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…
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…
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,…
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…