ANN: A transatlantic hybrid and a ‘Fauve de la Curiosité’: Edouard Jonas (1883-1961), Dealer and Curator – Lecture by Barbara Lasic (SHC / French Chapter, 26 April 2022, 18:30 CEST / 17:30 BST)
Better known as Ernest Cognacq’s artistic adviser and as the first curator of the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris, Édouard Jonas was also a successful art dealer who owned a gallery 3 Place Vendôme In Paris,…
ANN: Tricks of the Trade: Duveen Brothers and the Market for the Decorative Arts, 1880–1940 – Lecture by Charlotte Vignon (Getty Center / online, 5 May 2022, 12-1pm PST)
Drawing from her publication, Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880–1940 (2019), curator and professor Charlotte Vignon discusses the commercial strategies and the relationships with preeminent collectors, including J. P. Morgan, that led this…
ANN: Lynn Catterson – Stefano Bardini and the Manufacture of Authenticity (live online / Forum Kunst & Markt, TU Berlin, 31 Jan 2022, 18:15-19:45 CET; in English)
In November 1888, writing to the German museum official, Wilhelm Bode (1845-1929), the dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922) stated that he was certain that “eight marbles and 12 terracottas” in South Kensington (V&A) were fake,…
ANN: The Art of Free-Portism: A Disappearing Act – Online lecture by Hadas Kedar (Collection and Display, 6 Dec 2021, 18:00 GMT)
Tax-free, offshore storage facilities storing art and other valuables is a thought-provoking phenomenon. It spotlights a small number of wealthy people that are considerably influential, exposing how they are involved and participate (whether consciously…
ANN: Lecture – “Stepping onto the Pedestal: An Animating History of Restitution from the Napoleonic Wars“ by Alice Goff (American Academy in Berlin / online, 17 May 2021, 19:30 CET)
Stepping onto the Pedestal: An Animating History of Art Restitution from the Napoleonic Wars Online eventAll registered guests will receive participation instructions one to two days prior to the event.
Lecture: Dr Lewis Ryder – ‘The Extraordinary Ordinary Collector: John Hilditch and his Challenge to Museum Experts in 1920s Britain’ (online, 30 Mar 2021, 17:30 BST)
The University of Edinburgh Collecting and Art Market Research Cluster (chaired by Professor Frances Fowle and MaryKate Cleary) invites you a lecture and talk with Dr Lewis Ryder (University of Manchester) on John Hilditch…
ANN: Lecture – Collecting Continuums: What Now | The Huntington (Online; 27 Jan 2021)
Collecting Continuums: What NowWed, 27 Jan 2021 | 4 p.m.–5:15 p.m PSTVia ZoomFree with reservation Join Huntington Library curators and members of the trade, library, and collecting communities for a panel discussion on individual and…
ANN: Lecture: Christoph Andreas – Restitution of Mural Paintings by the Painter Hans Thoma (in German; Frankfurt, Inst. für Stadtgeschichte / online; 18 Jan 2021, 18:00)
Christoph AndreasRestitution of Mural Paintings by the Painter Hans ThomaFrankfurt, Inst. für Stadtgeschichte / online; 18 Jan 2021, 18:00In German
TIAMSA Members Announcement – now online: Lecture by TIAMSA Member Natasha Degen “Between Crisis and Contingency” (Forum Kunst und Markt eEvening Lectures Winter Term 2020/2021)
Abstract: It seems probable that 2020 will be remembered as a year of historic proportions, a moment of rupture but also, quite possibly, an inflection point in politics, economics, and the life of…