ANN: Reflections on Hew Locke: What have we here? (Online, 20 Nov 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (GMT))
The Society for the History of Collecting is delighted to announce its forthcoming online lecture on Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 18.00 (GMT); 19.00 (CET); 1.00 (EST); 10.00 (PST) Isabel Seligman and Billie…
CONF: Presenting Contemporary Art in Museums, ca. 1880-1930: Temporary Exhibitions, Institutional Networks and Collecting (Society for the History of Collecting at CAA New York – 15 Feb 2025)
This year’s session of the Society for the History of Collecting at CAA will be chaired by Ulrike Müller (University of Antwerp) and Anne Helmreich (Archives of American Art, Washington DC): Justine Gain,…
ANN: Report from the 112th College Art Association on TIAMSA’s representation at the annual conference (Thursday, February 15, 2024)
The College Art Association Annual Conference is a major opportunity for TIAMSA to connect with its US members but also with the larger museum and academic communities. As an affiliates society of CAA,…
CFP: Hand and Glove: Art Market Studies and the History of Collecting (CAA Annual Conference, Chicago; 14-17 Feb 2024)
The Society for the History of Collecting and The International Art Market Studies Association are pleased to announce a joint session chaired by Blair Asbury Brooks (Graduate Center, CUNY) and Natasha Degen (FIT)…
ANN: A First Reconstruction of the Eclectic Art Collection of the Archaeologist and Art Dealer Ludwig Pollak (1868-1943); online-lecture by Federica De Giambattista (Society for the History of Collecting, 28 Jun 2023, 6pm BST)
On 28 June the Society for the History of Collecting hosts a Zoom lecture delivered by Federica De Giambattista on the topic of “A first reconstruction of the eclectic art collection of the…
ANN: Booked and Busy. Syncretic Methodologies Towards Provenance Research into East Asian Objects, lecture by Tullia Fraser (V&A Museum, London, 6 June 2023, 16:00-17:30)
Note: Past Event | For Reference Only In the shifting international order of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the United Kingdom saw a surge in the presence of East Asian material culture. Acquired…
TIAMSA News: CFP: Hand and Glove – Art Market Studies and the History of Collecting
The Society for the History of Collecting and The International Art Market Studies Association are pleased to announce a joint session chaired by Blair Asbury Brooks (Graduate Center, CUNY) and Natasha Degen (FIT)…
ANN: Workshop – Provenance Research in Action: Theory, Tools and Implementation (London, 12-16 Jun 2023)
The Society of the History of Collecting, in partnership with some of the most relevant London-based museums, libraries and academic institutions, will run a week-long, hands-on, workshop on provenance research and due diligence…
ANN: Book Launch – Chinese Art Objects, Collecting and Interior Design in Twentieth Century Britain by Helen Glaister (Online, 8 Dec 2022)
The Society for the History of Collecting will present the online book launch of ‘Chinese Art Objects, Collecting and Interior Design in Twentieth-Century Britain’ by Helen Glaister. Thursday 8 December: 6pm GMT / 7pm…