‘call for papers’

… of Selling Modern and Contemporary Art in Socialism and Postsocialism We invite proposals for a forthcoming edited volume that critically examines the infrastructures of art markets in Central and Eastern Europe during and after the socialist era. This peer-reviewed volume aims to shed light on the diverse systems that enabled the production, distribution, and exchange of modern and contemporary art, not only through established institutions but also through lesser-known or subversive …

Workshop - Call for Papers Although art market studies as an academic field has become increasingly popular in the last decade, there has been little research that critically examines the actors, places, rules, and structures of this system. This workshop aims to explore the infrastructures through which artworks have been produced and exchanged for goods, money, services, and reputation since 1900. Our …

… Institut in cooperation with the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI), Budapest Organisers: Agata Pietrasik (Freie Universität Berlin), Daniel Véri (KEMKI) Supported by: Alfred Landecker Foundation Deadline for submissions: 15 March, 2023 The conference examines the memory of the Holocaust in fine arts within the Eastern Bloc from 1945 until the end of the 1960s. We are interested in realised and unrealised projects or works, created …

… urgent research topics, methodologies, and challenges to the discipline as a result of the transformations outlined above. We welcome contributions for the following panel topics, covering the period from 1945 to the present: - Revisiting socialist art: state-supported institutions, exhibitions, and global networks. - Interconnectedness and mobility: artists' networks, circulation, transference, and exchange. - Social art history in a socialist context: Marxism, anti-politics …

Open call. KEMKI Methodological Workshop The Central European Research Institute for the History of Art (KEMKI) is organising a workshop for art history and art theory students. The workshop aims to introduce young professionals to the methodology of art history and art theory research and the practical challenges of research-based work. Following the participants will jointly create an …