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(Livestream) Lecture: Inside the Head of a Collector

On Tuesday, October 22 at 5 p.m., Shirley M. Mueller, MD will present a lecture in the Barone Campus Center’s Dogwood Room. An internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, Dr. Mueller is also board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry. This unique conjunction of interests led her to explore the “neuroeconomics” of collecting in the 2019 book Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play. This lecture is presented in conjunction with Ink and Time: European Prints…

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October 22, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

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On Tuesday, October 22 at 5 p.m., Shirley M. Mueller, MD will present a lecture in the Barone Campus Center’s Dogwood Room. An internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, Dr. Mueller is also board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry. This unique conjunction of interests led her to explore the “neuroeconomics” of collecting in the 2019 book Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play.
This lecture is presented in conjunction with Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection (Bellarmine Hall Galleries, September 12 – December 21, 2024). The prints in that collection were put together in the early 20th century by Fanny Wetmore, a New London, CT native who donated her collection to Connecticut College. For more information on the exhibition please click here.
This talk will be livestreamed at https://vimeo.com/event/4408170.
To register for this event in-person, please click here.
Dr. Mueller’s talk is being presented in partnership with the Arts Institute and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

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