CFP: ‘Looted Art and the Art Market: Nazi Art Theft in Belgium, Europe, and its aftermath’ (Brussels, 11-12 June 2026)
We invite scholars, researchers, and cultural professionals to submit proposals for papers to be presented at the international conference organised in the context of the Belgian federal research project ProvEnhance (Enhancing the provenance…
ANN: ‘Bloomsbury Art Markets’ Grows to Over 4,000 Peer-Reviewed Entries on Art Market Protagonists in Europe and North America, 1900 to present
Bloomsbury Art Markets, the online reference work Library Journal described as ‘groundbreaking’, has expanded its database to more than 4,000 peer-reviewed articles. A comprehensive guide to art galleries, auction houses, art fairs, and agents, it is…
CFP: Belvedere Research Journal, New Issue
The Belvedere Research Journal (BRJ), a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal, invites new submissions. We are interested in articles that shed light on the visual culture of the former Habsburg Empire and Central Europe broadly…
CFP: Decentering Transnationality – The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome – 3-4 March 2025)
Europe, – followed by North America after 1945 – became the nexus of migratory flows of artists, objects, ideas, and cultural agents, particularly from Latin America. Yet, while the presence of Latin American…
CONF: Silber 1000−2000. Produktion, Distribution und Semantik in Europa (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München – 15/16 Nov 2024)
In der internationalen Tagung werden die semantischen, wirtschaftlichen und technischen Dimensionen von künstlerisch verarbeitetem Silber auf einer breiten Basis von Primär- und Sekundärquellen diskutiert. Ziel ist es, zu hinterfragen, wie Silber in historischen…
CONF: From Cabinets to Museums – Exploring the Histories of Chinese Collections in Europe (University of Erfurt, 10-11 Jan 2024)
Chinese objects were acquired by European collectors for a variety of reasons: ranging from the aesthetic decoration of their residences, to using objects as a source of knowledge about foreign cultures. The workshop…
CONF: Der Antiquariatsbuchhandel in Zentraleuropa. Perspektiven der historischen Forschung (Universität Wien, 12-13 Oct 2023)
Die Geschichte des Buches ist seit seinen Anfängen von seiner Bedeutung als gebrauchtes Objekt begleitet: Antiquarische Bücher konnten einerseits aufgrund ihres günstigeren Preises erschwinglicher sein, andererseits waren Sammler bereit, für handgeschriebene oder gedruckte…
CONF: Configurations of European Fairs. Merchants, Objects, Routes, 1350–1600 (Archivio di Stato di Torino / University of Turin, 29 June – 1 July 2023)
The CoMOR project “Configurations of European Fairs. Merchants, Objects, Routes (1350–1600)” is holding its closing conference between June 29 and July 1st, 2023 in Turin. Fifteen papers prepared by the members of the…
CFP: Materials. Materiality and the Art Market (Session at the CIHA Conference, Lyon, 23-28 Jun 2024)
This panel proposes to explore the questions of materiality and materials within the art market studies, in considering how they can affect the economic and symbolic value of objects and what kind of…