CFP: Venice and Fascism. Museums, Exhibitions, and the Art Market (Venice, 7–9 Oct 2026)
Early 20th-century Venice was a city in transformation, poised between the celebration of its glorious past and the negotiation of a difficult path toward modernity. The advent of the Fascist regime in…
ANN: Women Curators and Scenographic Issues of the Exhibition in the 20th and 21st Centuries (28 Nov, 2025)
In the history of the exhibition, it is mainly the names of male exhibition curators that have been and are mainly retained and cited. Yet many women exhibition curators and curators have led…
CFP: Women Supporting Women for SECAC due April 1
I invite submissions to the session “Women Supporting Women” “This panel seeks to highlight what women from any culture or time period have done to further the careers of women artists during their…
ANN: Exhibition – Wandering works of art
“The works of art wander. That was and is their destiny, and it will never change.” In 1925, this is how the art critic Adolph Donath described provenance research, which is now an…
CONF: Presenting Contemporary Art in Museums, ca. 1880-1930: Temporary Exhibitions, Institutional Networks and Collecting (Society for the History of Collecting at CAA New York – 15 Feb 2025)
This year’s session of the Society for the History of Collecting at CAA will be chaired by Ulrike Müller (University of Antwerp) and Anne Helmreich (Archives of American Art, Washington DC): Justine Gain,…
CFP: Objects on the Move. Unpacking the Narratives of Circulating Exhibitions 1900–1952 – Guest Editor: Paola Cordera (Museum, Materials and Discussions. Journal of Museum Studies)
In the 1950s, interest emerged among scholars and museum professionals in circulating exhibitions as a distinct format with its own theoretical principles, goals and technical issues. The 1950 publication of a themed issue…
CONF: Art, History, Exhibitions: Re-thinking Relationships – A Session of the UK Association for Art History Annual Conference (University of Bristol, 3-5 April 2024)
In 1981, American artist and writer Mary Kelly defiantly underlined how exhibitions have become primary tools for disseminating the history of art. Since the 1990s, following the establishment of curatorial studies, the proliferation…
CONF: The Future of Collection Histories. Research, Cooperation and Exhibition (Museum Rietberg, Zürich – 2 March 2024)
After almost two years, the exhibition «Pathways of Art» at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, ends on March 24. It is an exhibition that raises questions about the history of the museum and its…
CONF: IN | OUT Kanonisierungsprozesse moderner Kunst und die erste documenta (Fridericianum Kassel, 30 Nov-2 Dec 23)
Die frühen documenta Ausstellungen gelten als wichtige Marker bei der Etablierung eines künstlerischen Kanons der Nachkriegszeit. Sie haben Karrieren im Ausstellungsbetrieb befördert, die Ankaufspolitiken öffentlicher Sammlungen geprägt, aber auch zur Marginalisierung einzelner Biografien…