Curator Marina Fischer passed along a great set of photos of the new exhibit The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors at the Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary. Here are a few selected photos - see the complete gallery online for a tour of the exhibit.
The University is also sponsoring a two-day numismatic symposium at the conclusion of the exhibit's run.
-Editor
To view the exhibit photos, see:
The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/albums/72177720306659412)
Power, Identity and Alexander the Great is a symposium held in conjunction with the end of Nickle Galleries' exhibition, The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors, curated by Marina Fischer.
This two-day event is free and will be of interest to students, faculty, collectors and members of the general public.
Speakers:
Susan Taylor, Artist and Engraver Royal Canadian Mint
David Bergeron, Curator, Bank of Canada
Terence Cheesman, Expert on ancient coins
Carolyn Willekes, Military Historian and Classicist, Mount Royal University
Francois Rufiange, Numismatics Educator
Michael Walsh, Trajan Publishing Corporation owner and publisher of Canadian Coin News
Dates
APRIL 29, 2023, 9:30 – 4:30pm followed by a reception, 5:00 – 8:00pm
Free with pre-registration
April 30, 2023, 9:30 – 3:00pm
Free with pre-registration
Organized by Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary in partnership with the Calgary Numismatic Society.
Exhibition Website (please see all the links to events to the right, including 2 tours, March 14 and April 4)
https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/exhibition/upcoming-the-birth-of-portraiture-alexander-the-great-and-his-successors/
Talk by Dr. Carolyn Willekes on March 16
https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/event/nn-carolyn-willekes-horses-and-royal-identity-in-the-hellenistic-world/
Numismatic Symposium April 29-30
https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/event/symposium-power-identity-and-alexander-the-great/
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
EXHIBIT: BIRTH OF PORTRAITURE: ALEXANDER THE GREAT
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n10a10.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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