CFA: Mellon Workshop on Detective Art History (University of Delaware / Winterthur Museum – 2 Nov 2024)
With support from the Andrew W. Mellon grant, the Department of Art History of the University of Delaware and the Scientific and Analysis Laboratory of the Conservation Department of the Winterthur Museum, Library…
CFP: Fashionability and Temporality in Art Production, Reception and Historicization (Session at AAH – York, 9-11 Apr 25)
Fashionability in art (or its other, outdatedness) forces change, directs artistic agency, and amplifies the (modernist) imperative for innovation and originality. Indeed, in his Arcades Project (1927-40), Walter Benjamin identified the temporal dynamics…
CONF: „Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe“ – Eine digitale Vermittlungsplattform (Museumsakademie Baden-Württemberg / online – 14 Nov 2024)
Die Provenienzforschung zu Kulturgütern aus NS-Unrechtskontexten bringt nicht nur die Wege geraubter Kunstwerke, sondern auch die Geschichten der Menschen, denen die Werke einst gehörten, wieder ans Licht. Das Erinnerungsprojekt „Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe“…
CONF: Art and Diplomacy (TU Berlin, 10 Oct 2024)
Since the 19th century, the interplay between art and diplomacy has been complex and multifaceted. From circulating objects that mediate political identities to diverse actors in diplomatic roles, and the transformation of spaces…
ANN: A new course Art and Cultural Heritage Law
We stand for an interdisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional approach.“ A new course Art and Cultural Heritage Law is now being offered at the Adam Mickiewicz University. The programme aims to provide a comprehensive overview…
CFP: Women Makers of the Global Early Modern World – Art, Patronage, Collecting, and the Courts (Edited Volume)
We seek proposals for chapters in a proposed edited volume dedicated to the topic “Women Makers of the Global Early Modern World: Art, Patronage, Collecting, and the Courts,” edited by Tanja L. Jones…
EXH: Der Weg zur Kunst. Das Hamburger Auktionshaus Hauswedell & Nolte (ZADIK Cologne, 25 Sep 2024 – 28 Sep 2025)
Das Hamburger Auktionshaus Hauswedell & Nolte schloss 2015 seine Türen und übergab dem ZADIK seine Geschäftsunterlagen. Sie sind Zeugnis der fast 80-jährigen Geschichte des Hauses, das in 466 Auktionen Bücher und Autographe, Kunst…
CFP: Kunst- und Kulturgüter in Zirkulation – Forschungsperspektiven auf den Auktionsmarkt (ZADIK Cologne, 10-11 March 2025)
Geschäftsunterlagen von Auktionshäusern gelangen nur selten in die Öffentlichkeit. Die darin enthaltenen Informationen bieten jedoch das Potential unerlässliche Daten für zahlreiche Forschungsgebiete zu liefern, da Akten des Kunsthandels besonders bei Privatverkäufen häufig die…
CFP: Edinburgh College of Art Session, Art and Work — College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference (12-15 Feb 2025)
‘Art and Work is a session organised by Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh, that will be taking place at the CAA 113th Annual Conference, in New York, 12-15 February, 2025. We…