ANN: Postponed to Dec – Terms of Art: Understanding the Mechanics of Dispossession During the Nazi Period (New York, 1-2 Dec 2020)
This event is no longer scheduled for May 7-8, 2020. It has been rescheduled to December 1-2, 2020. In an abundance of caution for the health and welfare of all involved we have…
ANN: Registration open – Symposium ‘Terms of Art: Understanding the Mechanics of Dispossession During the Nazi Period’ (New York, May 7-8, 2020)
This symposium aims to explore from the historical, art historical and practical perspectives and across practitioner groups, what it means to describe involuntary loss using a specific term. The symposium will include expert…
ANN: Pioneering New York Art Dealers and the Genesis of the American Auction Style (London, 10 February)
This seminar is the latest in the IHR ‘Collecting and Display’ series. 10 February 2020, 6:00PM – 8:00PMIHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
ANN: You’ve Been Served: “Driven to Abstraction” (2019) + Q&A with the Director (New York, 19 February)
The Center for Art Law is proud to present the first NYC screening of the new documentary Driven to Abstraction about the Knoedler Gallery art forgery scandal that shook the art world. Wed February 19, 2020, 6:00…
ANN: Celebrate the Life of Hildegard Bachert, February 5, 4:30-6:30 PM, Leo Baeck Institute, New York
The Galerie St. Etienne and the family of Hildegard Bachert (1921-2019) invite you to a celebration of Hildegard’s life.
ANN: “Goncourt Brothers and the Taste for the Eighteenth Century,” The Frick Collection, Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Presented by the Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library, this two-part lecture examines the life and enduring influence of brothers Jules and Edmond de Goncourt, nineteenth-century connoisseurs and collectors…
ANN: “DRIVEN TO ABSTRACTION” a feature documentary by Daria Price Hamptons Doc Fest Monday, Dec 9 At 2PM plus Q&A Bay Street Cinema, Sag Harbor, New York
This feature documentary explores a fifteen-year scandal that began in New York City and rippled through the international art world, leaving the reputations and bank accounts of art dealers, collectors, and experts shattered. Widely covered…
CFP: CALL EXTENDED – Terms of Art: Understanding the Mechanics of Dispossession During the Nazi Period Thursday, May 7, 2020 – Friday, May 8, 2020; New York, New York
The Call for Papers for the Terms of Art: Understanding the Mechanics of Dispossession During the Nazi Period has been extended to November 15th 2019. *********************************** The criteria for determining whether objects lost…
ANN: “DRIVEN TO ABSTRACTION” documentary by Daria Price 20th FILMCOLUMBIA – 2019 Sunday, October 27th @3:30 Crandell Theatre, New York
The art world is rocked by an $80 million forgery scam that brings down Knoedler, New York City’s oldest and most venerable gallery. It also brings down two women from very different worlds…