PUBL: Three significant auction catalogs, a selection from the more than 100,000 publications of this type held at the Frick Library
In celebration of the centennial of the Frick Art Reference Library, peek into the past one hundred years of the library’s remarkable history through important places, people, and objects from the collections. The…
ANN: Ringvorlesung „Sammlungen – Provenienz – Kulturelles Erbe“ 8.0 (Universität Würzburg / online – 19-20 Jan 2024)
In der im Wintersemester stattfindenden Ringvorlesung, im Format der Jahrestagung (online), werden erneut namhafte Referentinnen und Referenten aktuelle Fragen zur Sammlungs- und Provenienzforschung diskutieren. Neben der Vorstellung von Institutionen, aktuellen Praktiken und laufenden…
ANN: The collection of Ignacio León y Escosura (1834-1901) – Lecture by Emma Pulit (Collecing and Display, Inst. of Historical Research, London / online)
This paper discusses a perfect example of recontextualization and transformation: the collection of the Spanish painter Ignacio León y Escosura (1834-1901). The artist had, in fact, started collecting objects not only out of…
CFP: The Art Museum in the Digital Age (Belvedere Museum Vienna, 15-19 Jan 2024)
The Belvedere Research Center is pleased to announce the sixth iteration of its conference series on the digital transformation of art museums. The event will build on the success of our previous meeting,…
TIAMSA Member PUBL: “The Virtual Collection of Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Wagram” (open access: Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide) by Léa Saint-Raymond and Hadrien Viraben
One year after the death of her cousin Alexandre Berthier, the fourth Prince of Wagram (1883–1918), the French author Élisabeth de Gramont described his collection thus: “At age twenty-five, Alexandre of Wagram possessed…