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International Conference: Los Artistas como colleccionistas: Modelos y variants. Desde la edad moderna al siglo XIX (Madrid, 23-24 January 2020)

On 23-24 January 2020 the Seminario de Arte e Iconografía at the Fundación Universitaria Española and the Instituto Moll, in collaboration with the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the Biblioteca Nacional de España and The National Gallery in London, will be hosting the international conference Los Artistas como colleccionistas: Modelos y variantes. Desde la edad moderna al siglo XIX.

Papers in Spanish or English are invited from researchers, academics and students wishing to explore the role, function and history of artists’ collections. The conference proposes the following key strands:

Proposals for 20-minute papers should be submitted by 30 June 2019 to [log in to unmask] in a pdf format and include a title, abstract (max. 500 words/2000 characters), a short biography and contact details.

Selected conference papers will be published in 2020 in the peer-reviewed journal Philostrato.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for papers Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Historische Urbanistik Journal for Art Market Studies - Issue on “Re-presenting the Art Market” For 2020 we are planning an issue focusing on cultural representations of the art market, “Re-presenting the Art Market,” guest-edited by Dr. Paul Melton, Associate Professor of Art Market Studies in the School of Graduate Studies at SUNY-FIT. The artistic process and the world that forms around it have often been subjects of artistic production; self-reflexivity has a long tradition in the art world. In addition to internally produced representations of the art market, this issue seeks to explore cultural representations of the art market produced outside the realm of fine (visual) art, such as feature films (including documentaries), television (including reality shows), literature (including comic books and graphic novels), and other cultural artefacts (including board games). What do these “insider” and “outsider” accounts tell us about the status of the art market in the popular imagination, about how art and markets are understood in different times and places? We welcome submissions from all fields and across all historical periods. Andrew McClellan’s “Watteau's Dealer: Gersaint and the Marketing of Art in Eighteenth-Century Paris” (The Art Bulletin, Vol. 78, No. 3 [Sep., 1996], pp. 439-453) and Sarah Tribout-Joseph’s “The Art Market in Proust: A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Rembrandt and the Salon Painter Gleyre” are two examples of scholarly work that have inspired this issue, as have recent films like "The Price of Everything" and "Velvet Buzzsaw" and US television shows like "The Art of More" and "Art Breakers". But we’re also interested in how the art market is represented when it’s not the primary narrative focus (e.g., in Charlotte York Goldenblatt’s storylines in "Sex and the City" and Edina Monsoon’s visit to a gallery in the “Death” episode of "Absolutely Fabulous"’ second season). Literature also has a long tradition of plotlines centred around the art market, from reflections around the subject of forgeries in William Gaddis and Donna Tartt to popular thrillers from Frank Macdonald's "Provenance" (1979) to Thomas Hoving's "Masterpiece" (1986). The possibilities are legion! We look forward to creating a truly interdisciplinary dialogue with this issue. Since 2017 the Institute for Art History and Historical Urban Studies at Technische Universität Berlin has been publishing the Open Access Journal for Art Market Studies (JAMS). As part of the Institute’s well established Centre for Art Market Studies, the English language publication presents interdisciplinary research results on the past and present art market. The Journal conforms to Open Access standards including website submission through www.fokum-jams.org and peer reviews. Articles are published both as pdf and in HTML format, they are DOI registered and usually subject to a CC BY-NC copyright license. Please submit your abstract for an article by 15 August 2019 to [log in to unmask]. Deadline abstract (2,000 characters / 400 words): 15 August 2019 Deadline article (30,000 characters / 6,000 words): 31 October 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for papers Christie's Education 2020 Conference: The Chinese Art Market Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, 26-27 November 2020 Christie’s Education is delighted to announce our first international academic conference in Asia which will take place in Hong Kong from 26-27 November 2020 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and run in parallel with Christie’s Hong Kong Autumn Auctions. This conference will be the third in our International Art & the Market Series, which launched in 2016 in London with Creating Markets, Collecting Art, followed in 2018 in New York by Celebrating Female Agency in the Arts The conference will explore the global impact of the Chinese art ecosystem from both historical and current perspectives. With this call for sessions, we welcome proposals coming from a wide range of disciplines which consider China’s contribution to the arts from a transnational and trans-historical perspective. We encourage sessions dealing with issues of cultural exchange, artistic cross-fertilization and appropriation, the circulation of works of art, collecting networks and the economics of taste and value, as well as today’s art market. The conference will take place over two days, with a dinner for session chairs and speakers on the first evening. Proposals are invited for Academic Sessions Sessions should engage with current scholarship on any aspect of the Chinese art market. Session proposals may address the following topics, arranged under four broad themes: Collecting in Asia and beyond - Taste and collecting inside China: the historic tradition - China and Japan: early cross-cultural exchanges and collecting trends - The development of Chinese art collections outside China - The development of collecting societies roles: networks and influence - The resurgence of collecting in China since 1990: impact on changing tastes and values - Taste and collecting trends in China today Artistic Developments in China and the exchange of artistic traditions - The Silk Road and beyond: the dissemination of Chinese arts along China’s international trade routes - Art for Export: Chinese influence on European art and design - Beijing and Shanghai in the first half of the 20th century: influence of Western art and design movements - The Chinese artistic diasporas and their experience of the Western art scene - Current trends in demand for Western art in China and its future direction The Art Market - The role of Chinese and European dealers in market development, and their international networks - Chinese art at auction outside China: global variations, impact and market influence - The market for art produced during 1950-1980 - Trading and collecting modern and contemporary Chinese fine and decorative arts in the Literati tradition - The growth of Chinese Auction Houses and their impact - New trading platforms and technologies and their use in the Chinese art market today Curatorial Developments and the rise of Museums in Asia - Public exhibition and display outside China: the role of museums in defining taste and appreciation - The role of world fairs in promoting Chinese works of art to the wider public in the 19th & 20th centuries - The rise of the private museum in China: new approaches and acquisition strategies Deadline for Session Proposals We encourage academics across disciplines and art professionals to submit proposals for individual sessions. Each session will be either 115 minutes (4 x 20 minute papers) or 90 minutes (3 x 20 minute papers) in length. Sessions may be complete with paper titles and speakers specified, or may be sessions which require a call for papers. You may also propose a panel or discussion session. Session proposals should include, in English or Chinese (accompanied with English), a title and an abstract, maximum 300 words, the name and contact details of the convener, and a brief CV (max two pages) of the convener. Please submit a session proposal by October 15th, 2019, via this link: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/1201/submissions/new?behalf=false&fromDashboard=false&preview=false Dr Véronique Chagnon-Burke Academic Director, Christie’s Education New York Dr Cecily Hennessy Academic Director, Christie’s Education London Sara Mao Director of Christie’s Education Asia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~