centre Mon. lunch 344.50 MEMBERS conf. Room hire (no charge for poly) 327.87 Folders, badges etc. 212.53 Full fees 39 2 31 49 4 Creche 246.59 student 39 0 7 12 1 Coach hire & transport 253.77 UB40 6 0 1 6 0 Xeroxing (subsidised figure) 41.50 OAP 4 1 2 0 0 Catering (teas and coffees) 583.32 floating 11 0 2 10 0 TOTAL 99 3 43 77 5 15% VAT on fees 1350.00 less VAT paid 320.95 1029.95 SPEAKERS 50 0 4 5 0 Income 9800.30 Complimentary tickets, press etc. 1029.95 less VAT TOTAL — 36 8770.35 less expenditure 8953.37 OVERALL TOTALS full conf. 361 183.02 OD Fri. 3 Sat. 66 The above summary accounts do not indicate the Sun. 101 huge debt that was owed to the Brighton Faculty Mon. 8 of Art and Design who made available to us their premises almost entirely free of charge, nor are Total attendance 539 tickets the accounts for the Book Fair included which, we Total heads 500 are pleased to note, made a profit. Conference fee structure MEMBER NON-MEMBER Full 30.00 40.00 Day 12.50 15.00 Full 10.00 15.00 concession Day 6.00 8.00 concession THIRTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 16.30-17.45 Meetings of two of the Special Interest LONDON 28-30 MARCH 1987 Groups of the Association: IMPERIAL COLLEGE AND VICTORIA & (i) Museums ALBERT MUSEUM (ii) Polytechnics and Art Colleges Evening: The Trefoil Party: Victoria and Albert Museum. The theme of the conference will be Art and Tradition. The conference will open at the Victoria Sunday 29 March and Albert Museum on the morning of Saturday Imperial College 28 March and the academic sessions on Sunday 8.00-9.00 Registration at the Sherfield Building and Monday morning will be at Imperial College 9.00-12.30 Academic Sessions in the Sherfield and Huxley Buildings. The 12.30-13.30 Lunch, Imperial College Senior Conference organiser is David Bindman. The Common Room Conference administrator to whom all enquiries 13.30-17.00 Academic Sessions should be addressed is: 17.00-18.30 Meetings of three of the Special Diana Dethloff, Department of History of Art, Interest Groups of the Association: Westfield College, Kidderpore Avenue, London (i) Schools NW3 7ST. Tel: 01-435 7141, Extension 312. (ii) Universities (iii) Students Creche We are offering a free creche within the V & A Monday 30 March which will operate thorughout the entire Imperial College and Victoria and Albert Museum conference. 8.30- 9.30 Registration. Sherfield Building, For further details, please contact Diana Imperial College Dethloff as soon as possible. 9.30-13.00 Academic Sessions, Imperial College 13.00-14.00 Lunch, V & A Workshops 14.00-16.00 Workshops, Imperial College (7 rooms Rooms have been reserved to allow up to seven hired) workshops to take place concurrently on Monday 16.00 AGM Lecture Theatre, V & A afternoon. So far the following have been offered: Evening Party: The Arts Council, 105 Piccadilly Feminist workshop CIHA Conference fees CHart The Teaching of Art History AAH members Visual Resources Full ticket £35.00 Art Historians and Employment Concessionary (student/unwaged) 17.50 Any other proposals should be directed as soon Day ticket 14.00 as possible to Will Vaughan, Department of Concessionary day ticket 7.00 History of Art, Birkbeck College, 43 Gorden Square, London WC1. Non-members Full ticket £45.00 Conference Programme Concessionary (student/unwaged) 22.50 Day ticket 18.00 Saturday 28 March Concessionary day ticket 9.00 Victoria and Albert Museum 10.00-11.00 Registration Academic Sessions 11.00-13.00 Lecture Theatre. Introduction by Sir Below you wll find details of the Academic Roy Strong, followed by a panel of three speakers Sessions on offer on Sunday and Monday on The Construction of the Past', chaired by morning. They are as complete as possible at the Marcia Pointon. The speakers will be: Dr Ekpo time of going to press. Eyo, former Secretary General of the Nigerian Museum and Monuments Board; Donald Home, Academic Sessions Director of the Australia Council, and Patrick Wright, author of On Living in an Old Country. 1. The Construction of the Past 13.00-14.30 Lunch (i) Artefacts as History 14.30-15.30 Lecture Theatre. Panel discussion with Sunday morning questions from the floor. Organiser: Tom Gretton, History of Art 15.30-16.30 Book fair. Department, University College, Gower Street, London WC1. 3 1) Stephen Jones 2.