ANN: Merle de Massoneau and the Formation of his Collection of Antiquities, Lecture by Sujatha Chandrasekaran (IHR Collecting & Display / online; 5 Jul 2021, 6pm BST)
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, collectors of ancient art look towards Imperial Russia and its Black Sea littoral as a place of rich and beautiful finds of all periods and styles, ranging from…
CONF: Artists’ Estates in Saxony-Anhalt / Nachlässe bildender Künstler/innen in Sachsen-Anhalt (online, 9-10 Jun 2021)
Künstlernachlässe sind eine Fundgrube und halten immer wieder Überraschungen bereit. Sie erklären, verdeutlichen oder weisen hin auf Lebensumstände, Kontexte und Werkentwicklungen. Man findet in ihnen Entwürfe, Vorstudien, Notizen und kann so Anregungen und Anknüpfungen…
CONF: Collecting Asian Art in Prague: Cultural Politics and Transcontinental Networks in 20th Century Central Europe (National Gallery Prague, 17-18 June 2021)
This conference looks at collections of Asian art in and outside Prague from the perspective of the national cultural politics interconnected with individual encounters as well as institutional cultural and diplomatic exchange in…
CFP: Asian Collections in Canadian Museums and Galleries from the Nineteenth Century to Today (Session at UAAC; online, 20-23 Oct 2021)
We invite paper proposals for this session at the 2021 UAAC-AAUC conference: Asian Collections in Canadian Museums and Galleries from the Nineteenth Century to Today UAAC; online, 20-23 Oct 2021 Deadline: 15 May…
ANN: Lecture ‘Collecting practices in the Gulf’ by Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya (online / University of Edinburgh Collecting and Art Market Research Cluster, Tues 27 Apr 2021)
Sheikh Saoud bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani (1966-2014) was one of the most prominent art collectors of the last decades. He was very influential in the constitution of collections for Qatar Museums…
ANN: Deaccessioning After 2020 (Syracuse University, Online, 17-19 Mar 2021)
Deaccessioning After 2020 is a virtual 2-day symposium that aims to comprehensively address collections and deaccessioning in the context of the economic fallout of the pandemic and the national call to rethink the role…
ANN: Lecture – How to Present the Results of Provenance Research? / Wie lassen sich Bedeutung und Ergebnisse von Provenienzforschung öffentlich vermitteln? (in German; online / Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, 22. March 2021, 18:00 CET)
Lecture – How to Present the Results of Provenance Research? / Wie lassen sich Bedeutung und Ergebnisse von Provenienzforschung öffentlich vermitteln? In German; online, Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste 22. March 2021, 18:00 CET
CONF: The Acquisitions of the Louvre between 1933 and 1945. Preliminary Findings / Les acquisitions du musée du Louvre entre 1933 et 1945. Premier bilan (Paris, 10 March 2021, now online; in French)
The Acquisitions of the Louvre between 1933 and 1945. Preliminary Findings / Les acquisitions du musée du Louvre entre 1933 et 1945. Premier bilan Paris, 10 March 2021, now online; in French) À la…
ANN: National Gallery of Art Gallery Archives (Washington) Announces Launch of Kress Collection Digital Archive
The National Gallery of Art Gallery Archives announces the launch of the Kress Collection Digital Archive, an online resource documenting the history and development of an important collection of nearly 3,500 works of European art. More on Kress Digital Archive.