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ANN: Ringvorlesung: Sammlungen – Provenienz – Kulture (Wuerzburg, 18 Oct 18-31 Jan 19)

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Sammlungen – Provenienz – Kulturelles Erbe (SPKE)

Universität Würzburg
Hörsaal 5 im Philosophiegebäude am Hubland Süd
18.10.2018 – 31.01.2019

Öffentliche Ringvorlesung
WS 2018/19, jeweils Do., 18:15–20 Uhr,

Eintritt frei

Ringvorlesung der Fächer Geschichte, Kunstgeschichte und Museologie der Universität Würzburg in Kooperation mit dem Museum für Franken und dem Museum am Dom.

Organisation: Dr. habil. Susanne Müller-Bechtel mit Prof. Dr. Eckhard Leuschner, Prof. Dr. Guido Fackler und Prof. Dr. Anuschka Tischer.

Seit dem Wintersemester 2016/17 wird an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg der interdisziplinäre Masterstudiengang „Sammlungen – Provenienz – Kulturelles Erbe“ (SPKE) als erster seiner Art hierzulande angeboten. Er reagiert auf die zunehmenden kulturpolitischen Herausforderungen der Provenienzforschung und die gesteigerten Anforderungen an das Sammeln, Bewahren und Erforschen von Kunst- und Kulturgütern (Cultural Heritage). Dabei bietet die Zusammenarbeit der Fächer Kunstgeschichte, Museologie/Museumswissenschaft und Geschichte breite theoretische Grundlagen, aber auch individuelle Möglichkeiten fachlicher Vertiefung.

In der nunmehr dritten Ausgabe der SPKE-Ringvorlesung diskutieren namhafte Referentinnen und Referenten prinzipielle Fragen der Provenienzforschung und des Kulturgutschutzes, stellen damit befasste Einrichtungen vor, decken Verstrickungen von Politik, Kunstmarkt und Kunsthandel auf oder untersuchen exemplarisch unterschiedliche Sammlungsprofile und Sammlerpersönlichkeiten. Mit dem Galeristen, Mäzen und Verleger Egidio Marzona spricht einer der wichtigsten Sammler der Avantgarden des 20. Jahrhunderts über seine Leidenschaft.

PROGRAMM

18.10. 2018
JOHANNA POLTERMANN (AK Provenienzforschung e.V. / Staatsgalerie Stuttgart):
Der Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. – Rückblick, Status quo und Perspektiven.

25.10.2018
ADELHEID RASCHE (Sammlung Textilien, Kleidung und Schmuck, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg):
Ewig in Mode? Kleidung und Textilien als museales Sammlungsobjekt.

8.11. 2018
INA K. UPHOFF (Forschungsstelle Historische Bildmedien, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg):
Schulwandbilder und die Erziehung des Blicks. Die Sammlung der Forschungsstelle Historische Bildmedien.

22.11. 2018
ULRICH HEINEN (Professur für Gestaltungstechnik und Kunstgeschichte, Bergische Universität Wuppertal):
Rubens als Sammler.

29.11. 2018 (ABWEICHENDER VERANSTALTUNGSORT: Museum am Dom)
Über das Sammeln – Gespräch mit dem Kunstsammler EGIDIO MARZONA.

6.12. 2018
WOLFGANG AUGUSTYN (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München):
Alexander Duke of Hamilton in Italien und Frankreich – zu einer adeligen Sammlung vom Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts.

13.12. 2018
MARLEN TOPP (Landessstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern, München):
Die französische Porzellanmanufaktur Sèvres und ihre Auftragsarbeiten für Hermann Göring. Quellenlage, Order, Anfertigung, Verbleib.

10.1. 2019
MARIA OBENAUS (Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, Magdeburg/ Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden):
Kunst in Bewegung. Provenienzforschung und Kulturgutschutz in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.

17.1. 2019
MARKUS HILGERT (Generalsekretär der Kulturstiftung der Länder, Berlin):
Handel mit Kulturgütern: Grundlagen, Rahmenbedingungen und Kontroversen.

24.1. 2019
FRANCINE GIESE (Kunsthistorisches Institut, Universität Zürich):
Wie schützt und pflegt man einen transkulturellen Baubestand?

31.1. 2019
MEIKE HOPP (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München):
Kunstmarktforschung – Kontextforschung – Provenienzforschung.

Weitere Informationen:
https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/sammlungen_provenienz/studium/

Reference: ANN: Ringvorlesung: Sammlungen – Provenienz – Kulture (Würzburg, 18 Oct 18-31 Jan 19). In: ArtHist.net, Oct 16, 2018. <https://arthist.net/archive/19254>.

Conf: MORGAN: MIND OF THE COLLECTOR (Hartford, 10-11 Nov, 17)

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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
November 10th-11th, 2017

Click here to register online. Questions may be directed to faculty@wadsworthatheneum.org.

J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) spent over 20 years traveling the globe gathering the largest collection of art and cultural artifacts of his time. Estimated to have exceeded 20,000 works of art, Morgan’s collections represent a broad historical, artistic and geographic range. Acting on his father’s wishes, Morgan’s son donated more than 1,350 works collected by his father to the Wadsworth Atheneum in his native Hartford. Continue reading “Conf: MORGAN: MIND OF THE COLLECTOR (Hartford, 10-11 Nov, 17)” →

New Book out now: Markt und Macht. Der Kunsthandel im »Dritten Reich«

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Markt und Macht. Der Kunsthandel im »Dritten Reich«

Ed. Fleckner, Uwe; Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Huemer, Christian
Series: Schriften der Forschungsstelle “Entartete Kunst” 12
xvi, 434 pages
Language: German, English

Buy the book here – Markt und Macht

Die Geschichte des Kunsthandels im “Dritten Reich” zu schreiben, steht nicht nur aufgrund einer schwierigen Quellenlage vor besonderen Herausforderungen. Zwischen Komplizenschaft und Sabotage verstrickt sich das Handeln der Akteure in eklatante Widersprüche. Vom Alltagsgeschäft der Kunsthändler bis zum Widerstand gegen restriktive Vorschriften reicht das Themenspektrum, vom Auktionshandel bis zum Schwarz- und Schattenmarkt, von zahllosen Verbrechen nicht nur an jüdischen Sammlern und Händlern bis zum Kunstraub in den von deutschen Truppen besetzten Ländern. Kunst- und Wirtschaftshistoriker untersuchen in diesem Buch den Kunstmarkt und seine Mechanismen im Nationalsozialismus, die Rolle der Raubkunst sowie insbesondere moderner und “entarteter” Werke auf dem Kunstmarkt im “Dritten Reich”.

L.: Anne Luther, Collecting Contemporary Art: Data Visualization in Qualitative Research

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The Forum Kunst und Markt / Centre for Art Market Studies cordially invites you to attend the upcoming lecture of Dr. Anne Luther.

Monday, 15/05/2017

Dr. Anne Luther, New York/Berlin

Collecting Contemporary Art: Data Visualization in Qualitative Research

The lecture begins at 18:15 and is held in Room A 111, Architecture Building
of the TU, Straße des 17. Juni 150/152, 10623 Berlin.

www.fokum.org

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CONF: Collections and Collecting Ancient, Byzantine and Medieval Art – 23 March 2017

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Christie’s Education invites you to join their one-day conference, 23 March, London

Collecting Ancient and Medieval art attracts both academic and public curiosity because the objects (and structures) in question are not only often extremely rare, but also have fascinating histories. The ability to possess a piece of our past has allowed collectors throughout the centuries to create a continuity between that past and their present. This conference will explore the history of Ancient, Byzantine and Medieval collections, how they were originally formed, how objects survive and in what contexts, and how certain collections themselves live on. It will also address how the collections of the past may be reflected in the way that we approach collecting today, the theoretical and the historical framework of collections, how they are currently presented, as well as some of the controversies in the field. Equally, the problems and issues underlying the collecting of Ancient and Medieval art, and the knowledge required to authenticate them will be discussed.

PROGRAM

LOCATION

Christie’s Education London
153 Great Titchfied Street
London, W1W 5BD

TICKETS

Adult Ticket Price: £22
Student Ticket Price: £11
Click here to purchase conference tickets

CfP: 73rd annual SECAC Conference, Columbus, OH, 25-28 Oct 17

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Call for papers for the Southeastern College Art Conference http://www.secacart.org/conference

The Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) in Columbus, Ohio, is hosting the 73rd annual SECAC Conference, October 25-28, 2017.

The call for paper proposals is available. The deadline is April 20 at midnight EDT.

The Collectors’ Impulse: Conspicuous Consumption or Philanthropy?

In his 1899 book, Theory of the Leisure Class, economist Thorstein Veblen coined the still-useful phrase, “conspicuous consumption,” meaning the pursuit of status via goods such as art works. More recently, Pierre Bourdieu argued that taste is inextricably linked to social standing. Most often one must possess wealth to amass noteworthy collections, but is collecting more complicated than status seeking or gaining cultural capital?  What if the consumer creates a museum with his or her art collection, such as Isabella Stewart Gardner, Henry and Arabella Huntington, and more recently, Eli Broad has done? Is this primarily creating institutions to solidify and enhance their cultural capital? Should others with great collections feel obligated to share them with the public or is it acceptable to keep them hidden until they are ready to sell? To what degree is a collection left to the public conspicuous consumption, philanthropy, or something else altogether? This panel seeks perspectives on collecting practices, past or present. Who is or was collecting and why? What aspects of collecting motivate one to share a collection with strangers (or not)? How should museum-goers react to private-turned-public collections?

Contact: Dr. Leanne Zalewski

Transatlantic Exchange between the US and Ireland

Transatlantic Exchange: Ireland and the United States in the 20th Century

This panel seeks papers that focus on transatlantic cultural exchange between Ireland and the United States during the twentieth century. Americans who traveled to Ireland, many compelled by familial connections, developed rich relationships with Irish artists that led to cultural exchange between the two countries, while tumultuous political circumstances in Ireland prompted Irish artists to leave their homeland. For example, Irish painter John Yeats and Irish American art collector John Quinn facilitated cultural exchange during the early decades of the twentieth century, particularly in that Yeats was the father of three of the most influential cultural figures in Ireland: writer W.B. Yeats; Ireland’s celebrated painter Jack Yeats; and textile designer Lily Yeats. After solidifying his connection with Quinn, Yeats went on to establish close ties to American artists John Sloan and Robert Henri.
This panel seeks to explore these and other examples of Irish/American transatlantic cultural exchange.

  • What impact did the American presence in Ireland have on Irish art?
  • Conversely, how have American artists been impacted by their experiences in Ireland?
  • What exhibitions document these exchanges?

These are but a few questions that we hope to answer on this panel.

Session Chairs: Cynthia Fowler, Emmanuel College; James Swensen, Brigham Young University

Contact: fowlecy@emmanuel.edu ; james_swensen@byu.edu

For more information:
https://secac.memberclicks.net/assets/documents/secac/conference/secac-2017-call-for-papers.pdf

Source: 2 Panels/Sessions at SECAC 2017 (Columbus, 25-28 Oct 17). In: H-ArtHist, Feb 20, 2017.

CONF: The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now, Part II, 19-20 Oct, Paris

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The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now

19-20 October 2016 at the INHA, Paris

The purpose of our October conference is to develop further the initial conference in July. Papers concentrate on the later period of collecting, from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, in particular considering how the agent has gradually become the consultant/dealer in the modern art market. Thus the conference should allow for a fascinating juxtaposition of historic and contemporary practice. It should also offer a deeper understanding of the private and often hidden side of the market, one that is not represented through the study of auctions alone. Continue reading “CONF: The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now, Part II, 19-20 Oct, Paris” →