Low Countries: Flemish & Dutch Art and Architecture in Belgium & the Netherlands with Nigel McGilchrist

One of the often overlooked gems of Europe, the Low Countries of modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands are unparalleled in their artistic richness, cultural history, and all the charms of the Golden Age. Art and architectural enthusiasts, in particular, will find no better place to explore so many cities and collections in such a small geographic area. This unique itinerary, designed for SBMA Members by Nigel McGilchrist, Susie Orso, and the SBMA, will include spectacular museums and exclusive tours of towns and castles.

 

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Nigel McGilchrist

Nigel McGilchrist was born in Glasgow, educated in England, and for the past thirty years has lived and worked in Italy, Greece and Turkey. He studied first at Winchester College in England, and then at Oxford University where he took First Class Honors and three University prizes and medals in English and in Art History. In addition to being an art historian, he was also trained as a paintings conservator. He worked for the Italian government’s Ministry of Arts as an external consultant in the field of fresco conservation as the Vatican was embarking on its controversial cleaning of the Sistine Chapel. In the 1980s he worked with Federico Zeri, Italy’s then-most knowledgeable living art historian and formerly J. Paul Getty’s closest art advisor. Nigel was Director of the Anglo-Italian Institute in Rome for six years, taught at the University of Rome, the University of Massachusetts, and was for seven years the Dean of European Studies for a consortium of American universities. He lectures widely on art and archaeology at museums and institutions throughout Europe and the U.S.

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