CONF: Polyptychs’ Fortune and Misfortune (Lucca, 7-9 Oct 25)
Polyptychs’ Fortune and Misfortune. Provenance, Reconstruction, Restitution. This conference addresses the dismantling and reconstruction of altarpieces, encompassing diverse centuries, geographical areas, and artistic techniques. It explores the historical dynamics, shifts in taste, fluctuations…
CONF: Artistic Networks of Trust. Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Oct 8-10, 2025)
The second edition of the Calouste Gulbenkian Conference in Art History is dedicated to the theme “Artistic Networks of Trust: Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy.” Taking Calouste Gulbenkian as…
CFP: Infrastructures of Selling Modern and Contemporary Art in Socialism and Postsocialism
We invite proposals for a forthcoming edited volume that critically examines the infrastructures of art markets in Central and Eastern Europe during and after the socialist era. This peer-reviewed volume aims to shed…
CONF: Art, Luxury, and Sustainability: Markets in Transition (London/online, 7 Nov 25)
We are delighted to announced the programme for our international conference ‘Art, Luxury, and Sustainability: Markets in Transition’ taking place at Sotheby’s Institute Of Art in London on 7 November 2025. 9.15 –…
CFP: Cinema, lootings and restitutions, Université Paris Nanterre, Paris (February 5-7, 2026)
The symposium “Cinema, lootings and restitutions” investigates a little-studied field of provenance research, that of looting of cinema, but also the representation of looting and restitution, in cinema, both in the period 1933-1945…
ANN: Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art Publication Grants (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art invites applications for grants supporting publications in the field of modern art and theory, and modern visual culture. We use the term ‘modern art’…
CFP: Mexican Art and Its Collections in Europe, 16th–21st Centuries (Edited volume)
Call for Contributions – Book PublicationMexican Art and Its Collections in Europe (16th–21st Centuries): Interwoven Histories Edited volume in preparation for submission We invite contributions to an edited volume that will explore the…
CFP: Journal of Curatorial Studies, 15.2: Curating and Research Creation
Issue 15.2: Curating and Research Creation The Journal of Curatorial Studies is planning a special issue on Curating as Research Creation, issue 15.2, Fall 2026. Suggestions for relevant articles, curatorial reflections, and book…
CONF: “Que mandé façer al maestro”: reflections on pictorial practice and artistic consumption in the 15th century in Spain (25 Sep, 2025, 16:00- 18:00 CET)
In the 15th century, disparate artistic models and consumption practices coexisted in the Iberian Peninsula. Traditional historiography has insisted on the import of Flemish models, but recent research shows the fundamental role of…