Cocktails and Conversation: Wildenstein Plattner Institute Discussion on Tom Wesselmann | The Westport Idea
February 17, 2022
As supporting programming for The Westport Idea exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Westport, joined MOCA for a free discussion led by Huffa Frobes-Cross, Tom Wesselmann Catalogue Raisonné project manager.
CRSA: Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus in Conversation
October 26, 2021
The featured conversation between WPI colleagues Huffa Frobes-Cross, Project Manager of the Wesselmann Catalogue Raisonné, and Caitlin Sweeney, Director of Digital Publications, took viewers step-by-step through the development of a unique cataloguing system: from the initial considerations that went into choosing the most appropriate format, to the particular challenges of maintaining an online database-in-progress.
Discovering Wesselmann: The Early Exhibitions
May 13, 2021
Huffa Frobes-Cross, project manager of the Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné, and Samantha Rowe, archivist, introduced the second iteration of the Discovering Wesselmann webinar series. Discovering Wesselmann: The Early Exhibitions considered the sparsely documented shows form Judson Gallery, Tanager Gallery, and Green Gallery between the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Paper Thin: Walking the Line Between Art and Ephemera – Panel at 109th CAA Conference
February 12, 2021
Our archivist Samantha Rowe chaired a panel at the 109th CAA. Sandrine Canac, PhD, Director of Digital Archival Projects, Samantha Rowe and five panelists from top institutions discussed the nebulous line between art object and archival record.
Discovering Wesselmann
December 16, 2020
A conversation between our archivist, Samantha Rowe, and the project manager for the Tom Wesselmann Catalogue Raisonné, Huffa Frobes-Cross. Working between the Tom Wesselmann Papers and the artist’s work, Huffa and Samantha discussed how archival research intersects with and supports the development of this catalogue raisonné project.
About the Digital Corpus The Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) is working in close collaboration with the Estate of Tom Wesselmann on the Digital Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s work. Prior to publication of the first installment, which will focus on Wesselmann’s celebrated Great American Nudes series, the WPI will continually update the status of their research
