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Please Join us on Monday February 3rd at 1pm on zoom for Rogues Gallery
Please Join us on Monday February 3rd at 1pm on zoom for Rogues Gallery

Philip Hook, Board Member and Senior Director of Impressionist & Modern art in Sotheby’s London

Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed and daring of its practitioners. In a richly anecdotal narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women who over the centuries have made it their business to sell art to kings, merchants, nobles, entrepreneurs and museums.

From its beginnings in Antwerp, where paintings were sometimes sold by weight, to the rich hauteur of the contemporary gallery in London, Paris and New York, art dealing has been about identifying what is intangible but infinitely desirable, and then finding clients for whom it is irresistible. Those who have purveyed art for a living range from tailors, spies and the occasional anarchist to scholars, aristocrats, merchants and connoisseurs, each variously motivated by greed, belief in their own vision of art and its history, or simply the will to win.

Guests Welcome: Guest Fee $30 (guest fees can be paid online please click here)
Reservations: Greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com

Lecture on Zoom

Guests Welcome: Guest Fee $30 (guest fees can be paid online please click here)
Reservations: Greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com

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Membership for Program Year FY 24.25

Membership Renewal

GDAS operates at a breakeven budget and depends wholly on member support to fund its programs. For the upcoming program year, our increased membership numbers and people providing support above the base dues level, was able to offset our increased costs.  Because of this, we are able to keep our base dues at  $200.

For those who can, we have additional membership categories.  This additional support allows us to fund the high-quality programs GDAS members enjoy.

                           Friend             $250

                           Contributor     $300

                            Benefactor      $500

Last year, 53 members were able to contribute above the base amount.  We would like to increase this number in FY24/25.   Friends, Contributors and Benefactors will be acknowledged in our Members Directory.  Please note, to be included in the directory renewal must be received by July 31st 2024. We will maintain our guest fee at $30 per lecture. Guest fees can be paid on line. Click here to pay guest fee.

We can offer renewal online or a printable form that can be mailed in.

Please click here to reach our membership page for online registration or to download the form.

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Program Year FY 24.25

Our Program Year for FY24/25 will have six in person meetings starting on October 21st. Meetings at the  Bruce will continue to be on Mondays – when the Museum is closed to the public. Our “Tea” will follow each presentation, and the museum store will be open. 

Our February and March presentations will be conducted as Webinars. This is in consideration that many Members may either be out-of-town for the winter or are hesitant to drive in cold weather. You can connect from wherever you are!

Finally, membership also provides you with exclusive access to our trips (7 in FY23/24).  Trips are an additional cost.

 

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Disclaimer

All lectures are the property of the speaker and may not be disseminated, shared, recorded or distributed, in print or digitally, without the lecturer's express written permission. Your attendance at any Greenwich Decorative Arts lecture is not permission to disseminate, share, record or distribute.

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We enjoyed trips to the Kenny Scharf exhibition at the Brandt 12/3/24 and a visit to Doyle Gallery to see Joseph Banks’ Floroligium, 12/4/24

OUR MISSION

The purpose of the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society (the "Society") is to further the appreciation, knowledge and understanding of antiques and the fine and decorative arts. In accomplishing this goal, the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society provides and promotes educational programs on antiques and the decorative arts, such as engaging scholars to lecture on topics of interest. The Society also provides educational opportunities to further the knowledge of antiques and decorative arts with sponsored trips and tours.