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ANN: Highlights from the 8th Annual Conference of TIAMSA (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 4-5 July 2024)
The 8th TIAMSA Annual Conference (Poznań, Poland) once again highlighted how diverse and vibrant the expanding field of art market studies has become. Over a day and a half, academics and professionals—including advisers,…
TIAMSA Stands in Solidarity With the People of Ukraine
The Board of TIAMSA, The International Art Market Studies Association, expresses its solidarity with the people of Ukraine who have become the victims of ruthless aggression. As a scholarly association, we champion democracy…
ANN: Fokum Evening Lecture : Deutsche Kunstgalerien zwischen Kulturauftrag und Marktlogik (Dec 8, 2025, 18:15-19:45 CET)
TU Berlin Zoom-Link: https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62409545291?pwd=H0EZ4bu4q0Mv08GeYDySfDbCAR88bK.1 ++Title, abstract and CV are always written in the respective language of presentation.++
CFP: Art in Society (University of Zagreb – 1-4 July 2026)
This conference explores art as a dynamic force embedded in social and cultural life, shaping and reflecting the communities in which it is created and in which it exists and circulates. Artworks and…
CFP: Provenance and Asian Art (Berlin, 11-13 November, 2026)
Provenance and Asian Art: Sharing Stories, Building Connections. The Freer Research Center at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Zentralarchiv and Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) of…
ANN: Closed Museums and their Collections, 2000-25
The new Mapping Museums report is now out and available online.After more than two years of concentrated work we have collected data on all the museums that closed in the UK after 2000, why they…
CFP: Cultura en movimiento: élites, coleccionismo y circulación artística (Madrid, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales del CSIC – 20-21 May 2026)
Los miembros de las cortes europeas de la Edad Moderna se reconocían en una cultura compartida, derivada de un modo de estar y conversar heredado y propio de un espacio distinguido. Las obras…
CONF: ‘Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter’ (13–15 January 2026, Leiden University)
In January 2026, Leiden University’s Museum Lab will host the international conference ‘Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter’. The conference reflects on museums with significant founding histories, broadly defined, that are currently engaged in…
CONF: Archival Intelligence: AI x Archives x Museums (Karlsruhe, 10 Dec 25)
Archives and museums are placing great hopes in Artificial Intelligence. Time-consuming, labor-intensive tasks — such as the description and analysis of objects — can already be, or may soon be, taken over by…
CFP: Journal for Art Market Studies – Edited Volume on the Circulation of Asian Art (1930–1945 and Aftermath)
We invite scholarly contributions for an upcoming issue of the Journal for Art Market Studies dedicated to examining the trade, circulation, and market dynamics of Asian art and cultural objects during the broader…
CONF: Colonial Objects: The Material Culture of Italian Colonialism (Rome, Bibliotheca Hertziana – 4-5 Dec 2025)
“Colonial Objects: The Material Culture of Italian Colonialism” is an international, interdisciplinary conference that addresses the production and circulation of objects to understand their active role in shaping colonial imaginaries, visual culture, and…
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