ANN: Collectionneurs, collecteurs et marchands d’art asiatique en France 1700-1939: une nouvelle base de données (Round Table, 12 Oct 2022, 18:00; INHA, Paris)
L’Institut national d’histoire de l’art a mené depuis 2017 un travail d’enquête pour repérer et mettre en valeur les fonds d’art asiatique sur le territoire. Cela a, entre autres, permis la constitution d’une…
ANN: Translocation of South Asian Art: Provenance and Documentation (Online; 6-7 Oct 2022)
The National Museum of Asian Art continues its series, Hidden Networks: Trade in Asian Art, with Translocation of Asian Art: Provenance and Documentation. Washington, DC: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. EDT dailyLondon: 2–5 p.m. BST…
ANN: ARTKHADE 2010-2022 Report: 12 Years of Market Evolution in the Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas
Between 2010 and 2021, non-European art sales reached $971.8m. More importantly, global turnover has more than doubled over the past twelve years, rising from $61m in 2010 to $127.5m in 2021, the best year…
CFP: Webinar “Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art” series (National Museum of Asian Art, Online, 6-7 Oct 2022)
Proposals are invited for the fifth webinar in the series “Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art,” a collaboration between the National Museum of Asian Art (Washington, DC) and the Museum für Asiatische…
ANN: Asian Art and the Third Reich: A Provenance Discussion (Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art / online; 31 March 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM EDT, 15:30-17:30 CET)
During World War II, the Nazi regime and its collaborators orchestrated on an unprecedented scale a system of confiscation, coercive transfer, looting, and destruction of cultural objects in Europe. This webinar explores World War…
CFP: Art and Resilience in Response to the Asian Crisis, 1997-1998 (special issue to be submitted to the Art Journal)
This Special Issue solicits papers that discuss national social and political responses to the Asian economic crisis of 1997/1998 in the context of art history and visual culture at large, including art and…
ANN: Untold Stories: Women and the Asian Art Trade (Online, 30 Sep 2021)
This program highlights the often overlooked—but nevertheless profound—influence of women on the circulation of Asian art objects. The historical analysis of the market has long focused on the contributions of male dealers and…
ANN: The Art Market for African, Asian, Oceanian and Native American Arts 2021 (Artkhade)
ArtKhade has recently published its annual report for the market for African, Asian, Oceanian and Native American Arts. To obtain the report (free, available in French and English), follow this link:https://www.artkhade.com/fr/publications
CONF: Collecting Asian Art in Prague: Cultural Politics and Transcontinental Networks in 20th Century Central Europe (National Gallery Prague, 17-18 June 2021)
This conference looks at collections of Asian art in and outside Prague from the perspective of the national cultural politics interconnected with individual encounters as well as institutional cultural and diplomatic exchange in…