AAH Annual Conference 2010 Wednesday, Feb 10 2010 

Art international and Arts & Architecture and International art , , , , , , , , art4dealers 10:54 pm

The AAH (Association of Art Historians) Annual Conference and Bookfair takes place at a different UK venue each year. These prominent, international events take place over three days and attract up to 600 delegates, speakers and publishers.

The 36th AAH Annual Conference  will take place at the University of Glasgow, 15th – 17th April 2010.

Various critical themes have shaped AAH conferences in recent years, and provided a focus for disciplinary self-reflection. The AAH seeks to continue in this reflective spirit, but rather than organise the conference thematically, the 2010 conference is a general one from which different themes are expected to emerge.

The year 2010 marks the beginning of a new decade in 21st-century art historical investigation and an ideal moment for a reassessment of historical objects, issues, and methods, as well as acknowledging newer works of art and criticism developed across disciplines, periods, media and practice boundaries. Papers that address or employ new methods and issues are welcome, but equally important will be state-of-the-discipline investigations and critical assessments that may be uni- or multi-disciplinary, object-based, pedagogical, interrogative, theoretical, or performative. While we hope that the full historical and methodological range of the discipline will be represented, and the proposal of sessions devoted to the widest possible range of periods and cultures is encouraged, the 2010 conference particularly welcomes proposals related to medieval and Renaissance topics.

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Conference Fees

All delegates (including convenors and speakers) must pay to attend the AAH conference taking place from 15 – 17 April 2010.
Booking deadline March 22nd 2010

Delegate fee / Fee Category

£85 / AAH Member Concession
£120 / Non-AAH Member Concession
£170 / AAH Member
£275 / Non-AAH Member
£145 / AAH Member Speaker/Convenor
£200 / Non-AAH Member Speaker/Convenor
£150 / Day Rate*

*Delegates wishing to attend for only one day at the day rate fee will be required to specify which day they will be attending. Speakers/Convenors who qualify as concessions need only pay the appropriate concessionary fee, rather than the speaker/convenor fee.

Proof of concessionary status will be requested upon registration at the conference.

How to Book

Please pay online by clicking here. You will be able to pay immediately by credit card, or by invoice. AAH Members please log in to the site to ensure you pay the correct amount. Alternatively, please contact the office by phone or email.

Conference Booking

Conference fees include: attendance to all academic sessions, plenary lectures, forums/ meetings, the bookfair, and conference receptions. Refreshments and lunches are also included. The fee covers conference events taking place from Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 April 2010.

Conference fees exclude: accommodation.

For more information: http://www.aah.org.uk

 

TEFAF Maastricht 2010 Wednesday, Feb 10 2010 

Art Fair and Art international and Art market and Arts & Architecture and Collecting art and International art , , , , , art4dealers 7:05 pm

 

TEFAF Maastricht is the world’s leading Art and Antiques fair and will take place from 12-21 March 2010.

 
From its modest beginning as The Pictura Fine Art Fair in 1975, to its current position as the world’s leading fine art fair, TEFAF Maastricht has always sought to lead the way and set the standards which others follow.

Apart from continually improving the breadth, quality and display of the items for sale, it has presented memorable exhibitions and made ground breaking initiatives in the way the fine art world does business.

It pioneered the music and lecture programmes and has taken the initiative on issues as diverse as VAT and vetting procedures. The pre eminent position of TEFAF Maastricht today is, as you will see, a result of much hard work over many years.

Source: http://www.tefaf.com

 

New Medieval and Renaissance Galleries Tuesday, Oct 6 2009 

Arts & Architecture and Exhibitions and Favorites and London and Museum and Renaissance Art , , , , , , , art4dealers 12:37 pm

The V&A will be opening their new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries next month (November 2009) as part of their 5-years future plan.

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Medieval and Renaissance collection is outstanding in its depth and range, and contains some of the greatest surviving treasures of the period 300-1600 and McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) is the architectural bureau which was appointed to design the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries.

The new galleries will be the biggest part of the world-famous museum of Art and Design and will be located in the east wing over level 1 and 2.  You can see the floor plan here.

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One of my favorite items from the Renaissance Collection is The Book of Trades (Das Ständebuch):

published in Augsburg in 1568

published in Frankfurt in 1568

The Book of Trades was published in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1568, with text by Hans Sachs (1494–1576) and illustrations by Jost Amman (1539–91). It features detailed woodcut illustrations of various professions, each accompanied by a short poem in rhyming couplets and provides a fascinating insight into the diverse trades and crafts practised in 16th-century Nuremberg.

Hans Sachs was born in Nuremburg in 1494. A cobbler by trade, he had also learnt the art of the ‘Meistersinger’ or ‘master singer’. This enabled him to compose poetry and music. When he died, in 1576, his works numbered more than 1700. They included comedies, topical poetry and short plays to celebrate religious festivals.

In the ‘Book of Trades’, Sachs emphasises the importance of hard work and modest living to achieve a pious existence and a harmonious society. His views reflected the Protestant doctrines of Martin Luther, whose beliefs had been rejected by the Catholic Church at Nuremberg in 1522.

Sachs’s descriptions are not an entirely faithful reflection of Nuremberg society. He makes derogatory and anti-Semitic references to the Jewish community, even though the town had expelled the Jews in 1499. His attitude to pilgrims reflects his Protestant sympathies.

source: V&A

 

Flemish Art Tuesday, Oct 28 2008 

Art international and Arts & Architecture , , , , art4dealers 11:30 am

I have spent the weekend in Bruges and loved it. Everything, the city, the food and of course the art. It’s not really new that Flemish artists were amongst the best in the past. I’ve always been a fan of Jan van Eyck and my favorite painting is The Arnolfini Portrait it the National Gallery in London but this trip has really opened my eyes for Flemish art in general. Hence expect more to come on that subject…

Here are some impressions from the trip: