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“The afterlife of sculptures: posthumous casts and the case of Medardo Rosso (1858–1928)”

“The afterlife of sculptures: posthumous casts and the case of Medardo Rosso (1858–1928)”

by Sharon Hecker | Jun 2, 2017 | JOURNAL ARTICLES

“The afterlife of sculptures: posthumous casts and the case of Medardo Rosso (1858–1928)” Journal of Art Historiography (June 2017). Read full text here
Fabrizio Dusi – DON’T KILL – at Casa della memoria – 31/05 to 31/08

Fabrizio Dusi – DON’T KILL – at Casa della memoria – 31/05 to 31/08

by Sharon Hecker | May 31, 2017 | Curating

Fabrizio Dusi DON’T KILL a cura di Chiara Gatti e Sharon Hecker CASA DELLA MEMORIA 31 maggio – 31 agosto 2017 Casa della Memoria presenta un importante progetto sitespecific firmato dall’artista Fabrizio Dusi. Sotto un titolo che cita il quinto comandamento del...
Amazing review of “Experiments in Light and Form” on Hyperallergic!

Amazing review of “Experiments in Light and Form” on Hyperallergic!

by Sharon Hecker | May 5, 2017 | Curating

Devon Van Houten Maldonado reviews Experiments in Light and Form: “A Major Exhibition Recasts the Influence of Italian Sculptor Medardo Rosso. Peers like Auguste Rodin may have overshadowed Rosso, but time has vindicated him as a decisive contributor to the...
A Moment’s Monument – Medardo Rosso and the International Origins of Modern Sculpture

A Moment’s Monument – Medardo Rosso and the International Origins of Modern Sculpture

by Sharon Hecker | Apr 23, 2017 | BOOKS

A Moment’s Monument – Medardo Rosso and the International Origins of Modern Sculpture (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2017). Medardo Rosso (1858–1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art, and this book is the...
Martina Droth reviews “Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form” in The Burlington Magazine

Martina Droth reviews “Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form” in The Burlington Magazine

by Sharon Hecker | Apr 18, 2017 | Curating

Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Saint Louis (to 13th May),1 is the second major showing of Medardo Rosso’s work to be held in the city. In 2003, Medardo Rosso: Second Impressions travelled from Harvard Art Museums to the...
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Watch a talk by Sharon Hecker at New York Studio School

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Watch a talk by Sharon Hecker at NYU Florence

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Hear a Talk by Sharon Hecker at the Center for Italian Modern Art

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Video: Catalogue Raisonne’ Scholars Association Posthumous Cast Conference Recording Now Available Online

'The Afterlife of Sculptures: Posthumous Casts in Scholarship, the Market, and the Law' was a two-day conference on issues surrounding posthumous casts of sculptures held at the Dedalus Foundation, New York on May 1 and 2, 2018. See more here.