Ballot Archive

11 Nov 2021

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Alice Minter

Academic degrees, honours etc.

BA, History, La Sorbonne (2007). MA, History, La Sorbonne, Paris (2007), MA, Art History, La Sorbonne, Paris (2009)

Profession or occupation

Curator

Grounds for election

Having gained a degree in history at the Sorbonne, Alice Minter joined Sotheby’s in London where she worked in the silver department for two years before completing a Masters which investigated key Huguenot goldsmiths in London and their French origins. She then worked at Bonhams before returning to Sotheby’s and specialising in the decorative arts. In 2018 she was appointed Curator of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the V & A. In the short time that she has been in post she has, amongst other achievements, undertaken a redisplay of the gold boxes in the collection, overseen a collaborative exhibition and associated conference on hardstones and curated an international, travelling exhibition, ‘Masterpieces in Miniature’, currently at DIVA, Antwerp. Mrs Minter has published and lectured on Huguenot goldsmiths, snuffboxes, Jewish collectors and the potter, Bernard Palissy. Her most recent work is the catalogue accompanying the exhibition, ‘Masterpieces in Miniature’.

Signatories

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