CFP: The Provenance of Asian Art: Symposium & Workshop (Washington, 1-4 Nov 2023)
Building on the momentum established by the webinar series Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art (2020–2022), the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation’s Museum of Asian…
ANN: Workshop – Spurlos verschwunden? Provenienzforschung zum Entzug von Ostasiatika während der NS-Zeit (17-18 Nov 2022)
Workshop Provenienzforschung zu ostasiatischen Objekten #4 Seit November 2017 findet jährlich im Herbst ein Workshop zu „Provenienzforschung zu Ostasiatika” im Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin statt. Die Pandemie hat dies in den letzten…
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…