EXH: When Artworks Speak. Provenance research on the collection of the Liebermann Villa (Liebermann Villa Berlin, 2 Oct 2022-13 Mar 2023)
The collection of the Liebermann Villa has been assembled since the 1990s and today includes over 200 objects, most of them from the hand of Max Liebermann. But where do the works come from?…
EXH: Castaway Modernism: Basel’s Acquisitions of “Degenerate“ Art (Kunstmuseum Basel, 22 Oct 2022 – 19 Feb 2023)
The Kunstmuseum Basel’s department of classic modernism houses one of the most prestigious collections of its kind. It was in fact assembled at a comparatively late date. In the summer of 1939 — shortly before the…
EXH: The Collector Curt Glaser. From Champion of Modernism to Refugee (Kunstmuseum Basel, 22 Oct 2022 – 12 Feb 2023)
The art historian, curator, and art critic Curt Glaser (1879–1943) was a central figure in Berlin’s art scene in the 1910s and 1920s, yet he has been nearly forgotten in the years since his death….
EXH: Benin. Looted History (MARKK, Hamburg, until Dec 2022)
The colonial occupation of the Kingdom of Benin by British troops in February 1897 marked the end of one of the most powerful West African kingdoms. In consequence thousands of works of art…
EXH: Rodin in the United States. Confronting the Modern (The Clark, 18 Jun-18 Sep 2022)
This exhibition explores how American collectors embraced Rodin’s art over time, assembling collections of his sculptures and drawings and often giving them to public institutions. Rodin’s reputation is firmly established in the United States…
CFP: Max Liebermann and Italy in the context of German-Italian artistic exchange from the 1860s to the 1930s (Liebermann Villa, Berlin & Casa di Goethe, Rome, Spring 2023)
As the leading museum and centre of research on Max Liebermann (1847-1935) the Liebermann-Villa am Wannsee is planning an exhibition project “Max Liebermann and Italy” (WT) for 2024. This project, carried out in collaboration…
CONF: Between Passion and Mission. On the Public Relevance of Privately Funded Exhibition Spaces (Duesseldorf, Sammlung Philara, 20-21 May 2022)
Wie sieht gesellschaftlich relevantes Kunstmäzenatentum im 21. Jahrhundert aus? International wie deutschlandweit ist eine wachsende Anzahl von privat getragenen Ausstellungshäusern und Sammlungen zu verzeichnen. Ausgehend von den vier regionalen Institutionen im Verbund Rhineland…
CFP: Art Exhibitions as intersections in Post War Europe (Stockholm, 11-12 May 2022)
Scholars of art history and exhibition studies are increasingly investigating the role of art institutions in the circulation of art, in post war Europe. The movement of art between East and West Europe,…
EXH: Retracing Provenances / Retracer la Provenance (Musée cantonal d’archéologie et d’histoire, Lausanne, 12 Oct 2021-3 April 2022)
Depuis 2016, le MCAH étudie les conditions d’acquisition de ses objets ethnographiques. Grâce aux exemples de quelques pièces originaires d’Amérique, d’Afrique et d’Asie, cette exposition invite les visiteurs à découvrir la chaîne de documentation…