‘For the Benefit of the Nation’: A Collection of Chinese Art for Greece

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‘For the Benefit of the Nation’: A Collection of Chinese Art for Greece

George Manginis, Academic Director, Benaki Museum, 4 June 2020
Introduced by Sharon Gerstel, Professor of Byzantine Art & Archaeology, George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies and Director, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

In May 1936, the steamship ‘Sorrento’ sailed into the port of Piraeus, Greece. Aboard were 452 items of Chinese pottery, destined to join another 341 already on display at the Benaki Museum. Over the past 9 years the museum’s founder, Antonis Benakis, had been in contact with their donor, a British businessman of Greek origin, George Eumorfopoulos. Eumorfopoulos was pivotal among the enthusiasts and scholars who, during the early 20th century, changed long-held preconceptions about China. In gifting these Chinese ceramics to Greece, Eumorfopoulos rendered them ambassadors of an ancient culture to a homeland he hardly knew himself while, at the same time, contributing to a national effort spearheaded by Benakis.

This lecture is part of the ‘Hellenic Together’ series, the fruit of collaboration between the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Benaki Museum team of curators and academic consultants with the aim to showcase the treasures of the Benaki Museum, its research and exhibition initiatives and the varied projects shared with its academic and cultural partners. These erudite yet informal lectures took place during the spring–summer 2020 global pandemic lockdowns, were hosted on a web-based conference platform and were accessed by a varied audience in the USA, Greece, the rest of Europe, and around the world. Having been recorded, five are now accessible to all at the Benaki Museum website.
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«Όφελος Εθνικό»: Μια συλλογή κινεζικής τέχνης για την Ελλάδα

Γιώργης Μαγγίνης, Επιστημονικός Διευθυντής, Μουσείο Μπενάκη, 4 Ιουνίου 2020
Εισαγωγή από την Sharon Gerstel, Professor of Byzantine Art & Archaeology, George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies and Director, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

Τον Μάιο του 1936 το ατμόπλοιο «Sorrento» έφτασε στο λιμάνι του Πειραιά. Μετέφερε 452 έργα κινεζικής κεραμικής που έμελλε να προστεθούν σε άλλα 341 που ήδη εκτίθεντο στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη. Για 9 χρόνια ο ιδρυτής του Μουσείου Αντώνης Μπενάκης αλληλογραφούσε με τον δωρητή των κεραμικών, τον ελληνικής καταγωγής Βρετανό επιχειρηματία Γεώργιο Ευμορφόπουλο. Ανάμεσα στους συλλέκτες και μελετητές του πρώιμου 20ού αιώνα που άλλαξαν εδραιωμένες προκαταλήψεις για την Κίνα, ο Ευμορφόπουλος υπήρξε καταλυτικός. Δωρίζοντας αυτά τα κεραμικά στην Ελλάδα, ο Ευμορφόπουλος τα κατέστησε πρέσβεις ενός αρχαίου πολιτισμού στην χώρα των προπατόρων του, μια χώρα που ο ίδιος γνώριζε πολύ λίγο. Παράλληλα, η δωρεά αυτή υπήρξε η προσωπική του συμμετοχή σε μια εθνική προσπάθεια ανασυγκρότησης στην οποία ο Μπενάκης έπαιζε συντονιστικό ρόλο.

H διάλεξη αυτή περιλαμβάνεται στην σειρά «HellenicTogether», καρπό συνεργασίας ανάμεσα στο UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture και την ομάδα επιμελητών και επιστημονικών συμβούλων του Μουσείου Μπενάκη. Η σειρά διοργανώθηκε με σκοπό να προβάλλει τους θησαυρούς του Μουσείου, τις ερευνητικές και εκθεσιακές του πρωτοβουλίες και τα προγράμματα που αναπτύσσει με εταίρους του σε πανεπιστήμια και συναφή πολιτιστικά ιδρύματα. Οι εμβριθείς αλλά και προσιτές αυτές διαλέξεις έλαβαν χώρα μέσω διαδικτυακής πλατφόρμας κατά τον καιρό της πανδημίας και των παγκόσμιων περιορισμών κυκλοφορίας (άνοιξη – καλοκαίρι 2020) και τις παρακολούθησε ένα ευρύ κοινό στις ΗΠΑ, την Ελλάδα, την υπόλοιπη Ευρώπη και όλο τον κόσμο. Πέντε από αυτές μαγνητοσκοπήθηκαν και είναι πλέον προσιτές σε όλους στον ιστότοπο του Μουσείου Μπενάκη.

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