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…
CFP: Presences and Processes in Latin American Sculpture (College Park, 26-27 Oct 2022)
Re·cast / Re·fundiciones: Presences and Processes in Latin American Sculpture College Park, Maryland, 26–27 Oct 2022Deadline: 15 Aug 2022
CONF: Westkunst, 1981: A Historiography of Modernism Exhibited (Paris, DFK, 10-11 Mar 2022)
In 1981 a large exhibition opened in the trade fair center in Cologne under the title “Westkunst. Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939” (Western Art. Contemporary Art Since 1939). Organized by art critic Laszlo Glozer…
CFP: Globalising the Avant-Garde. The 8th Conference of the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (Lisbon, NOVA FCSH, 1-3 September 2022)
The conference will reflect on the process of the globalisation of avant-gardes in the arts and literature, and on the situation of artistic avant-gardes in the context of globalisation more generally – technologically, economically,…
CFP: Revisiting Russian-speaking artistic (e)migration, 1900–1939 (LMU Munich/online, 7-8 Apr 2022)
The 20th century was marked by several significant migratory flows from the (former) Russian Empire, which resulted in many artists living and working abroad. These diverse relocations, subsumed under the term “Russian emigration”, were…
CONF: Collection, Modernism and Social Identity: Art Collecting in Europe Between 1880–1940 (online, 15-17 Sep 2021)
The Centre for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin is pleased to invite you to the online conference: “Collection, Modernism and Social Identity. Art Collecting in Europe Between 1880–1940“…
ANN: Infrastructures of Collecting (online / Amsterdam, 22 Jun 2021)
The webinar “Infrastructures of Collecting in Transnational Perspective,” featuring keynote lectures by John Clark and Partha Mitter, marks the start of the long-term research project “(Un)mapping Infrastructures: Transnational Perspectives on Modern Art, 1900-1970.”
ANN: The Market for Modernism (Metropolitan Museum of Art / online; 11 May 2021, 12–1:15 pm)
Between 1850 and 1950, when art collecting in France stalled due to the devastating effects of two world wars, revolution, currency devaluation, and economic uncertainty, it accelerated internationally, gaining interest from foreign collectors. Enterprising…
ANN: Malevich Society 2020 grant applications
The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2020 grant applications.Deadline: 30 September 2020 Based in New York, the Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge about…