CONF: Globalized Art Markets. Methodological and Theoretical Challenges of Interdisciplinary Art Market Research (State Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf and University of Cologne, 28-29 Sep 2023)


Annual conference of the Working Group Sociology of the Arts in cooperation with the Working Group Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation of the German Sociological Association (DGS) and the ZADIK | Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies, University of Cologne

September 28 – 29, 2023
State Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf and University of Cologne 
Oliver Berli, Nadine Oberste-Hetbleck and Nina Tessa Zahner 

Thursday September 28 2023 (Düsseldorf) 

14.00-14.30 Conference Opening at the State Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf 

14.30-16.30 PhD Workshop (Building: Rheinflügel 104) Agresti, Stefano Konrad Fischer und Arte Povera. Philological and Geopolitical Notes for an Emerging Art Market in a Post-War Global World 
Kral, Diana “Valuation criteria are only just emerging” – On theoretical challenges in researching value formation mechanisms for digital and NFT-based artworks 
Tuszko, Feliks Where lies the value of an artwork? How the global displacements of artworks affect their valuations 

16.30-18.00 Guided tour of the State Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf 

18.00-19.30 Olav Velthuis (Keynote): How the world embraced the idea of contemporary art, and how art market scholars failed to see it 

20.00 Conference dinner at the Brauhaus Füchschen 

Friday September 29 2023 (Cologne) 

Conference Day at Im Mediapark 7, Cologne 

9.00-10.00 Oberste-Hetbleck, Nadine: Guided tour of the ZADIK | Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies 

10.00-10.30 Schöddert, Wolfgang: “German Sales Primary Market´“ and “German Sales Institutions“. Sources and perspectives of empirical art market studies 

10.30-11.00 Short break 

11.00-12.30 Interdisciplinary Art Market Research – Session 1

Rademecker, Anne-Sophie The Global Market for Antiques as a Laboratory for Experimenting with Transdisciplinarity 
Spilerman, Seymour Aesthetic Transubstantiation: Commodification in the contemporary arts 
Fasche, Melanie Position and power in global art markets: A case study of private contemporary art coll-ectors 

16.00-17.30 Interdisciplinary Art Market Research – Session 2

Hutter, Michael Market conditions and power relations in African art worlds 
Quemin, Alain Recent Developments in the International Art Fairs System. What was the Impact of the Covid Pandemic on the Participation of Leading Contemporary Art Galleries? 
Provensal, Mathilde Gender inequality on globalized contemporary art market: a mixed-methods case study 

17.30 End of conference 

Accommodations 

Our conference takes place in Düsseldorf and Cologne. Depending on your personal preferences and your plans besides the conference, we suggest one of the following Hotels for your visit to the Rhineland. 

Hotels at Düsseldorf 

Art Hotel Ufer: https://hotel-ufer.de 

Das Carls: www.carls-hotel.de 

Hotel Stern: https://hotel-stern.de 

Hotels at Köln 

NH Collection Mediapark: https://tinyurl.com/2k9jh9cd 

Motel One Mediapark: (www.motel-one.com/de/hotels/koeln/hotel-koeln-mediapark) 

Registration: Fabian.Sokolowski@std.kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de 

Contact 

Oliver Berli (University of Cologne): oberli@uni-koeln.de 

Nadine Oberste-Hetbleck (ZADIK | University of Cologne): noberste@uni-koeln.de 

Nina Tessa Zahner (State Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf): nina.zahner@kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de