CFP: Circulations. Works, Artists, and Ideas in the Art Market (Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, 22.–23.05.2026)
Circulation has become a key concept in understanding the dynamics of the art market in a globalised world. It is also a longstanding object of enquiry in art history and related disciplines. Whether…
CONF: The Commerce and Circulation of the Decorative Arts – The role played by auctions, dealers, collectors, and museums, 1792-1914 (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon – 25-27 Sept 2024)
This international three-day colloquium investigates the role played by auctions, dealers, collectors, and museums in the circulation of the decorative arts from 1792 until 1914. Beginning with the ‘ventes des biens des émigrés’…
CONF: Entangled Art Histories between Germany and the United States, 1960-1990: Production, Diffusion, Reception (9-11 Nov, WIELS, Brussels)
While documenta 2 in 1959 allowed the German public to discover Abstract Expressionism as a specifically American art movement, it was not until the early 1960s that a sustained and intense transatlantic dialogue…