ANN: Yaëlle Biro – African Arts’ Secondary Market. Market Definition and Networks in the Early 20th century (Forum Kunst & Markt, TU Berlin; recorded online lecture now available)
The first two decades of the 20th century constitute a pivotal art historical moment for the reception of African arts in the West. It continues today to largely define the discourses constructed around African objects…
ANN: Nationalist Internationalism: International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935 (Online/UMAG; 18 May 2022)
Nationalist Internationalism: International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935, University of Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) Wednesday, 18 May 20221:00-2:00pm HKT (7:00-8:00am CET)
ANN: Still Life with Flowers – A Case Study in the Need for an Improved Canadian Museum Restitution Procedure, Lecture by Sara Angel (Collecting and Display, 9 May 2022, 6pm BST)
This talk will address the restitution of the painting “Still Life with Flowers” (1660) attributed to Jan van Kessel II. In late 2020, the painting, which had been in the collection of the…
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: 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: 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…