CONF: Der Antiquariatsbuchhandel in Zentraleuropa. Perspektiven der historischen Forschung (Universität Wien, 12-13 Oct 2023)
Die Geschichte des Buches ist seit seinen Anfängen von seiner Bedeutung als gebrauchtes Objekt begleitet: Antiquarische Bücher konnten einerseits aufgrund ihres günstigeren Preises erschwinglicher sein, andererseits waren Sammler bereit, für handgeschriebene oder gedruckte…
TIAMSA Member News: CFP – International Association of Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC) Conference
AIMAC, the International Association of Arts and Cultural Management, has successfully held academic conferences over the last three decades. The 17th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC 2024) will be hosted by…
CFP: Artists on the Move (Online, 7-9 Mar 2024)
The twentieth century was marked by several significant migratory flows from the Russian Empire and its successor states, which resulted in many artists living and working abroad. These diverse artistic relocations were already…
CONF: Law without Law. Conference on the Restitution of Nazi-Confiscated Art (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder, 16-17 Nov 2023)
25 years ago, in December 1998, the Washington Principles were signed at the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets. These principles asked for a new approach to the restitution of Nazi-confiscated art. Implementing this…
CONF: Provenance Research in Italy (Deutsches Studienzentrum, Venice, 25 Sept 2023)
In April 2023, the working group “AG Italien“ was founded within the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. with the aim of establishing research on the provenance of unlawfully seized cultural objects during the Nazi-Fascist Era…
CFP: Boxerloot! Museum collections, the “boxer war”, and practices of plunder (Munich, Museum Fünf Kontinente, 22-23rd Feb 2024)
Many museums and private collections around the world contain objects that a variety of actors looted in China in the context of the so-called boxer war between 1900 and 1901. A military coalition…
CONF: Art Law Unveiled: Navigating modern and contemporary art transactions (Institute of Art & Law, 9 Nov 2023)
This event will focus on the particular legal issues that face buyers, sellers and collectors of modern and contemporary art. This will cover topics such as copyright, artist resale rights, contractual terms and…
CFP: Moving Dutch Knowledge: Collections as Knowledge Repositories and Sites of Transformation and Transfiguration (ANKK sponsored session at the HNA Conference 2024 – London/Cambridge, 10-13 July 2024)
Both the Southern and Northern Netherlands were a mighty hub for art, culture, trade, and, ultimately, knowledge. Much of the latter has been preserved in objects as well as in the context in…
ANN: Now online – « Collections premières ». Aux débuts des objets d’Afrique dans les musées occidentaux (INHA, Paris, 14 Jul 2023)
Comment la mise en collection des objets d’Afrique a effacé leur histoire pour les transformer en « arts premiers » ? Si cette catégorie de classement a fait long feu, ses effets perdurent….