ART FOR THE PEOPLE?
QUESTIONING THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE ART MARKET
2018 Conference of TIAMSA
The International Art Market Studies Association – artmarketstudies.org
Vienna, Thursday 27 Sept – Saturday 29 Sept 2018
HOSTING INSTITUTIONS
Belvedere Research Center, Vienna (belvedere.at)
Dorotheum (dorotheum.com)
Vienna University, Department of Art History (kunstgeschichte.univie.ac.at)
Vienna Contemporary, Austria’s International Art Fair (viennacontemporary.at)
PROGRAMME
ART FOR THE PEOPLE_Conference Program_TIAMSA 2018
REGISTRATION
Please note that you have to register for this conference: a link for the general registration is at the bottom of this page, links for special events (to be booked separately) are embedded in the programme. TIAMSA members go free!
THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018
SPECIAL TOURS
15:00-17:00 – Tour of viennacontemporary
Austria’s International Art Fair (conference participants receive a complimentary pass)
Meeting Point: viennacontemporary, Marx Halle, Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna
Limited space available, REGISTRATION: https://tiamsa_conf_viennacontemp.eventbrite.com
15:00-17:00 – Dealer Archives and Provenance Research at the Belvedere
An Insiders’ Tour with Christian Huemer and Monika Mayer (Belvedere Research Center)
Meeting Point: Belvedere Research Center, Rennweg 4, 1030 Vienna
Limited space available, REGISTRATION: https://tiamsa_conf_belvederetour.eventbrite.com
ROUND TABLE
17:30-19:00 – The Art Market and the Internet
Venue: viennacontemporary, Marx Halle, Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna [access included in your conference ticket]
On the Podium:
Kristina Kulakova (viennacontemporary)
Sophie Neuendorf (artnet Worldwide Corp.)
Anna Maja Spiess (Artsy)
Olav Velthuis (University of Amsterdam)
Moderator: Johannes Nathan (TIAMSA / TU Berlin)
CONFERENCE DINNER (open to all, registration required)
19:15 at the nearby ‘Paul and the Monkeys’ which will be open just for us: Maria-Jacobi-Gasse 1, 1030 Wien
15€ p.p. for food, collected on the night; drinks to be paid separately. Registration required (closes Sept 15th).
Limited space available, REGISTRATION: https://tiamsa_conf_dinner.eventbrite.com
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL CHARGE A 15€ FEE FOR CANCELLATIONS THAT REACH US AFTER REGISTRATION CLOSURE
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018
Belvedere 21, Blickle Kino, Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Wien
09:00 – Doors Open, Registration, Coffee
09.30 – WELCOME: Johannes Nathan (TIAMSA / TU Berlin) / Stella Rollig (General Director, Belvedere)
SECTION 1 – Transformations
Chair: Christian Huemer (Belvedere Research Center)
09:40 – Filip Vermeylen (Erasmus University Rotterdam): A Mass Market for Art? Collecting Paintings in the Low Countries during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
10:05 – Lukas Fuchsgruber (Technische Universität Berlin): The Auction House as an Urban Space in 19th Century Paris
10:30 – Long Coffee Break (30 mins.)
11:00 – Clarissa Ricci (Università Iuav Venezia): The Production of Art in the Age of Political Practice. Venice Biennale 1970
11:25 – Ronit Milano (Ben Gurion University of the Negev): Moralizing the Art Market. A Socio-Economic Perspective on Online-Auctions
11:50 – Concluding Discussion
12:05 – Lunch Break; you will also have the opportunity to visit the exhibitions at Belvedere21
SECTION 2 – Circulation of Information and Expertise
Chair: Sebastian Schütze (University of Vienna)
14:00 – Leanne Zalewski (Central Connecticut State University): The “Dealer-Expert” in Late Nineteenth-Century New York
14:25 – Michaela Jenisova (Charles University Prague): Wilhelm von Bode and Rudolf Kann. The Importance of the Advisor-Collector Relationship in the Late 19th-Century Art Market
14:50 – Short Coffee Break (15 mins.)
15:05 – Anne-Sophie Radermecker (Université libre de Bruxelles): Selling ‚Knowledge‘? The Market Reception of New Connoisseurship
15:30 – Jack Roberts (Independent, UK): Is the Age of the Dealer Drawing to a Close or Is It More Important than Ever?
15:55 – Concluding Discussion
16:10 – Long Coffee Break (30 mins.)
SECTION 3 – Elites and the People
Chair: Veronika Korbei (TIAMSA)
16:40 – Barbara Pezzini (Independent Researcher): Art for the People or the Rise of a New Elite? Agnew’s Old Master Exhibitions, 1895-1914
17:05 – Dorothee Wimmer (Technische Universität Berlin): Has the Art Market’s Democratization Caused a Boom in Private Museums?
17:30 – Stoyan Sgourev (ESSEC Paris): The Bifurcation of the Art Market. Precedents and Consequences
17:55 – Concluding Discussion
18:10 – Evening Break (35 mins.)
KEYNOTE LECTURE
18:45 – Payal Arora (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Automating Culture. How Digital Platforms are Shaping the Art World
followed by
DRINKS RECEPTION
SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2018
Palais Dorotheum, Auktionssaal (2nd floor); use entrance on Dorotheergasse 17, 1010 Vienna
09:00 – Doors open, Coffee
09:20 – WELCOME: Felicitas Thurn (Dorotheum) / Sebastian Schütze (University of Vienna)
SECTION 4 – Centers and So-Called Peripheries
Chair: Felicitas Thurn (Dorotheum)
09:30 – Luís Urbano Afonso (Universidade de Lisboa): Collecting, Displaying and Using African Ivories in 16th Century Western Europe
09:55 – Stephanie Dieckvoss (Kingston University London): The Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden in Marrakech: How to Democratize the art World as a Private Collector in Emerging Markets
10:20 – Malvika Maheswari (Ashoka University): ‚Everybody Loves a Good Attack?‘ Violence by the ‚People‘ as a Variable in Art Markets and Lessons from India Today
10:45 – Long Coffee Break (30 mins.)
11:15 – Santiago González Villajos (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): Street Art and Market Practices in the Mural Art Series: From a People’s Art to Intermurals and Beyond
11:40 – Olav Velthuis (University of Amsterdam): Drawing National Boundaries. How Contemporary Artists from Emerging Regions Get Integrated into Global Art Markets
12:05 – Concluding Discussion
12:20 – Lunch Break
13:15 – Session for TIAMSA Groups / Sub-Committees
Chairs: Filip Vermeylen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Veronika Korbei (TIAMSA), Johannes Nathan (TIAMSA)
SECTION 5: Launching TIAMSA Legal
Chairs: Philipp Nuernberger (Attorney at Law, NY / London) and Alicja Jagielska-Burduk (University of Opole)
14:00 – Philipp Nuernberger and Alicja Jagielska-Burduk: Welcome and Introduction to TIAMSA Legal, ‘Art Market – Legal challenges and pitfalls’
14:15 – Justine Ferland (Art-Law Centre, Université de Genève): Art market due diligence and the Responsible Art Market (RAM) Initiative
14:25 – Thomas Steinruck (Fine Art Insurance, Zurich): Self-Regulatory Frameworks: The Art Basel Art Market Principles and Best Practices
14:35 – Dr. Saskia Hufnagel: Preventing, investigating and prosecuting money-laundering in the art market
14:45 – Fernando Loureiro Bastos (Universidade de Lisboa) and Prof. Marcílio Franca (Federal University of Paraíba): Legal implications of street art as a “democratized” / “open” form of art
14:55 – Discussion
15:25 – Short Coffee Break (15 mins.)
15:40 – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of TIAMSA, The International Art Market Studies Association
16:15 – TIAMSA LOOKING AHEAD: An open discussion with our members on the future of our association (all welcome)
17:00 – Conference ends
CONFERENCE FEE AND REGISTRATION
The conference fee includes lunches and drinks on Friday and Saturday, a pass to viennacontemporary and free entry to the Belvedere.
TIAMSA members go FREE; to become a TIAMSA member (GBP 20 / 10 p.a.), register at https://www.artmarketstudies.org/join/
Non-members: €30 full / €15 concessions
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (required, closes Sept 25th)
https://art4thepeople_tiamsa_conf_2018.eventbrite.com
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Christian Huemer (Belvedere Research Center)
Veronika Korbei (TIAMSA)
Johannes Nathan (TIAMSA / TU Berlin)
Sebastian Schütze (University of Vienna)
Felicitas Thurn (Dorotheum)
Olav Velthuis (University of Amsterdam)
Filip Vermeylen (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
THIS CONFERENCE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY
Belvedere, Vienna (belvedere.at)
Dorotheum, Vienna (dorotheum.com)
Vienna Contemporary, Austria’s International Art Fair (viennacontemporary.at)
Swiss Art Trading Association (khvs.ch)
