ANN: Parcours d’objets : La mise en place d’un marché des arts africains en contexte colonial (video of a seminar at the INHA Paris, 23 Sept 2021; in French)
Session d’ouverture de la seconde année du séminaire de parcours d’objets sur les études de provenances des collections d’art « extra-occidental ». Nous attachant tout d’abord au contexte colonial d’acquisition des objets africains…
ANN: Presentation of the Project “Digital Benin” (in English), (DZK & CARMAH / online, 11 Oct 2021, 6pm CEST)
Digital Benin (digital-benin.org) will digitally unite the globally dispersed works of art from the Kingdom of Benin and as an unparalleled forum of knowledge, it will bring together object data and related documentation…
CFP: New Challenges in the Field of Provenance Research (Vitromusée Romont, Switzerland 15 Sep 2022)
Going Global: New Challenges in the Field of Provenance Research Provenance research is not only a central field of museum activity, but has also increasingly become the focus of academic research. The topic…
CONF: Decolonizing Heritage – The Return of Cultural Objects to Africa : An International Law Perspective (Centre universitaire du droit de l’art, Univ. of Geneva; 23-24 Sept 2021)
Depuis la déclaration faite à Ouagadougou en 2017 par le Président Emmanuel Macron, pour qui les biens culturels doivent être restitués aux Etats africains victimes de la colonisation, les musées européens ont dû réévaluer…
STIP: External Collaborators: Material Migrations (Gerda Henkel Foundation)
The research project “Material Migrations: Mamluk Metalwork across Afro-Eurasia,” funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation and co-directed by Gertrude Aba Mansah Eyifa-Dzidzienyo (University of Ghana), Jacopo Gnisci (University College London), Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut…
ANN: The Art Market for African, Asian, Oceanian and Native American Arts 2021 (Artkhade)
ArtKhade has recently published its annual report for the market for African, Asian, Oceanian and Native American Arts. To obtain the report (free, available in French and English), follow this link:https://www.artkhade.com/fr/publications
JOB: Research Assistant for the Online Platform “Digital Benin“ (Museum am Rothenbaum, Hamburg)
Im Rahmen des durch die Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung finanzierten Projektes „Digital Benin. Zusammenführung der königlichen Kunstschätze“ eröffnete das MARKK ein internationales Projektbüro zur digitalen Zusammenführung der weltweit zerstreuten Kunstwerke aus dem ehemaligen Königreich…
ANN: Ethical Principles for the Management and Restitution of Colonial Collections in Belgium (June 2021)
In October 2018, some sixty academics and professional staff from the museum and heritage sector put their name under an opinion article in two Belgian newspapers that emphasized the need for a serious…
JOB: Provenance Research on Objects from Kenya at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne & at the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Provenance Research on Objects from Kenya at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne & at the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Deadline: 11 Dec 2020