CONF: ‘Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter’ (13–15 January 2026, Leiden University)
In January 2026, Leiden University’s Museum Lab will host the international conference ‘Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter’. The conference reflects on museums with significant founding histories, broadly defined, that are currently engaged in…
CFP: transfer – Journal for Provenance Research and the History of Collection
The online journal transfer is an academic publication platform in the area of provenance research and the history of collection as well as adjacent fields of investigation, like art market studies, reception history, cultural sociology,…
CFP: transfer – Journal for Provenance Research and the History of Collection
transfer is a scientific publication organ for contributions to provenance research and collection history as well as to related research areas such as art market research, reception history, cultural sociology or legal history. The…
CFP: transfer – Zeitschrift für Provenienzforschung und Sammlungsgeschichte / Journal for Provenance Research and the History of Collection
The online journal transfer is an academic publication platform in the area of provenance research and the history of collection as well as adjacent fields of investigation, like art market studies, reception history,…
PUB: Surya Bower, Shreya Gupta, Liberty Paterson & Niti Acharya, ‘State of the (Future) Field: The History of Collecting and Its Institutions’, History: The Journal of the Historical Association, November 2024
Abstract This article considers the state of the field of the history of collecting and its institutions. Following on from a 2021 ‘state of the field’ article, also published in this journal, the…
ANN: TIAMSA Live Book Discussion: Julie Verlaine, Nathalie Moureau, Léa Saint-Raymond, Alice Ensabella and Agnès Penot, Historie des galeries d’art en France du XIX au XIX siècle. (Online, 30 Jan 2025, 18:00 CET)
TIAMSA is pleased to announce its thirteenth book discussion: Histoire des galeries d’art en France du XIX au XXI siècle (Flammarion, 2024). The authors Julie Verlaine(University of Tours), Nathalie Moureau (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier),…
ANN: Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art #1:Chinese Porcelain Cup (Jan 22, 12-1 pm EDT/ 6-7 pm CET)
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz’s Museum für Asiatische Kunst and Zentralarchiv (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), are thrilled to announce a new webinar series: Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories…
CONF: Securities of Art: On the history of authentication between work, text and context (Haus für Medienkunst / Universität Oldenburg, 5-6 Dec 2024)
The workshop “Securities of art. On the history of authentication between work, text and context” will examine artistically conceived authentications that have become constitutive for the status and value of artworks since the…
CFP: “Degenerate” Art. A French/German Cross-History (Musée national Picasso-Paris / INHA / Musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme / DFK – 27-28 March 2025)
In conjunction with the exhibition ““Degenerate” Art. Le procès de l’art moderne sous le nazisme” on view at the Musée national Picasso-Paris from February 18 to May 25, 2025, and the Répertoire des…