ANN: A First Reconstruction of the Eclectic Art Collection of the Archaeologist and Art Dealer Ludwig Pollak (1868-1943); online-lecture by Federica De Giambattista (Society for the History of Collecting, 28 Jun 2023, 6pm BST)
On 28 June the Society for the History of Collecting hosts a Zoom lecture delivered by Federica De Giambattista on the topic of “A first reconstruction of the eclectic art collection of the…
ANN: Art Dealing in the Gilded Age (Colnaghi Foundation London, 4-5 Nov 2022)
The years between around 1880 and the outbreak of the Second World War were a golden age of international art dealing when, as a result of the break-up of the great collections of…
ANN: Lecture Series – Immigrants and Their Art (Ben Uri Gallery and Museum; from 7 Sep 2022)
As part of the gallery’s digital programme, these evenings explore the stories of immigrant artists’ journeys and share much that is not widely known about the artists’ lives and impact on their art….
ANN: New materials from Galerie Raphaël Gérard now available online through the Wildenstein Plattner Institute
The Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) announces the release of facsimiles of three important 1940s stock books from the Galerie Raphaël Gérard. The registers are the newest addition to the Galerie Félix Gérard and Galerie Raphaël Gérard…
CONF: The Julius Boehler Art Gallery: A Source and its Context (ZIKG Muenchen/online, 27 Apr 2022; in German, Round Table in English)
Die 1880 gegründete Münchner Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler war in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts eine der größten Kunsthandlungen des deutschsprachigen Raums mit internationaler Ausstrahlung. Seit 2015 befindet sich das Karteiensystem der Galerie im…
ANN: A transatlantic hybrid and a ‘Fauve de la Curiosité’: Edouard Jonas (1883-1961), Dealer and Curator – Lecture by Barbara Lasic (SHC / French Chapter, 26 April 2022, 18:30 CEST / 17:30 BST)
Better known as Ernest Cognacq’s artistic adviser and as the first curator of the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris, Édouard Jonas was also a successful art dealer who owned a gallery 3 Place Vendôme In Paris,…
ANN: Tricks of the Trade: Duveen Brothers and the Market for the Decorative Arts, 1880–1940 – Lecture by Charlotte Vignon (Getty Center / online, 5 May 2022, 12-1pm PST)
Drawing from her publication, Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880–1940 (2019), curator and professor Charlotte Vignon discusses the commercial strategies and the relationships with preeminent collectors, including J. P. Morgan, that led this…
PUBL: Elisabeth Eggimann Gerber, Jüdische Kunsthändler und Galeristen, Eine Kulturgeschichte des Schweizer Kunsthandels mit einem Porträt der Galerie Aktuaryus in Zürich, 1924-46, Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2021 (available for free download)
Book presentation: 10.2.22 19h, Tödistr. 48, 8002 Zurich, an event by Omanut in collaboration with Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zurich, registration required (omanut@omanut.ch). Summary: The study contributes to the cultural history of the modern art trade in…
ANN: Archaeologist and art dealer Ludwig Pollak and his family to be remembered by memorial stones (Rome, Piazza Santi Apostoli 81; 20 Jan 2022, 9:30am)
(Italian and German versions below, with additional information) Four memorial stones (Stolpersteine) will be set for the renowned Czech-Austrian archaeologist and art dealer Ludwig Pollak, his wife Julia and his two adult sons…