A spectacular list of scholars has been assembled to discuss the controversial Bloomsbury Group. Published biographers, historians, critics, and art historians, including Frances Spalding, Peter Stansky, and Julian Bell, a grandson of Vanessa Bell and Clive Bell, will take part in the event. The symposium will give both a broad overview of the significance of the Bloomsbury Group and a long-term evaluation of its significance.

To better accommodate the anticipated audience during the Festival, the symposium will take place in the Lecture Hall of the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street. The symposium is free and open to the public. For more information, call 203-432-2850.

3:15 pm
The Bloomsbury Group: Painters First
Peter Stansky, Frances and Charles Field Professor of History, Stanford University

4:15 pm
The Friends and Enemies of Bloomsbury
Julian Bell, painter and art critic

5:15 pm
Reception and viewing of the exhibition The Art of Bloomsbury at the Center, 1080 Chapel Street

Saturday, June 17
9:30 am
What Painting Taught Literature: Roger Fry and Virginia Woolf
Frances Spalding, art historian, critic, and biographer

Frances Spalding

10:30 am
The Economics of Bloomsbury
Roger Fry and John Maynard Keynes
Craufurd D. Goodwin, James B. Duke Professor of Economics, Duke University

11:30 am
Heroism vs. Housework: An Argument for Bloomsbury’s Significance
Christopher Reed, Associate Professor, Department of Art, Lake Forest College

Lunch Break

2:30 pm
Bloomsbury:The American Response
Regina Marler, author and critic

3:30 pm
The Significance of Charleston for the Bloomsbury Group
Alastair Upton, Director, The Charleston Trust