CONF: Gold or Lead? The Alchemy of Crypto Art & its Markets (University of Zurich, Art Market Studies; 8 June 2023)
Gold or Lead? The Alchemy of Crypto Art & its MarketsUniversity of Zurich Limited number of seats! Please register here: eventbrite.ch/e/gold-or-lead-the-alchemy-of-crypto-art-its-markets-tickets-552684934517.
ANN: Is There a Case for Connoisseurship in a High-Tech Era? (IFAR, New York)
Is There a Case for Connoisseurship in a High-Tech Era? An IFAR Evening hosted by the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) on Monday, May 8, 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. EDT. Note: The In-Person…
PUBL: The Story of NFTs: Artists, Technology, and Democracy by Amy Whitaker & Nora Burnett Abrams (Rizzoli; 7 Mar 2023)
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, exploded into the art space last year, no doubt because Beeple (a digital artist) sold his NFT at Christie’s auction house for a staggering $69 million. Yet the story…
ANN: Executive Master in Art Market Studies UZH Accepting Applications for Fall 2023
The University of Zurich’s Executive Master in Art Market Studies offers an independent and rigorous program, designed by leading professionals and academics to meet the current challenges of the art market. The application process…
ANN: Some Like it Digital: NFT Market Places 24/7 (Online, 1 Nov 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT)
NFTs, increasingly ubiquitous, and somehow rare, because non-fungible, have captured the imagination of the creatives and the speculative alike. Assuming NFTs are here to stay, overpriced or not, the question is where does…
CONF: Umgang mit sensiblen Objekten in Museen und Archiven – Provenienzforschung im digitalen Zeitalter (Grassi-Museum für Völkerkunde, Leipzig, 20 Sept 2022)
Der Workshop ist ein Beitrag zur Reflexion der Provenienzforschung in Archiven und Museen und nimmt gezielt Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf den Umgang mit sensiblen Objekten in Kultureinrichtungen in den Blick. Für weitere Informationen: Umgang mit…
CFP: Is Digital Better? Collection Research in the Digital Age (16-17 Feb 2023, Klassik Stiftung Weimar)
The DLA Marbach (German Literature Archive Marbach), the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel are home to over 500 years of German and European cultural history. In 2013, these institutions joined…
CFP: NFTs, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse: A Silent Digital Revolution That Has Transformed the Art Market (“Arts“ open access Journal)
The sale of Beeple’s Non-Fungible Token (NFT) artwork “Everydays—Everydays: The First 5000 Days” for over $69.3 million at Christie’s online auction on 11 March 2021 ruptured the contemporary art market, representing the coming…
ANN: Anne Helmreich: Charting our Future. Art Market Studies and Provenance Research in the Digital Age (The Hugo Helbing Lecture 2022, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich / online, 27 Apr 2022, 18:15-20:00 CET)
‘Here be dragons’, a trope used by western early modern map makers to signify uncharted or dangerous territories may also describe attitudes to digital approaches in art history within certain circles. But if we…