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The first volume in the new academic book series ‘Frans Hals Studies’, titled ‘Frans Hals: Iconography – Technique – Reputation’, has recently been published. The publication is edited by CODART members Norbert Middelkoop and Rudi Ekkart. In addition to a hardcover version, the volume is also available in open access. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eAkafGTM #publication #arthistory #arthistorians #curators #FransHals

Nederlands Openluchtmuseum has appointed Amito Haarhuis as general director-manager as of 1 March. He succeeds Teus Eenkhoorn, who was director of the museum from 2018 to 2024. #museum #director #manager #Arnhem

As 2024 draws to a close, we would like to take a moment to thank our Members, Friends, and others interested in CODART, for your continued support and enthusiasm. We wish you Happy Holidays and a good start of the new year! Take a look back at CODART's milestones of 2024 and a glimpse into what is on the horizon for 2025 and beyond: https://lnkd.in/eiPMGg9b

Climate change and the decline of biodiversity are pressing issues that capture the imagination of a broad audience, regardless of one’s beliefs on the matter. These themes are no longer confined to natural history and science museums but are increasingly finding a place in exhibitions centered on old masters. But how do you weave these contemporary and often sensitive subjects into an exhibition? For our latest CODARTfeature, we asked two curators to share their experiences in creating an exhibition of old masters that integrates contemporary themes. Which choices did they make and how was a balance achieved between the chosen narrative and the integration of these themes? Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eaPrBR9Y #oldmasters #climatechange #biodiversity

CODART Collections: Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna The Picture Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien has its origins in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and by the end of the eighteenth century almost existed in its present form, with the important exception of Johannes Vermeer’s 'The Art of Painting' which entered the collection after World War II. Among the northern fragments of Emperor Rudolf’s gallery today in Vienna are the Bruegel collection, which had come from Rudolf’s brother Ernest, and works by Rudolf’s court artists in Prague such as Bartholomeus Spranger, Lucas van Valckenborch and Adriaen de Vries. Decisive for the founding of the Vienna Picture Gallery was Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662). As regent of the Netherlands (1647-1656) he was able to purchase masterpieces of Early Netherlandish and contemporary Flemish painting in the commercial centres of Antwerp and Brussels, including works by Jan van Eyck, Rubens, Jordaens and Anthony van Dyck. In the early eighteenth century Charles VI brought together in Vienna the Habsburg dynasty’s paintings from the various residences, and his daughter Maria Theresia amassed a lot of Flemish baroque paintings after the suppression of the Jesuit order. Find more information on our website: https://lnkd.in/eF6477cF 📸: © Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie 1️⃣: Johannes Vermeer van Delft (1632-1675), 'The Art of Painting', ca. 1666-68 2️⃣: Bartholomäus Spranger (1546-1611), 'Odysseus und Kirke', ca. 1586-1587 3️⃣: Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), 'Hl. Martin', ca. 1659 #CODARTcollections #museumcollection #Vienna #Vermeer

In summer 2025, the Rijksmuseum, RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Center for Netherlandish Art (CNA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard Art Museums will co-facilitate the Summer Institute for Netherlandish Art. The program focuses on Netherlandish art from about 1560 to 1800 and is open to MA students, PhD candidates, and emerging professionals with less than five years of experience working in either a university or museum setting. Applications are due by 3 February 2025. More information: https://lnkd.in/e2wUjYKD #summerinstitute #Netherlandishart #arthistorians #arthistory

The National Gallery of Art announced yesterday that Andaleeb Banta will join the museum as Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings. Congratulations Andaleeb!

The December 2024 issue of 'Print Quarterly' has been published. It contains several articles on Dutch and Flemish artists, including notes on print series by Jan Sadeler, Hieronymus Bosch's and Maarten van Heemskerck's vision on the world, seventeenth-century etchings in the prints and drawings department of the Landesmuseum in Mainz, and a review of the New Hollstein volumes on Adriaen van Ostade. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eckHCKx8

A Brussels tapestry from 1530, depicting King Solomon inviting his mother Bathsheba to share the throne, has been acquired for the city of Brussels. It is currently on display at the Brussels City Museum. #acquisition #museumcollection #tapestry #Brussels

After three years of research, the catalogue of 'Dutch and Flemish Painting at The Nivaagaard Collection' has been published. Featuring 57 remarkable paintings from the Danish collection, this richly illustrated catalogue offers new insights and discoveries in both art history and technical research. The publication is the result of a collaboration between The Nivaagaard Collection and RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, conducted by Jørgen Wadum and Angela Jager. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eEhctCkG #publication #catalogue #research #arthistory #arthistoricalresearch