ECR French Nineteenth-Century Art Network presents:

Curatorial Roundtable: New Acquisitions on Paper

Thursday 28 May

 17:00 (BST) //  18:00 (CEST) //  12:00 (EDT) // 09:00 (PDT)

Museums help to protect, care for, and further the knowledge of a variety of works on paper, treasured objects that are rarely on view. They play an important role in the history of art, but often get overlooked by the larger canvases that dominate the more public spaces of museums. Yet, curators continually seek to enhance the depth and scope of their works on paper collections through donations and purchases, made possible through a range of funds, sponsors, and benefactors. This Network Session will bring together four curators to spotlight some of their recent acquisitions across prints, drawings, and other works on paper. The panel will discuss the works acquired as well as how the work enhances their respective collections and the ways in which curators seek to shape their collections. This session will feature four curators at notable institutions—highlighting some lesser-known artists and works— to celebrate the invaluable efforts undertaken to acquire, research, and care for works on paper.

Participating will be:

Ashley E. Dunn is an associate curator in the Department of Drawings & Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she is responsible for nineteenth-century French works on paper. Her recent exhibitions at The Met include Fanmania (2025) and Manet/Degas (2023). Earlier projects focused on drawings by Delacroix and Rodin. She holds a BA in French from Emory University, MSt in the history of art and visual culture from the University of Oxford, and PhD from Northwestern University (2019).

Britany Salsbury is Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art. She previously held positions related to works on paper at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, RISD Museum, and Milwaukee Art Museum, among others. Her exhibitions and publications include Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism (2023), Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art (2023), and Altered States: Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris (2016). Her research has been published in Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide and Print Quarterly, and she co-edited the book Collecting Prints, Posters, and Ephemera: Perspectives in a Global World (2019).

Natalia Lauricella is Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. A specialist in 19th-century prints with a doctorate in art history from the University of Southern California, Natalia joined the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 2024. Previously, she was a fellow in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University and held positions at MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York. Her recent exhibitions at FAMSF include Matisse’s Jazz Unbound and Printing Color: Chiaroscuro to Screenprint, and she is developing a large exhibition on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Danielle Canter is Assistant Curator of the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Canter earned an M.A. in the History of Art at Williams College and is now completing her Ph.D. at the University of Delaware. She specializes in 19th-century French drawings and prints.