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…
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…