From Biennale to biennials. The impossible desire
[Italian version below]
In 2000, René Block states that « the term ‘biennial’ is not protected by copyright and consequently is open to abuse » (Glaser, 2000). The following year, the Revista USP publishes an article by Ivo Mesquita, which begins with a long list of biennials, making us travel to the five continents (Mesquita, 2001/2002). And « Bienais, bienais, bienais… » is also the title of the roundtable discussion that, on the occasion of Em vivo contato (28th São Paulo Biennial, 2008), sought to elaborate categories and typologies of biennials and to define their different goals, adding to previous or ongoing attempts (Enwezor, 2003/2004; Bydler, 2004; Van Hal, 2010).
Biennials are a true puzzle because of their . . . → En lire plus
Panofsky Fellowship 2023 | Extended Worlds: Contemporary Art and Digital Technologies: Virtual, Augmented, Mixed Reality
Prof. Dr. Andrea Pinotti, Milan, will hold the Panofsky Professorship at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte Munich in 2023. In connection with this professorship the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte seeks applications for a Panofsky Fellowship.
The fellowship is intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars (who have graduated within the last five years) who are working on a project related to the topic “Extended Worlds: Contemporary Art and Digital Technologies: Virtual, Augmented, Mixed Reality”. Fellows are expected to maintain a presence at the ZI, to present the Fellowship project, and to partake . . . → En lire plus
Les architectes et la fonction publique. XIXe-XXIe siècles sous la direction de Catherine BRUANT CATHERINE , Chantal CALLAIS CHANTAL et Guy LAMBERT GUY
Presses Universitaires de Rennes (PUR), 2022.
L’exercice libéral des architectes est souvent le seul identifié. Pourtant, nombre de ces professionnels assument des missions publiques, qu’ils soient « fonctionnaires » ou non. L’ouvrage analyse ces aspects moins connus du métier en France, dans une perspective diachronique depuis le XIXe jusqu’au XXIe siècle. . . . → En lire plus
Lecturer, Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture Deadline: 9 Apr 23
The History of Art Department at UCL (University College London) is seeking to appoint a full-time lecturer with expertise in one or more of the following regions: East Asia (including Japan and China), Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North and/or West Africa, Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as diasporic communities of these regions. This post provides an opportunity to develop teaching and research that will complement and enhance existing expertise in arts and visual culture of South and East Africa, South Asia, the Americas and Europe. The successful appointee will have a relevant PhD and a track record of publications and research excellence in their field. The position will begin on 1 September 2023.
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Rethinking Primitivisms in the Modern Art of Asia-Oceania
Deadline: Jan 15, 2023
Special issue of « World Art ». Guest editors: Yvonne Low (PhD, University of Sydney) and Phoebe Scott (PhD, National Gallery Singapore).
This issue critically explores how “primitivism” has been mobilised by modern artists from the Asia-Oceania region. The term “primitivism” is used here to refer to the appropriation, within modern art, of forms or subjects derived from cultures that were perceived as being “non-modern” or “Other .” Within Western art history, modernist primitivism has been subjected to a stringent critique, noting its underlying presumptions of a racist cultural hierarchy, and its embeddedness within various colonial systems. To what extent is this critique also applicable to modernisms in Asia and the Oceania, often produced at a time when . . . → En lire plus
The Social Figure of the Female Art Critic (Bochum, 4-6 May 23)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, May 4–06, 2023 Deadline: Dec 16, 2022
The Social Figure of the Female Art Critic, or The Gender of Art Criticism.
Organized by Prof. Dr. Stephanie Marchal and Dr. Isabel Mehl (Ruhr-University Bochum) in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Astrid Mania (HfbK Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Brigitte Soelch (University of Heidelberg), and PD Dr. Anne Hultzsch (ETH Zürich) supported by Sophia Holzmann M.A., Anna Schrepper M.A. and Julia Ziegler M.A (Ruhr-University Bochum).
Since the 1970s, the discourse on art criticism has been dominated by widely credited claims that the practice is in ‘crisis’. However, this prevalent talk is lacking a thorough analysis. It is worth asking: Who speaks about a crisis and on what basis is this diagnosis . . . → En lire plus
Journée d’études : « Modes en Sorbonne 2022 » (Paris, 26 novembre 2022)
Journée d’études organisée par Pascale Gorguet Ballesteros et Jérémie Cerman.
Organisée annuellement, la journée d’études Modes en Sorbonne valorise le dynamisme de la recherche en Master et en doctorat des étudiants de Sorbonne Université spécialisés en histoire des textiles, des vêtements et de la mode.
Créé en 2013, l’enseignement en histoire du vêtement et de la mode, confié à Pascale Gorguet Ballesteros, accueille annuellement une centaine d’étudiants en Licence 3 et en séminaire de Master 1. Une centaine de mémoires de Master 1 et de Master 2, . . . → En lire plus
CFP Sculpture between Nationalism and Internationalism (Oslo, 12-13 Jun 23)
Sentralen, Oslo, Norway, Jun 12–13, 2023 Deadline: Feb 1, 2023
The Vigeland Seminar 2023: Boundaries or no Boundaries – Sculpture in the Intersection between Nationalism and Internationalism
The Vigeland Museum, in partnership with Eckbos Legat, Kulturbyrået Mesén and the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Arts and Ideas at the University of Oslo, is extending an invitation for a two-day seminar on sculpture in the intersection between nationalism and internationalism in the period from around 1900 until today.
At the turn of the 20th century a radical transition occurred in the artistic . . . → En lire plus
Mise au concours Assistant.e diplômé.e 65%
Histoire de l’art contemporain Université de Fribourg
Activités: (Tâches principales selon cahier des charges) – Enseignement au niveau BA – Conseil aux études étudiant.e.s Bachelor et Master – Collaboration aux activités de recherche en histoire de l’art contemporain
Exigences: – MA en histoire de l’art – Projet de doctorat en histoire de l’art contemporain
Exigences linguistiques: – Français et/ou allemand avec bonnes connaissances de l’autre langue – Autres connaissances linguistiques (anglais, etc.)
Entrée en fonction: 1 mars 2023
SVP envoyez votre candidature (lettre de motivation, CV, etc.) en format PDF jusqu’au 30 novmebre 2022 à l’adresse suivante : Prof. Julia Gelshorn julia.gelshorn@unifr.ch
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Avant-gardes through the prism of gender in the German-speaking world from 1945 to the present day: Sociabilities, aesthetics, memories.
International Colloquium , Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 – Lyon, 12-14 October 2023
Organised by Susanne Böhmisch (Aix-Marseille Université), Cécile Chamayou-Kuhn (Université de Lorraine), Sibylle Goepper (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), Agathe Mareuge (Sorbonne Université), Élise Petit (Université Grenoble Alpes)
Building on the foundation of research considering the so-called “historical” avant-gardes through the prism of gender[1], our colloquium aims to study the influence of gender relations and logics on the practices, productions and historiography of artistic avant-gardes, experimental arts, and all forms of art claiming to be or belonging to the artistic “margins” from 1945 until today. In this context, the “prism of gender” refers to questions about the place reserved . . . → En lire plus
Assistant Professor, Modern and Contemporary Architectural Historian, Chicago The University of Chicago, Jul 01, 2023 Application deadline: Nov 7, 2022
Position Description
The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invites applications for an appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) with an expected start date of July 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Department seeks applicants with innovative approaches to scholarship in the modern and contemporary history of architecture, urbanism, and/or the built environment, who also exhibit an ambitious research agenda and a commitment to developing pedagogical techniques for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Scholars working in any geographic area, with any theoretical or methodological focus, are invited to . . . → En lire plus
Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2023-2024)
Menil Drawing Institute, Houston, Texas, United States Application deadline: Dec 16, 2022
The Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas offers a residential fellowship program as a part of its mission to become a major research center on modern and contemporary drawing. The program fosters the highest level of scholarship and makes possible rich, interdisciplinary, object-based conversations on the drawing medium’s history, theory, criticism, and practice.
Fellows receive a stipend to cover living and other expenses incurred during the fellowship, and they are housed in a fully furnished apartment within a recently refurbished historic bungalow on the Menil campus. They are also assigned a workspace at the Drawing Institute to use for the duration of the fellowship and have access to the collections and archives, . . . → En lire plus
CFP: National identity and Exhibition Histories (online, 14 Jan 23)
Online, Jan 14, 2023 Deadline: Nov 14, 2022
National identity and exhibition histories: from fin-de-siècle world’s fairs to contemporary art biennials.
Convenors: Claudia Di Tosto (University of Warwick) and Maria Chiara Scuderi (University of Leicester).
‘National identity and exhibition histories’ is a virtual one-day symposium focused on understanding the relationship between art and politics in world’s fairs, international exhibitions, missionary loan expositions, and art biennials. It aims to explore how such cultural and artistic events played a fundamental role in fostering national identities through their displays and material culture.
Since the mid-nineteenth century, exhibitions in Western Europe have been used to display national greatness at home and abroad. Responding to the Enlightenment’s strive towards a universal knowledge, world’s fairs and . . . → En lire plus