An interesting feature when walking through the Thyssen-Bornemisza is the number of paintings stating XYZ “with a donor”. Examples include, Botticini’s “Saint Cecilia between Saint Valerian and Saint Tiburtius with…
Following on from yesterday’s focus on unity and diversity of European philanthropy, today’s painting used to illustrate a point from PEX 2020 is Wyeth’s “My Young Friend”. The reason this…
The second painting chosen to depict an issue from PEX 2020 is Delaunay’s “Simultaneous Dresses”. This seems to nicely allude to the idea of “European philanthropy” being both one and…
Wandering through Madrid’s Museum Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, there is a diversity of paintings that summarise the wider context within which the inaugural meeting of the Philanthropy Europe Networks (PEX) forum took…
January 2020 saw the inaugural meeting of the Philanthropy Europe Networks (PEX) Forum in Madrid. Hosted by DAFNE (Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe) and the Association of Spanish Foundations…
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by Tobias Jung This month, Charity Futures and Giving Evidence launched their findings on whether, where and what research is needed about UK charities and giving. The work is divided…
The biennial conference of the Nonprofit Academic Centres Council (NACC) took place at Cass Business School City, University of London from July 16-17. For the first time held outside of…
Hamish McHamish (1999-2014) ‘local legend and cat about town’ Hamish McHamish became known as St Andrews’ town cat. Born in 1999, Hamish belonged to a retired BBC producer but, from…
James Gillespie (1726-1797) ‘An Edinburgh character through and through, with an impressive nose fit for a snuff merchant’ Background: Born into a family of modest means in 1726 in Roslin,…