Some exciting news (I hope!) – the final part of The Year of the Dealer project is finally ready for launch. It’s been an absolutely mammoth task, spanning the last few years, creating the digital film trails, but we are very nearly ready to press the button and make the project ‘live’. We are aiming to press the launch button in mid April – we’re just working with our fantastic partner museums to make sure everything lines up and we’ll be good to go!
The Year of the Dealer project has involved multiple outputs over the last few years, including a film (Quinneys 2021), workshops and events, and an art-film ‘Echo’ – you can read all about the project on the Antique Dealer Research Project website
The Year of the Dealer digital trails is the final part of the (current) project and has involved creating 50 short digital trails in collaboration with 5 of the UK’s leading museums – The Bowes Museum, The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Preston Park Museum, Temple Newsam, and the V&A Museum. We have picked 10 objects at each museum and told the stories of the antique dealers behind the objects. All 57 digital films (there are also 7 introductory and supplementary films) will go ‘live’ in a couple of weeks and will be live for a year, to make 2026-2027 The Year of the Dealer!
To whet your appetite, here’s a promotional film we have made, highlighting the Year of the Dealer project (see below).
Do watch out for the Year of the Dealer when it launches – and we will be posting updates on the Antique Dealer Research blog about the Year of the Dealer digital films and associated events throughout the coming year.
Mark
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