Alice Minter, having spent 10 years as a specialist and then Director at Sothebys, is now Curator of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She studied in Paris for a master in History and then History of Art.
Meant ‘for everyone’, the Gilbert Collection represents the life-long passion of Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert and was donated to Britain in 1996. Visual richness and intricate detail appealed to the Gilberts, who were dressmakers and fashion entrepreneurs in London during the Second World War. The Gilberts moved to Los Angeles in 1949 where Arthur became a highly successful property developer. With expert support, they began collecting in the 1960s, aiming to build a museum collection in each of their chosen areas: silver and gold, gold boxes, enamel portrait miniatures and mosaics.
The Gilberts and their collection are close to my heart. I was an intern at the V&A when the collection arrived in 2008, and I assisted curators there with some of the first displays. Their collection also relates more broadly to CURA Art and our two home cities of London and LA.
Alice has been a huge support to us and was a panellist for our first talk on the subject of collecting. We were thrilled to include her in this podcast series.
Alice Minter, having spent 10 years as a specialist and then Director at Sothebys, is now Curator of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She studied in Paris for a master in History and then History of Art.
Meant ‘for everyone’, the Gilbert Collection represents the life-long passion of Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert and was donated to Britain in 1996. Visual richness and intricate detail appealed to the Gilberts, who were dressmakers and fashion entrepreneurs in London during the Second World War. The Gilberts moved to Los Angeles in 1949 where Arthur became a highly successful property developer. With expert support, they began collecting in the 1960s, aiming to build a museum collection in each of their chosen areas: silver and gold, gold boxes, enamel portrait miniatures and mosaics.
The Gilberts and their collection are close to my heart. I was an intern at the V&A when the collection arrived in 2008, and I assisted curators there with some of the first displays. Their collection also relates more broadly to CURA Art and our two home cities of London and LA.
Alice has been a huge support to us and was a panellist for our first talk on the subject of collecting. We were thrilled to include her in this podcast series.