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…
CFP: Gilded Age Art Market (Colnaghi Foundation, London, 5 Nov 2022)
Colnaghi Foundation will host a conference on the international Gilded Age art market on Saturday 5th November 2022, exploring the complexities of the art market at this period, the high-profile market for Old…
ANN: Memoirs of avant-garde gallery owner, Berthe Weill, now online
After more than ten years of research, Dr Marianne Le Morvan has published in open source in French the memoirs of the avant-garde gallery owner Berthe Weill, with a critical text and a…
ANN: Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Antiquario (1878-1955), lecture by Fulvia Zaninelli (SHC / online, 17 Dec 2021, 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET)
In recent years, the history of the art market has been the subject of considerable research and scholarship encouraged by the increasing availability of significant research resources, both online and in situ at major research institutions and museums….
ANN: 10,000+ sales catalogues added to the Wildenstein Plattner Institute’s Catalogues Database
The WPI is pleased to announce the release of 10,000+ new digitized, pre-1945 sales catalogues bringing the total number of sales catalogues fully accessible in our database to 21,916. In line with its mission…
CONF: The Art of the Dealer – Selling Antique Ceramics, 1850 to 2000 (French Porcelain Society / online 12-13 Jun 2021)
The French Porcelain Society is delighted to announce a two-day webinar on selling antique ceramics in the pre-digital age from 1850 to 2000. Please register by 12 June 2021
ANN: The Market for Modernism (Metropolitan Museum of Art / online; 11 May 2021, 12–1:15 pm)
Between 1850 and 1950, when art collecting in France stalled due to the devastating effects of two world wars, revolution, currency devaluation, and economic uncertainty, it accelerated internationally, gaining interest from foreign collectors. Enterprising…
ANN: Webinar – Yamanaka & Co.: Early Pioneer of the Global Asian Art Trade (15 Apr 2021, 8:30 am–12 pm EDT)
The next webinar in the series Hidden Networks: Trade in Asian Art will take place on 15 April, with a focus on the Japanese art dealer, Yamanaka & Co. Yamanaka & Company was…
TIAMSA Member Announcement: CFP: The Fate of Antiquities in the Nazi Era (College Art Association, Annual (virtual) Conference, 10–13 Feb 2021)
Deadline: September 16, 2020 Despite the important role antiquity and archaeology played in the ideology of the Third Reich, until recently there has been little attempt to develop a holistic picture of the…