MAXWELL L. ANDERSON
Selected Talks
UPCOMING:
"Marvels of the Aegean," World Presidents Organization, Aboard the Sea Dream II, September 2008
PAST:
"Metrics and Museums," Peabody Essex Museum, June 2008
"Benchmarking in Museums," Chair, Association of Art Museum Directors Annual Meeting Program, June 2008
Panelist, Salzburg's Global Seminar Session 453, "Achieving the Freer Circulation of Cultural Artifacts," May 2008
"Art Museums and Public Purpose," Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 2008
"From Ancient Rome to Today's Antiquities Market", Seattle Art Museum, April 2008
"Measuring Success in Minneapolis," Workshop for Boards of the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, April 2008
"Arte e Impresa," Università Cattolica di Milano, Milan, November 2007
"Towards a Bright Line in Uncertain Terrain: What's Next for Antiquities in U.S. Museums", Franciscan Center for Global Studies -Marian College, November 2007
"Roman Art from the Louvre," Butler University, October 2007
Capital Campaign Inauguration, Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, September 2007
"Contemporary Art in Ancient Rome," Carl Weinhardt Lecture, Indianapolis Museum of Art, September 2007
"Success at the Carnegie Museum of Art," Workshop for Board of Trustees, July 2007
"Art and Design in America: A Vanishing Boundary," Conference on Modernity and the American Experience, Indiana University Center for Comparative Arts Studies, March 2007
"The Culture of Responsibility in Art Museums," Leadership Through the Arts Forum, Butler University, February 2007
Panelist in "Creator, Curator, Catalyst: The University Art Museum in the Twenty-First Century, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 2006
"The Way Forward for Art Museums," Edmund Petty Lecture, Ball State University, October 2006
"Travel, the Antidote to Intolerance," Educational Travel Conference, Baltimore, February 2006
"The Metrics of Success for Museums," Keynote Address, Association of Midwest Museums Annual Conference, Cincinnati, October 26-28, 2005
Keynote Address, "The Ideal Exhibition: Best Practices," Communicating the Museum, 5th International Conference, Palazzo Reale, Turin, Italy, 18-19 July 2005
"Blockbuster Exhibitions: The Real Costs and Benefits," College Art Association, Atlanta, February 2005
Keynote Speaker, The Phillips Society, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, December 2004
Lecture to The Charter Collectors, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 2004
Jim Blackaby Keynote Address, Annual Conference, Museum Computer Network, Minneapolis, November 2004
Guest, "Who Owns Art," on National Public Radio's "Justice Talking" with Margot Adler, August 23, 2004
Lecturer, "Mediterranean Treasures: Historic Villas from Malta to Venice," Aboard The Sea Cloud, Dartmouth Alumni Continuing Education, August 2004
Panelist, "Strategic Leadership Across Sectors," Yale School of Management, April 2004
"Museums: Planning and Design", Urban Center Books and John Wiley & Sons, March 2004
Panelist, "If You Build it, Will They Come," American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, February 2004
Chair of Panel on "Visual Literacy", The Berkshire Conference, Williamstown, MA, January 2004
"Digital Promise: A Gift to the Nation," Panelist, Cleveland Museum of Art, November 2003
"Managing Non-Profits in a Challenging Economy," with John Walsh, Yale School of Management, November 2003
"Retrenchment Options: The Broad View," Panel Moderator, Museum Trustee Association Annual Meeting, October 2003
"Musei d'arte contemporanea nel XXI Secolo", Castello di Rivoli, October 2003
"A Conversation with Chuck Close," Walter H. Annenberg Inaugural Lecture, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 2003
"Établir un futur hors des cendres de la nouvelle économie," Seventh International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting, ICHIM 03, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, September 2003
"Education or Commerce: A Fork in the Road for Art Museums," Keynote Address, Association of Art Museum Curators, Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 2003
"Art Museums in the 00's: Three Challenges," Columbia University , November 2002
"Patterns of Patronage," National Arts Journalism Program Conference, Columbia University , November 2002
"American Art at the Crossroads: A Symposium", City University of New York , April 2002
"Today's Art Museums: Yet More Revolutions in Technology", Harvard Club of New York , February 2002
"Strategic Planning for the Future" Katonah Trustee Meeting, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah , NY , January, 2002.
Panelist, The Eighth Annual Directors Forum, American Federation of the Arts, New York , NY , November, 2001
"Strategic Leadership Across Sectors," Yale School of Management, November, 2001
"The Changing Landscape of Museums in Response to Marketing and Development Demands," American Federation of the Arts Director's Forum, New York Historical Society, New York, NY, November, 2001
"British Art from an American Perspective," UK in NY Festival, British Consulate, New York City , October 2001
"Art Museums and Commercialization: Evolving Global Perspectives," Réunion des Organisateurs des Grandes Expositions (with Ronald de Leeuw of Rijksmuseum & Guy Cogeval of Musée des Beaux Arts) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, October 2001
Panelist, "Do-It: Digital Opportunity Investment Trust," CUNY Graduate Center , New York , NY, October 2001
Keynote Speaker, International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting, Milan , Italy , September, 2001
"Abstraction at Mid-Century," Hood Museum , Hanover , New Hampshire , April, 2001
"The Web: What's in it for Me?" "Art Museums Online: Untangling the Web," Columbus Museum , Columbus , Georgia , March, 2001
Panelist, "Framing a Season," New York Times panel discussion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February, 2001
"The Whitney Today," Dartmouth Club, New York , NY February, 2001
"The Art Museum Network," Building and Sustaining Digital Collections: Model for Libraries and Museums, Council on Library and Information Resources/National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage Conference, Washington , DC , February, 2001
"A Tax Equity Bill for Artists," New York Bar Association, February, 2001
"American Art in the Digital Age," Critics' Lecture Series, The Art Museum at Florida International University , Miami , FL , September 2000
"Innovation and Collaboration at the Whitney Today," Milwaukee Art Museum , Milwaukee , WI , September 2000
"Art and Politics," (with Cate Dolan, Esq., and Bruce L. Payne), Summer Policy Series, The Century Institute, a project of The Century Foundation, New York, NY, June 2000
"Good Bridges Make Good Neighbors: The Whitney As A Neighborhood Asset," guest speaker, Annual Meeting, Madison Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), New York , NY , June 2000
"Cupped Hands in the Stream: Digital Media's Challenge to Collecting Institutions," Keynote Address, 28th Annual Meeting (The Preservation and Impact of Electronic Media), American Institute for Conservation (AIC) of Historic and Artistic Works, Phildelphia, PA, June 2000
Commencement address, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco , CA , May 2000
"Whitney Dialogues," (with Laurie Anderson), Columbia University , New York , NY, May 2000
"The Art of our Time: A Review of the 2000 Biennial," Harmonie Club Spring Meeting, Harmonie Club , New York , NY , April 2000
"Selling Tickets - Selling Out: Corporate Sponsorship of the Arts," (with David Barstow, Susan Bloom, Ben Cameron, moderated by Warren Bodow), Metropolitan Life Foundation Forum Series, Arts & Business Council, New York, NY, March 2000
"L'impact des nouvelles technologies sur les recherches et l'enseignement dans les musées, Colloque sur l'avenir des musées, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, March 2000
"The Future of the Museum," (with Richard Meier, James Stewart Polshek, moderated by Arthur Rosenblatt), The Marcus Aurelius Lecture Series, presented by The Art Commission of the City of New York, The Institute for the Italian American Experience, Inc., and The American Academy in Rome, New York, NY, March 2000
"Looking Forward by Looking Back: Arts Funding Controversies from Finley to Ofili," (with Alan Friedman, Valerie Jaudon, Mary Miss, moderated by Ronald Feldman), College Art Association Annual Conference, New York , NY , February 2000
"Director's Roundtable: The Independent Scholar and the Ever-Changing Museum," (with Annette Blaugrund, Mary Sue Sweeney Price, Deborah Johnson, moderated by Barbara J. Mitnick and Mary Emma Harris), Association of Independent Historians of Art, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY, February 2000
"Art Museums and New Media: Uneasy Peace or Exciting Horizons?" Annual Director's Dinner, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore , MD
"Part II of The American Century (1950-2000) and Its Aftermath," American Century Lecture Series, Friends of American Art, Bruce Museum , Greenwich , CT , February 2000
"The Art Museum in the Next Century: New Challenges, Fresh Perspectives," 50 th Anniversary Luncheon, Greenwall Foundation , New York, NY , November 1999
"Art Museums at the Century's End," Art and Soul: Making Culture Count, British American Project, Harrogate , UK , November 1999
"The Arts and New Technologies" (with Alan J. Friedman, Johannes Kirschenmann, Stephen Kohn, moderated by Heidi Gilpin), Global Perspectives for the New Millennium, International Conference on the Future of Arts Education, IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center, NY, November 1999
"Navigating the Museum: Towards a Networked Tablet," (panel moderator) International Cultural Heritage Informatics (ICHIM) annual meeting, Washington , DC , September 1999
"The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000," JP Morgan Visionary Voices , New York , NY , September 1999
"The Whitney's American Century Part II: A Preview," The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton , NY , August 1999
"Museums, Libraries, and Archives," Getty/UCLA Summer Institute for Knowledge and Sharing, Los Angeles , CA , August 1999
"Outside In: New Opportunities and Challenges for America 's Art Museums," Art Papers Live!, Atlanta , GA , May 1999
"Competition and Collaboration Among American Art Museums," The Cosmopolitan Club, New York , NY , May 1999
"Are we still defining this medium?" (with Wolfgange Staehle, Randall Packer, Laura McGough, Helen Thorington, Martha Wilson, Steve Dietz, Jon Ippolito, moderated by Robert Atkins), Cyberart 99: seeking solutions , Art & Science Collaborations, Inc., New York, NY, May 1999
"Art Museum Research and Education in a Digital World," Arts Forum at The Equitable, New York , NY , May 1999
"What is Modern? What is Contemporary?" (with Diana Brooks), Whitney Museum of American Art, April 1999
"Technology and Museums," (with Samuel Sachs, II), Trends for the Millennium , Art Museum Development Association, New York , NY , April 1999
"In Conversation," (with Richard Sedley), Culture Wars: Dumbing Down, Wising Up? , London , England , March 1999
"Interpreting Museums," (with Robert Anderson, Timothy Mason, Susan Pearce, Margaret Richardson, chaired by Ian Walker), Culture Wars: Dumbing Down, Wising Up? , London , England , March 1999
"Wings That Don't Fly: The Problem of Museum Expansion," (with Philip Johnson, Victoria Newhouse, Frank Stella, Bernard Tschumi, moderated by Suzanne Stephens), Rockefeller University , New York , NY, November, 1998
"Funding Digital Technology," (with Peter Siegel and Len Steinbach), Annual Meeting of the Museum Association of New York , NY , November 1998
"The Art Museum Network," Museums and the Web Conference, Los Angeles , CA , March 1997
"The Art Museum Network and Exhibition Planning," Réunion des Organisateurs des Expositions, Palazzo Altemps, Rome , March 1997
"Preparing the AGO for the Next Millennium," The Empire Club, Toronto , February 1997
"Plugging into the Art Museum Network," Association of Art Museum Directors, St. Louis , January 1997
"The Internet and Museums: The North American Perspective," Keynote Speaker at the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of ICOM, Musée du Louvre, December 1996
"The Power of Networked Information: Who's Minding the Content?" University of Toronto , November 1996
"Building the Art Gallery of Ontario's Future," Rotary Club of Toronto, June 1996
"Technology from the Bottom Up," Museum Trustee Association, Bloomfield Hills , MI , May 1996
"Museum Shops Online," Canadian Museum Association, Museum Shop Conference, Toronto , February 1996
"ExCalendar: A Global Exhibition Calendar," Réunion des Organisateurs des Expositions, Victoria and Albert Museum , London , England , December 1995
"Securing and Managing Collaboration," Museum Documentation Association, Edinburgh , November 1995
"Current Challenges, Future Opportunities," International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM) Conference, San Diego , CA , October 1995
"Le Musée Carlos" Musée du Louvre, April, 1995
"Masterpieces of Cinquecento and Seicento Italian Painting," High Museum of Art, January 1995
"The Byte-Sized Collections of Art Museums," The New York International Festival of the Arts, December 1994
"The Museum Director: Life in the Pressure Cooker," Art Dealers Association of America , The Metropolitan Museum of Art , October 1994
"Collecting at the Carlos: Eight Identities in 75 Years," Michael C. Carlos Museum , October 1994
"Art Market Challenges for American Museums," Institute of International Business Law and Practice, Symposium on "Legal Aspects of International Trade in Art," Vienna, September 1994
"The Perils and Pleasures of the Virtual Museum," Association of Art Museum Directors, Annual Meeting, Seattle , WA , June 1994.
"A Crisis of Opportunity : Art Museums in the 21st Century," Harvard University Art Museums , Launch of Harvard's Capital Campaign, May 1994
"The UNIDROIT Convention on the Return of Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Property," Session Chairman, American Association of Museums, Seattle , WA , April 1994.
"Musings on the Classical Tradition," 'Tables of Content' lecture to benefit The New York Public Library, December 1993
"Unique Challenges for University Museums in Urban Settings," Wellesley College ( Davis Museum Dedication), Wellesley, MA, October 1993
"Classical Sculpture On and Off its Pedestal," The Cosmopolitan Club, New York , NY , March 1993
"The Arts and Social Change," British-American Project, Atlanta , GA , November 1992
"The American Splendor: Architecture and Design in America , 1870-1920, Atlanta History Center , June 1992, symposium moderator
"Art Museums as Catalysts for Change in a Community," Partners for Livable Places, Orlando , FL , May 1992
"Caveat Emptor: The Responsible Growth of Antiquities Collections in America ," Association of Art Museum Directors, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX,February 1992
"The History of Classical Collections in America ," Fiftieth Anniversary Lecture, University Museums , University of Mississippi , February 1992
"A New Museum for Ancient Art" Archaeology in the Olympic City," Young Memorial Lecture, Archaeological Institute of America , Baltimore Society, October 1991
"Rulers and Citizens of Ancient Rome ," The Metropolitan Museum of Art , January 1991
"Romans Famous and Unknown in the Levy-White Collection," The Metropolitan Museum of Art , October 1990
" Pompeii 's Past and Future," Museum of Fine Arts , Houston , TX, October 1990
"Toward a New International Future for American Museums," Italian Cultural Institute, New York , NY , September 1990
"Future Technologies for the Past," IBM Gallery of Science & Art, September 1990
"New Approaches to Ancient Art," Art Institute of Chicago , September 1990
"Ancient Art in the New World : America 's Debt to Antiquity," The Benefactors' Fund Lecture, Dartmouth College , April 1990
"Ancient Glories in the Fitzwilliam Museum ," The High Museum of Art , April 1990
"The Future of American Collections of Classical Art," The J. Paul Getty Museum, March 1989
"From Tomb to Museum: Funerary Portraits of Imperial Rome ," Archaeological Institute of America , Athens , GA Society, November 1988
"Disegni ricostruttivi della Villa imperiale di Boscotrecase," Convegno Internazionale: Ercolano 1738-1988, 250 Anni di Ricerca Archeologica, Ravello , Italy , October 1988
"The Suburbs of Pompeii : Interior Decoration in the First Centuries B.C. and A.D.," The Henry T. Rowell Memorial Lecture, Archaeological Institute of America , Baltimore Society, February 1988
"Geschmack und Dekorative Intention in der frühkaiserzeitlichen Villa von Boscotrecase," Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Munich , June 1986
"Roman Architecture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," The Metropolitan Museum of Art , March 1986
"Greek and Roman Temples in Southern Italy and Sicily ," The National Italian-American Foundation, Washington DC , September 1984
"A Greek and Roman Treasury," The Metropolitan Museum of Art , June 1984
"A New Reconstruction of the Altar of the Vicomagistri," The J. Paul Getty Museum, March 1983
"Ancient Cameo Glass in New York ," The International Glass Conference, New York , NY, June 1982
"The Soldier-Emperors of Rome ," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 1981