Interviews

2023

June 6, 2023 : : Canvas8: Why young adults are obsessed with collectible figurines ; PDF version

Feb 7, 2023 : : Web3 with Dhee: Dheeraj Shah interviews Shirley Mueller on why Collectors Collect

2022

August 24, 2022 : : Interview for SwissTV, Kulturplatz; Full Program with English Subtitles; Shirley Muller Interview clip (in German)

July 2022 : : 50 Of The Most Interesting And Unusual Collections People Have; interview excerpt from full article on Bored Panda

June 8, 2022 : : The Hobbies + Happiness Podcast Interview by Daniel Campbell and Jim Morgan

2021

Nov. 13, 2021 : : The Desire to Acquire: A Psychological Profile of the Serious Collector; A panel and discussion on why collectors collect sponsored by Apexart

October 6, 2021 : : Fun.ner Podcast Interview by Tim and Parker, Available on Fun.ner Website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts

September 30, 2021 : : The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of Podcast Interview by Dave Mandel and Ryan Condel . Available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts

July 28, 2021 : : This Is Your Brain On Vinyl, and Other Tales From Obsessive Collecting in the Pandemic by Rich Juzwiak

May 17, 2021 : : The Brent Loucks morning Show, 650 CKOM Saskatchewan, Canada: Live Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

May 5, 2021 : : ARENI Global: In Conversation Podcast – Inside the Head of a Collector – In Conversation with Prof. Shirley Mueller

2020

November 23, 2020 : : Jewelry Journey Podcast: Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

November 13, 2020 : : Smithsonian Magazine: Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

April 14, 2020 : : The New York Society Library: Live from Your Living Room

January 2020 : : Antiques Trade Gazette: Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

2019

December 17, 2019 : : Antiques and the Arts Weekly: Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

November 2019 : : Antique Collecting: Mind Games, Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

October 14, 2019 : : Jewelry Journey Podcast: Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

August 24, 2019 : : The da Vinci Pursuit Radio Show: Inside the Head of a Collector: Interview with Shirley M. Mueller

July 2019 : : New Book Announcement: Asian Review of Books

Exhibitions

2023

May 26-October 22, 2017 : : Elegance from the East: New Insights from Old Porcelain, The Indianapolis Museum of Art (Now Newfields)

February 27, 2016 - June 5, 2016 : : Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA

2014 : : Tea Time: Going Dutch, The University of Iowa

April 21, 2011 - February 27, 2017 : : The Luxury of Tea and Coffee: Chinese Export Porcelain from the Shirley M. Mueller Collection, The Indianapolis Museum of Art (Now Newfields)

2010 : : Porcelain from the Collection of Shirley M. Mueller, New York City at BARD Gallery

2000 : : Chinese Export Porcelain Curiosities, The Indianapolis Museum of Art (Now Newfields)

Lectures

2023

April 14, 2023 : : Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play, daVinci Art Science Roundtable

March 27, 2023 : : Collectors and Collecting Mysterious Behavior Explained, Bayou Bend Museum Lora Jean Kilroy Center, Houston, TX.

2021

November 13, 2021 : : The Desire to Acquire: A panel and discussion on why collectors collect , Sponsored by Apexart

September 29, 2021 : : Collectors and Choice: A Model for Life’s Decisions, American Ceramic Circle Virtual Program

July 6, 2021 : : Plaques Portraying Late Porcelain Production in Jingdezhen, Oriental Ceramics Society of London

June 21, 2021 : : Online International Research Workshop; Fakes in the Art Market: Detecting forgery — Scientific approaches: Using science to unmask fake Order of the Cincinnati decoration on Chinese export porcelain, University of Bologna

March 15, 2021 : : Virtual Lecture: “What an Art Exhibit Can Tell Us about Ourselves”, Chinese export porcelain and the neuropsychology of collecting art. Carnegie Hill Village, NYC, NY

2020

December 15, 2020 : : Virtual Lecture: “Collecting and Choice: A Model for Life’s Decisions.” The Royal Society of Medicine, London

April 14, 2020 : : Virtual Reading: The New York Society Library: Live from Your Living Room

February 26, 2020 : : “Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play”, Book signing and discussion, Upper West Side Book Club, NYC, NY

February 26, 2020 : : “Art and Science Combined: Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play”, SciArt Club; The David Rubenstein Public Atrium at Lincoln Center, NYC, NY

January 14, 2020 : : “My Book: The Back Story”, Progressive Club, Indianapolis, IN

2019

November 4, 2019 : : Collecting Stories, The Historical Institute, London, U.K.

November 1, 2019 : : Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play, Asia House, London, U.K.