August 26-29, Grote Kerk Naarden. For more information about this project, please check our blog!

National Research School for Art History (OSK) Days at Utrecht University’s Botanical Gardens APRIL 4 and 5, 2024 Technical Art History Research Days 2024 are organised by the Department of History and Art History of Utrecht University and the National Research School for Art History (OSK). Taking place at the Botanical Gardens and UU’s ArtLab in…

‘Art History Research Talks’ series Tuesday 20 December, 1.15 pm – 2.30 pm Location: Sweelinckzaal (Drift 21, room 005), Utrecht University Free but limited space. Please register via https://forms.gle/4jUG17ib1V8U798c9 1.15 pm: Artist Talk by Anne Marie Maes Abstract: In an era where anthropocentrism defines more than ever the relationship we as humans build with nature,…

On 30 November, the Network for Environmental Humanities, in collaboration with the DURARE project Dynamics of the Durable: A History of Making Things Last in the Visual and Decorative Arts, will host a lecture by Peter Oakley (Royal College of Art), called Purity and Pollution: Concerning Gold Technologies Past and Present. Purity and pollution In…

On April 4, 2024 (with an additional ArtLab workshop on the following day) the Technical and Digital Art History group in Utrecht will organize the first instantiation of an annual event on Technical Art History (circulating between universities in the Netherlands) in the context of the National Research School for Art History (OSK). Date: 4-5…

Adventures in Computational Art History Lecture:  New Forensics for Studying Old Master Drawings and Paintings Prof. Charles (Rick) Johnson,  Senior Professor Emeritus Cornell University, Leader of the Counting Vermeer Project 25 May 2023 at 5:15pm (CET) Utrecht University, Drift 25 (room 002) & Streamed Online Prof. Johnson will showcase new computational tools to study Old Master Drawings…

12 May 2023 | Utrecht University and online This one-day symposium investigates how the digital can capture and mediate the senses. The morning will be devoted to the difficulties of digitally capturing physical objects, with a focus on manuscripts, while the afternoon will consist of a series of short talks dedicated to each one of…