Michael Backman: Art History & Material Culture

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Michael Backman: Art History & Material Culture

Exploring the history of the world through the material culture of its people, the nature of collecting, and the role of collectors in the preservation of material culture. See our website www.michaelbackmanltd.com for available non-Western antique artworks, blogs, reels and podcasts.

  1. 11/16/2024

    On being an 'independent' art scholar & researcher: Michael Backman, Annemarie Jordan and Hugo Miguel Crespo in Conversation

    What is it like to be an 'independent' scholar & researcher? Three published art historians who are tell. Annemarie Jordan and Hugo Miguel Crespo in conversation with Michael Backman on what it is like to being published researchers and art historians but doing it outside the structure of a university, museum or other institutional organisation. Annemarie Jordan is the author of many books on European luxury goods in the Renaissance typically sourced from the 'East', Hugo Miguel C...

    30 min

  2. 10/27/2024

    Michael Backman in conversation with Author Dr Sigrid van Roode about her new book on the jewellery of the Zar Cult of Egypt

    Dr Sigrid van Roode discusses her research into the Zar spirit possession cult of Egypt - a relatively new cult that emerged at the end of 19th century and still has many practitioners. The cult gave rise to the need for a specific form of jewellery - a practice that has only recently died out. www.michaelbackmanltd.com

    27 min

  3. 05/10/2024

    Michael Backman in conversation with Burmese art collector Graham Honeybill

    Graham Honeybill has been a banker most of his adult life, rising to become CEO of a bank in the UAE. He has also been a collector for much of his life. Colonial Burmese silver has long been a passion. A book has just been published on his collection and he has lent several pieces to an exhibition on Burmese art at the British Museum. Surely the pinnacle of any collector's collecting career? In this episode, Michael Backman talks with Graham about his collecting, and his motivations. www.mic...

    27 min

  4. 12/20/2023

    31: Art Historian Dr Annemarie Jordan in Conversation with Michael Backman

    Dr Annemarie Jordan is one of the world's most important, independent scholars on luxury goods imported to Europe from Asia during the Renaissance. The trade in such goods is fascinating and much of it was destined for Europe's royal families who delighted in exotica from faraway lands for whom possession of such items was a mark of their power and prestige. In this podcast, Dr Jordan discusses what attracted her to this intriguing area of study, her discoveries, and her current resear...

    32 min

  5. 07/19/2023

    30: Museum Curator & Author Fiona Kerlogue Discusses her Career & Indonesian Textiles

    Fiona Kerlogue, one of the world's leading authorities on Indonesian Batik, former senior curator at London's Horniman Museum and author discusses with Michael Backman her career, being a curator, and her latest book on a little-known Batik collection in Prague, in the Czech Republic. www.michaelbackmanltd.com

    31 min

  6. 01/17/2023

    29: Michael Backman talks with Thweep Rittinaphakorn about his new book 'Unseen Burma'.

    Thweep Rittinaphakorn's new book 'Unseen Burma' presents a rare and stunning photographic record of Burma during the period 1862-1962. In this podcast with Michael Backman, he discusses his motivations for writing the book and his research methods, and discusses Burma's recent history, as well as touching on its current problems. www.michaelbackmanltd.com

    27 min

  7. 01/16/2023

    28: Michael Backman: 'Are Antiques Sacred?'

    In this Podcast, Michael Backman, writer and gallerist, asks why are we attracted to items that have antiquity? Do such items have a sacredness, or are we attempting to tap into some version of immortality. Is this why we pay more for items with good patina? He looks at the role of collecting and collectors in the preservation of the world's material culture. www.michaelbackmanltd.com

    28 min

  8. 08/24/2022

    27: Jewellery Author & Collector Oytun Evliyazade Camcigil & Michael Backman in discussion

    Istanbul-based Oytun Evliyazade Camcigil, the author of the magnificent volume 'Eastern Treasures: Ottoman, Oman, Yemen, Turkmen Jewellery' discusses with Michael Backman the process of writing her book, collecting Middle Eastern jewellery and Istanbul's collecting scene. 'Eastern Treasures: Ottoman, Oman, Yemen, Turkmen Jewellery' is available on Amazon. www.michaelbackmanltd.com

    25 min
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Exploring the history of the world through the material culture of its people, the nature of collecting, and the role of collectors in the preservation of material culture. See our website www.michaelbackmanltd.com for available non-Western antique artworks, blogs, reels and podcasts.

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