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…
PUBL: The World of Galleries. Contemporary art, market structure and internationalisation / Le monde des galeries. Art contemporain, structure du marché et internationalisation by Alain Quemin (in French)
Alain Quemin, Le monde des galeries. Art contemporain, structure du marché et internationalisation, Paris CNRS Editions, 2021, 470 p. In an era of so-called globalization, marked by the rise of major international fairs,…
ANN: Renoir & Durand-Ruel Oral History (Wildenstein Plattner Institute)
As part of its Oral History Program, the WPI has released two new Oral Histories that explore Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s historical and artistic legacy. Oral histories with Sophie Renoir and Paul Louis Durand-Ruel, respectively the great-granddaughter of Renoir…
CFP: The Rise (and Rise) of the Digital Art Market – Session at the 2022 Annual Conference for Art History (Goldsmiths, University of London, 6-8 April 2022)
In recent years the global art trade has experienced a radical transformation, driven to a large extent by digital technology. Across the board, artworks are bought and sold online in increasing numbers by a…
PUBL: New Edition of the Autobiography of Berthe Weill / Nouvelle éditions des souvenirs de Berthe Weill: “PAN DANS L’OEIL…” (Editions de l’échelle de Jacob, 2021; in French)
Le XXe siècle n’a pas deux ans lorsque B. Weill inaugure en décembre 1901 sa première exposition 25, rue Victor-Massé au bas de Montmartre. Elle accueille tout ce que la peinture moderne compte aujourd’hui de grands noms…
PUBL: Representing the Art Market – Journal for Art Market Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021)
(From the contribution by Paul Melton:) “Portrayals of the art market have so far received scant scholarly inquiry from either cultural studies or art market studies. Within popular culture, perhaps, the art market has been…
CONF: Who is the Artist? Practices of Connoisseurship in Museums / Kennerschaftliche Praxis in Museen (Interdisciplinary Workshop, Forum Kunst & Markt / Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin; online, 15 June 2021)
Who are the artists? Is the question still relevant or is it not rather about the biographical dynamics of the artworks? And who gives the answers: the experts in the museum, the collectors…
PUBL: “Pierre Le Tessier de Montarsis and a network of picture dealers in early 18th century Paris“, article by François Marandet, The Burlington Magazine, May 2021, pp. 428-436
Before auction catalogues became common in the 1730s, the workings of the art market in Paris are difficult to reconstruct. A series of transactions recorded in previously unexplored documents reveals new information about the activities of…