Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, FRANCE 13-15 November 2019 Les femmes ont occupé une place majeure dans la modernisation du métier de marchand d’art, progressivement remplacé par celui de galeriste. Laboratoires des avant-gardes, les enseignes dirigées par des femmes œuvrèrent à la découverte d’artistes notoires, soutinrent des mouvements dès leur émergence, contribuèrent à la diffusion
Continue reading ...Morgan: Mind of the Collector explores Pierpont’s groundbreaking collecting career through its impact on art scholarship, the art market, and the redefining of collecting in American and European culture.
Continue reading ...The Centre for the Study of the Art and Antiques Market at the University of Leeds announces the international two-day conference exploring the relationship between the ‘private’ and ‘public’ spheres of the art market and the museum. This interdisciplinary conference offers the opportunity to hear new research in the fields of art market studies, museum studies, and the histories of collecting.
Continue reading ...In the wake of the Western expansion, a fast growing number of non-European artefacts entered the European market. They initially made their way into princely cabinets of curiosities. Made possible by the forced opening and exploitation of more and more parts of the world and pushed by social and technological changes of the time, the 18th century brought a boom of the market of non-European artefacts in Europe. This came along with the emergence of a broader collecting culture and the development of a rich museumscape.
Continue reading ...Papers will explore shifts in the dynamics of the market, the changing taste of collectors and the importance of writers, critics, museum curators and dealers in influencing these changes.
Continue reading ...Her original collection included Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century and great works of French painting from the 18th century, among them canvases by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, David Teniers, and Jean Siméon Chardin.
Continue reading ...Drawing on significant unpublished archival material as well as on histories of science, publishing, collecting and display, this book shows how Mariette and his colleagues’ practices of classification and interpretation of the graphic arts gave rise to new conceptions of artistic authorship and to a history of art that transcended the biographies of individual artists.
Continue reading ...The history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such, scholars will welcome this collection of essays by internationally recognised experts that gathers together for the first time varied and stimulating perspectives on the nineteenth-century collector and art market for French eighteenth-century art, and ultimately the formation of collections that form part of such august institutions as the Louvre and the National Gallery in London.
Continue reading ...Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, GERMANY
10–12 September 2014
Caroline Louise of Baden (1723–1783) shaped the art collection of the margraves of Baden more than any other before or since. Her original collection included Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century and great works of French painting from the 18th century, among them canvases by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, David Teniers, and Jean Siméon Chardin
Continue reading ...Diana Scarisbrick
Benjamin Zucker
Elihu Yale (1649–1721) is famous for the name of Yale University, of which he was an early benefactor. He made his fortune in India, trading in diamonds. Arriving there in 1672, he rose through the East India Company from clerk to governor. When he returned to London in 1699 he brought with him gems, furniture and textiles. In the milieu of portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller and physician Sir Hans Sloane he established a fashionable household where he had assembled some ten thousand items.
Vortragsreihe am Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Leipzig, GERMANY
Juni-Juli 2014
Durch das plötzliche Auftauchen der Sammlung Cornelius Gurlitt sowie durch den von George Clooney produzierten Hollywoodfilm Monument Men sind in jüngster Zeit wieder Themenfelder in die allgemeine Wahrnehmung gerückt, die unter dem Begriff “Raubkunst” subsumiert werden und zu den drängenden Problemen kunsthistorischer Forschung wie Praxis gehören. Das Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Leipzig nimmt diese Debatte zum Anlass, um in einer Vortragsreihe zentrale Aspekte der Raub und Zwangsenteignung insbesondere während der NS-Herrschaft sowie die Probleme der Provenienzforschung durch ausgewiesene Spezialistinnen und Spezialisten vorzustellen und so einen Beitrag zu den aktuellen Diskussionen zu liefern.
Continue reading ...The Institute of Historical Research and The Wallace Collection, London, UK
1 & 2 July 2014
With the developing interest in the history of collecting, this two-day workshop aims to bring out new research in the area of collecting and art markets in the early modern era 1700-1900. The focus of this workshop will be on the collector and his circles, whether friends, advisors or dealers, so as to give further understanding to the context in which individual collectors acquired and displayed their collections. Recent research on art markets and on individual collectors has revealed the fascinating and complex background of individual collectors. Further discussions of the international connections between artists, dealers and collectors have shown how these networks stretch across disciplines and countries.
Continue reading ...Paul Mellon British Centre for Studies in British Art, London, UK
2 May 2014
This one-day conference will address the issue of connoisseurship in relation to historic, modern and contemporary British art studies.
Continue reading ...This beautifully illustrated volume traces the changing market for Chinese and Japanese porcelain in Paris from the early years of the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715) through the eighteenth century. The increase in the quantity and variety of East Asian wares imported during this period spurred efforts to record and analyze them, resulting in a profusion of inventories, sales catalogues, and treatises. These contemporary sources—many never published before—provide a comprehensive picture of porcelains: when they were first available; what kinds were most admired during various periods; where and at what price they were sold; who owned them; and how they were displayed and used.
Continue reading ...What is art worth? How can a work by Pablo Picasso be sold for more than $100,000,000? This fascinating book explains the market for art—and art’s value for all of us.
Continue reading ...Beginning in 1933, Jewish collectors were under extraordinary pressure from German officials to surrender their treasures – paintings, manuscripts, musical instruments, and all manner of objets d’art.
Continue reading ...The letters are the window to Van Gogh’s universe.
Continue reading ...The binomial art-money, nowadays even obvious, existed in the past as well, although through partially different forms and mechanisms.
Continue reading ...The European expansion to Asia was driven by the desire for spices and Asian luxury products. Its results, however, exceeded the mere exchange of commodities and precious metals. The meeting of Asia and Europe signaled not only the beginnings of a global market but also a change in taste and lifestyle that influences our lives
Continue reading ...Specific Object/David Platzker, New York, NY, USA
28 February-29 April 2011
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, SWITZERLAND
1 October 2009-29 August 2010
Hotel Albuquerque, NM, USA
18-21 March 2010
Hyatt Regency Chicago, IL, USA
10-13 February 2010