TIAMSA Live Book Discussions

Every year an impressive number of books dedicated to the art markets are published. It is a challenge to keep pace with this increasing flow of publications, which is why TIAMSA launched a new initiative called the “Live book discussion”.

In this format, the author presents her/his book and two scholars then discuss the book’s merits but also interact with the author to further explore its contents and the author’s approach. This is followed by a Q&A session open to all. A moderator ensures the smooth flow of the event.

Please keep an eye on this page or join our newsletter for details of our upcoming book discussions. Recordings of previous discussions may be viewed on the TIAMSA Vimeo channel.

Next Live Book Discussion

Live Book Discussion | 14 March 2024

Larissa Buchholz
The Global Rules of Art : The Emergence and Divisions of a Cultural World Economy

Discussants:
Olav Velthuis (University of Amsterdam)
Melanie Fasche (Sotheby’s Institute of Art London)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

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Past Live Book Discussions

Live Book Discussion | 10 November 2023

Natasha Degen
Merchants of Style

Discussants:
Véronique Pouillard (University of Oslo)
Véronique Chagnon-Burke (Women Art Dealers Digital Archives)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 11 April 2023

Leanne M. Zalewski
The New York Market for French Art in the Gilded Age, 1867–1893

Discussants:
Frances Fowles (Edinburgh College of Art)
David Farmer (Dahesh Museum of Art in New York City) 

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 26 May 2022

Dr David Challis
Foreign Currency Volatility and the Market for French Modernist Art

Discussants:
Christel Force (MET Museum)
Christopher Marshall (The University of Melbourne)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 14 April 2022

Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker
Anonymous Art at Auction. The Reception of Early Flemish Paintings in the Western Art Market, 1946–2015

Discussants:
Sandra van Ginhoven (Getty Research Institute)
Hans van Miegroet (Duke University)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 20 Jan 2022

Paco Barragan
From Roman Feria to Global Art Fair, From Olympia Festival to Neo-liberal Biennial: On the ‘Biennialization’ of Art Fairs and the ‘Fairization’ of Biennials

Discussants:
Marta Perez Ibañez (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria)
Clarissa Ricci (Università di Bologna)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 25 Nov 2021

Georgina Walker (The University of Melbourne)
The Private Collector’s Museum

Discussants:
Dr Christopher Marshall (University of Melbourne)
Dr Kathryn Brown (Loughborough University)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 1 Jul 2021

Lukas Fuchsgruber (TU Berlin)
Das Spektakel der Auktion. Die Gründung des Hôtel Drouot und die Entwicklung des Pariser Kunstmarkts im 19. Jahrhundert

Introduction: Thomas Kirchner (DFK Paris)

Discussants:
Julia Voss (Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg)
Christian Huemer (Belvedere Research Centre, Vienna)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 15 May 2021

Diana Kostyrko (Australian National University)
The Journal of the Transatlantic Art Dealer:
René Gimpel (1918-1939)

Discussants:
Christian Huemer (Belvedere Research Centre, Vienna)
Filip Vermeylen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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Live Book Discussion | 25 March 2021

Diana Seave Greenwald (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
Painting by numbers. Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art

Discussants:
Christian Huemer (Belvedere Research Centre, Vienna)
Filip Vermeylen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Moderator: Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

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