ANN: V&A Provenance Research Seminar: Sloane Lab (V&A South Kensington – 23 July 16:00)
In 1753, the physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed his collection to the British nation, and it was a catalyst for the creation of the British Museum. Today, that collection is dispersed…
CFA: Provenance – Getty Residential Scholar and Fellow Grants, 2026-27
2026-2027 application for residential grants for predocs, postdocs, and scholars is open. For the 2026–2027 year, the Getty Scholars Program invites innovative proposals for projects that explore provenance and adjacent research areas, including…
ANN: Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art #2: A Kakiemon Model of an Elephant (July 15, 12-1.15 pm EDT/ 6-7.15 pm CET)
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz’s Museum für Asiatische Kunst and Zentralarchiv (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), are thrilled to announce the second webinar in the series, Unpacking Provenance:…
ANN: V&A Provenance Research Seminar: State of the (Future) Field (3 June, 16.00 – 17.15, V&A South Kensington)
This talk follows on from a 2024 article published in History: The Journal of the Historical Association. The talk will consider the state of the field of the history of collecting and its…
CFP: transfer – Journal for Provenance Research and the History of Collection
transfer is a scientific publication organ for contributions to provenance research and collection history as well as to related research areas such as art market research, reception history, cultural sociology or legal history. The…
ANN: Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Provenance Research, Institute of Art History and Museology of the University of Neuchâtel
Dates 2025 August 29 and 20 – September 5, 6, 26 and 27 – October 3 and 4 2025 REGISTRATION OPEN (go to page “Registration and terms”) Teaching languages: French and English Presentation …
ANN: “Remodeling the Getty Provenance Index” – Lecture by Sandra van Ginhoven (Belvedere Research Center / darthist Austria, Vienna – 12 June 2025, 18:00 CEST)
For decades, the Getty Provenance Index has been making available to researchers information from source documents such as archival inventories, sales catalogs, and dealer stock books describing ownership or transfers of ownership of…
CFP: Florentine Provenances. The circulation of cultural assets in Florence, 20th-21st Centuries
FLORENTINE PROVENANCESThe circulation of cultural assets in Florence, 20th-21st Centuries 3rd Workshop of the Working group Italy (Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.)in cooperation with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut10-11 November 2025Photothek of the…
ANN: 2025 Christie’s Grant for Nazi-era Provenance Research
Christie’s is delighted to announce the third year of the Christie’s Grant for Nazi-Era Provenance Research, supporting the next generation of provenance researchers in this field.