Vortrag von Antony Griffiths, London: On Understanding and Misunderstanding Prints

In the organizer's words:

Lecture in English on the occasion of the awarding of the Wolfgang Ratjen Prize 2025.

Prints are unlike paintings and drawings in that they usually have texts - often a considerable amount of lettering. The relationship of these texts to the image they accompany is often problematic, and many prints have been misinterpreted and misunderstood. This lecture will discuss a number of specific cases, and explain the many factors which might lie behind the creation of misleading texts and images. The tendentious image and text is not a modern invention.

Antony Griffiths is currently working on the provenance of the Ethnographic collections in the British Museum.

Participation is free of charge.
Venue: Central Institute for Art History, lecture room 242, II. floor
The lecture will be broadcast in parallel via Zoom. Information on the lecture and participation via Zoom can be found here.