ANN: Translocation of South Asian Art: Provenance and Documentation (Online; 6-7 Oct 2022)
The National Museum of Asian Art continues its series, Hidden Networks: Trade in Asian Art, with Translocation of Asian Art: Provenance and Documentation. Washington, DC: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. EDT dailyLondon: 2–5 p.m. BST…
EXH: Castaway Modernism: Basel’s Acquisitions of “Degenerate“ Art (Kunstmuseum Basel, 22 Oct 2022 – 19 Feb 2023)
The Kunstmuseum Basel’s department of classic modernism houses one of the most prestigious collections of its kind. It was in fact assembled at a comparatively late date. In the summer of 1939 — shortly before the…
EXH: The Collector Curt Glaser. From Champion of Modernism to Refugee (Kunstmuseum Basel, 22 Oct 2022 – 12 Feb 2023)
The art historian, curator, and art critic Curt Glaser (1879–1943) was a central figure in Berlin’s art scene in the 1910s and 1920s, yet he has been nearly forgotten in the years since his death….
ANN: Workshop “Recherches de provenance au musée” (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève, 15 Nov 2022)
Suite à la publication du standard «Recherches de provenance dans les musées II. Collections liées aux contextes coloniaux», l’AMS organise un workshop sur la pratique de recherche de l’origine des biens se trouvant dans…
ANN: Workshops “Provenienzforschung in den Museen” (Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 4 Nov 2022)
Im Anschluss an die Veröffentlichung des Standards «Provenienzforschung in Museen II. Sammlungen mit Bezug zu kolonialen Kontexten» organisiert der VMS einen Workshop über die Praxis der Provenienzforschung von Werken und Objekten von Sammlungen, die in kolonialen…
ANN: Research Group on Looted Art, Provenance Research and Restitution in the Netherlands (Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture, University of Amsterdam)
The spoliation of art during the Nazi-era and the Holocaust is the central focus of this research group. However, we extend it to colonial and other contexts as well. The group is concerned…
CFP: The Mutability of Collections: Transformation, Contextualisation and Re-Interpretation (Seminar on Collecting & Display, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 7-8 July 2023)
We invite proposals for papers reflecting on the ways in which the contents of collections are not permanent but may be subject to numerous mutations. Objects in collections are added, exchanged or disposed of, translated and…
ANN: Pop Places 1958–1966 – A series of mid-day webinars (Wildenstein Plattner Institute, New York, 20/27 Sept, 4/11 Oct 2022)
This fall, the WPI will host Pop Places 1958–1966, a series of mid-day webinars, each dedicated to a different key New York exhibition space of the era. What became known as Pop emerged from an…
EXH: Taking Stock. Gurlitt in Review (Kunstmuseum Bern, 16 Sept 2022-15 Jan 2023)
Taking stock means being accountable. The Kunstmuseum Bern accepted the legacy of Cornelius Gurlitt (1932 – 2014) in November 2014. Since December 2021, around 1600 works of art from the estate of the art…