To coincide with the celebration of the centenary of the creation of the Library of Catalonia’s graphic unit, for two days, professionals from the fields of graphic and artistic heritage will meet to share and discuss their knowledge, activities and interests, and to present their experiences in their respective fields and organizations.

Programme

15 June, 9:30 am to 2 pm. Auditorium 2 of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya 

• 9:15-9.30 Accreditations
• 9:30-10 Welcome and greetings
• 10-10:30 Presentation of the collection of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints. Complicities and affective and emotional ties. Francesc Quílez, head of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.
• 10:30-11 The collections of the Graphics Area of the City of Barcelona Historical Archive. Santi Barjau and Elisa Regueiro, technicians of the City of Barcelona Historical Archive
• 11-11:30 Coffee break
• 11:30-12:15 pm Study, documentation and dissemination of work on paper by Goya in the Museo del Prado: a Public Service. José Manuel Matilla, head of Conservation of Drawings and Prints of the Museo Nacional del Prado
• 12:15-1 pm Round table Graphic work and the art market. Artur Ramon, antiquary and art historian, Héctor Albericio, director of the Petritxol Gallery and Bonaventura Bassegoda, professor of Art History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Moderator: Irene Solé, cultural critic and curator.
• 1-1:15 pm Requests and questions
• 1:15-2 pm Visit to the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the MNAC. Adela Laborda, technician of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints, Francesc Quílez, head of the CDP and Mercè Saura, assistant conservator of the CDP of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

The museum will offer two further visits on 27 and 29 June at 11 am, for those interested who, due to the limitation of time and space (15 pax), are unable to do the visit on the 15^th.

15 June, 4 to 7:45 pm.  Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia

• 4-4:30 Presentation of the collections of the Cartoteca de Catalunya More than a thousand words: the power of the image to represent the world. Noelia Ramos, head of the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia’s Cartoteca de Catalunya
• 4:30-5 Online chat History in Your Hands: The Collections of the American Geographical Society Library. Marcy Bidney, Library Associate Director for Distinctive Collections University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) & Curator of the American Geographical Society Library

• 5-5:45 pm Round table: The private collection of graphic work. Vicenç Furió, professor of Art History at the University of Barcelona, Manuel Puig, collector, Inés Padrosa, art historian and collaborator of the Mascort Foundation. Moderator: Damià Amorós i Albareda, art historian and museologist
• 5:45-6:15 Coffee break
• 6:15-7 Good practice: Dissemination strategies of the Pavilion of the Republic’s graphic collections. Lourdes Prades, in charge of the CRAI Pavilion of the Republic Library, University of Barcelona
• 7-7:15 Requests and questions
• 7:15-7:45 Visit to the collection of the Cartoteca de Catalunya. Elisenda Ardèvol, Alba Erra and Noelia Ramos, technicians of the ICGC’s Cartoteca

16 June, 9:30 am to 2 pm. Library of Catalonia 

• 9:30-10 am Graphic collection of the Library of Catalonia: a hidden treasure. Silvia Ferrer, director of the Graphic Unit of the Library of Catalonia
• 10-10:45 Du Cabinet des estampes au département des Estampes et de la photographie de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, 350 ans d’histoire et 15 millions. Chloé Perrot. Conservateur des bibliothèques. Departement des Estampes et de la Photographie. Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
• 10:45-11:15 Breakfast break
• 11:15-12 Round table: The role of graphic collections in museums and private institutions. Àfrica Tiñana Mbuña, Technician of the museum of the Reial Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Anna Maluquer, director of the Palau Foundation and Nuria Homs, conservator of the Antoni Tàpies Foundation. Moderator: Montse Frisach, journalist and art critic
• 12-12:45 The cartographic collections of the National Library of Spain. Carmen García Calatayud, head of the Cartography Service of the National Library of Spain
• 12:45-1 Requests and questions
• 1-1:15 Conclusions and closing speech
• 1:15-2 Visit to the collection of the Library of Catalonia. Maria Sadurní and Concepció Isern, librarians of the Graphic Unit of the Library of Catalonia 

Organized by: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Library of Catalonia and Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia

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