CONF: Artistic Networks of Trust. Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Oct 8-10, 2025)
The second edition of the Calouste Gulbenkian Conference in Art History is dedicated to the theme “Artistic Networks of Trust: Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy.” Taking Calouste Gulbenkian as…
CONF: Artistic Networks of Trust: Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon – 8-10 Oct 2025)
The Calouste Gulbenkian Conference in Art History, in its second edition, offers a reflection on networks of trust in the art world, through the lens of Calouste Gulbenkian’s life and transnational activities.The second…
ANN: Lecture by Alice Fornasiero on The Italian ambassadors at the imperial court in Prague: art brokers under the guise of diplomacy (Online, 29 April 2025, 7pm Berlin time)
The artistic exchanges between the Italian courts and the Holy Roman Empire had been particularly intense throughout the early modern age. Objects of art, building projects, artists and architects often left Italy to…
ANN: The Medici and the Princely Courts of Central and Eastern Europe: Art, Diplomacy and Material Culture (Workshop, Florence, 7 Feb 2025)
Please join us in Florence for a workshop dedicated to communications between the Medici and courts in Central and Eastern Europe. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP7 FEBRUARY 2025 – PALAZZO ALBERTI, FLORENCE—Opening Remarks: 9:00Alessio Assonitis (The…
CONF: Art and Diplomacy (TU Berlin, 10 Oct 2024)
Since the 19th century, the interplay between art and diplomacy has been complex and multifaceted. From circulating objects that mediate political identities to diverse actors in diplomatic roles, and the transformation of spaces…
CFP: Art and Diplomacy. Actors of Cultural Affairs and their Archival Sources in Berlin and Paris (Berlin, Technische Universität, 20-22 March 2023 / Paris, INHA, 26-28 April 2023 / Berlin, Technische Universität, Spring 2024)
Since the 19th century, diplomatic actors have been involved not only in the management of cultural policies abroad, but also in the transnational circulation of artworks. Purchases, donations and loans often passed bureaucratically…
CFP: Travelling Objects (Rome, 19-20 May 17)
Travelling Objects Ambassadors of the cultural transfer between Italy and the Habsburg monarchy Rome, May 19 – 20, 2017 Deadline: Jan 15, 2017 [Deutsche Fassung / Vedere la versione in Italiano] The international conference travelling…