TIAMSA Member News: The Art Provenance Report 2023
The Art Provenance Report follows the inaugural Art Provenance Symposium that took place earlier this year, over 20 delegates offered their expert opinions on issues ranging from repatriation and restitution, new databases and research tools,…
CONF: Conservations divergentes. Préservation et transmission des collections de provenance coloniale en débat (INHA Paris, 12 Dec 2022)
La conservation muséale en Occident s’est longtemps concentrée sur la préservation physique des objets. Pour stabiliser les artefacts dans le temps, il s’agissait de les soustraire aux influences environnementales changeantes. Aujourd’hui, le régime…
CFP: Edited Volume: Collecting and the Value of Provenance
Contributions are being sought for a peer-reviewed, English-language edited volume on the value of provenance in collecting and art market practices. This book, to be edited by Christian Huemer and Johannes Nathan, and…
EXH: Retracing Provenances / Retracer la Provenance (Musée cantonal d’archéologie et d’histoire, Lausanne, 12 Oct 2021-3 April 2022)
Depuis 2016, le MCAH étudie les conditions d’acquisition de ses objets ethnographiques. Grâce aux exemples de quelques pièces originaires d’Amérique, d’Afrique et d’Asie, cette exposition invite les visiteurs à découvrir la chaîne de documentation…
ANN: Mapping Provenance: Holbein’s “Sir Thomas More” – A blog post by the Frick Collection
The provenance of Sir Thomas More—Hans Holbein the Younger’s dazzling likeness of the famed humanist scholar who defied Henry VIII and ultimately lost his head—begins with a 104-year gap. What happened to this panel…
ANN: Training program on Nazi-era art provenance research (online / Center for Art Collection Ethics (ACE), University of Denver, 2-6 Aug 2021)
The Center for Art Collection Ethics (ACE) at the University of Denver (DU) is pleased to announce a fully virtual training program on the fundamentals of Nazi-era art provenance research, August 2–6, 2021….
CONF: Provenance Research on Collections from Colonial Contexts. Principles, Approaches, Challenges (online / Landesmuseum & University Hannover, 21 – 23 June 2021)
The last decade has witnessed a growing debate about the handling and restitution of collections from colonial contexts in European museums. Numerous research projects and publications have outlined the dynamic field of postcolonial provenance…
ANN: Provenance Practices in Museums | A Roundtable Discussion (Online, 10 May 2021; 2pm BST)
Join us for the final session ‘Provenance Practices in Museums | A Roundtable Discussion’ in the ‘Thinking Provenance Thinking Restitution’ workshop series 2020-2021, convened by Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop and Dr Lucy Wasensteiner. This…
CFP: (Call for Participation): Provenance Research Day 2021 (Arbeitskreis für Provenienzforschung)
Call for papers for Provenance Research Day 2021 Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. Date: 14 Apr 2021 Editorial deadline for the press release: 31 Mar 2021 Registration: www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/veranstaltung-eintragen/Details: www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/tag-der-provenienzforschung/