Art Transportation in Times of War and Peace

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Art Transportation in Times of War and Peace

Veranstalter
Centre for Art Market Studies in cooperation with the Department of Digital Provenance at Technische Universität Berlin and the Berlinische Galerie – Museum für Moderne Kunst
Veranstaltungsort
9.11.23: Berlinische Galerie – Museum für Moderne Kunst, Alte Jakobstr. 124-128, 10969 Berlin (with registration: https://fokum.org/Veranstaltungen/art-handling/) / 10.11.23 online: https://tu-berlin.zoom.us/j/64741410645?pwd=VEVjV0svbWZPQ0FlTHlITmZsWU9XUT09
PLZ
10969
Ort
Berlin
Land
Deutschland
Findet statt
Digital
Vom - Bis
09.11.2023 - 10.11.2023
Website
https://fokum.org
Von
Dorothee Wimmer

International Symposium of the Centre for Art Market Studies in cooperation with the Department of Digital Provenance at Technische Universität Berlin and the Berlinische Galerie – Museum für Moderne Kunst

Art Transportation in Times of War and Peace

Transporting art and cultural heritage in times of war and peace may have in all its contexts its unique motivations. Reasons for doing so include art protection, exhibitions, art trade and sales, (inter-)cultural exchange, preservation and conservation, repatriation, art theft and plundering as well as research and study.

The transportation of art, artifacts, and cultural heritage should always involve careful planning, support, and execution to safeguard these valuable and often irreplaceable items, may it be in times of war or peace. Transportation processes should adhere to strict conservation standards to minimize the risk of damage or loss during transit. But have those standards always existed? And do those processes significantly differ between times of peace and times of war due to the varying risks, challenges and motivations posed by conflict and violence?

The conference aims to bring together scholars, researchers, curators, restorers, (museum) experts and practitioners to explore on a global scale issues surrounding “how” transportation of art, artifacts, and cultural heritage is planned, supported and finally carried out, as well as all specific aspects around moving art during situations of war and peace.

Programm

TURSDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2023
Panel Discussion (in German): KRIEG IN EUROPA – ART HANDLING
Ort: Berlinische Galerie – Museum für Moderne Kunst, Alte Jakobstr. 124-128, 10969 Berlin
(with registration: https://fokum.org/Veranstaltungen/art-handling/)

17:30 Registration
18:15 Welcome: Birgitta Müller-Brandeck (Berlinische Galerie)
Introduction: Dorothee Wimmer (Centre for Art Market Studies, TU Berlin)

On the podium:
Khrystyna Ahner (Ukraine Art Aid Center/BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Klaus Hillmann (Tandem Kunsttransporte/Ukraine Art Aid Center)
Meike Hopp (Digital Provenance, TU Berlin/AK Provenienzforschung e.V.)

Moderation:
Julia Voss (DHM/Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2023
International Symposium (in English): ART TRANSPORTATION IN TIMES OF WAR AND PEACE
Ort: Technische Universität Berlin (online, TUB-Zoom)
https://tu-berlin.zoom.us/j/64741410645?pwd=VEVjV0svbWZPQ0FlTHlITmZsWU9XUT09

10:00 Welcome: Meike Hopp, Berlin
Introduction: Thomas Steinruck, Zurich / Dorothee Wimmer, Berlin

Session 1 – Customs Regulations, Challenges and Techniques
Chair: Dorothee Wimmer, Berlin

10:30 Alice Martignon, Venice
The Transportation of Cultural and Archaeological Heritage from Venice to Foreign Countries (1866-1907)

11:00 Mathilde Sigalas, Geneva
From Local Transportation to International Shipping: the Trajectories of the Ur Antiquities during the British Mandate over Iraq (1922-1932)

11:30 Tereza Johanidesová, Prague
“How to Move an Immovable Monument?” Cooperation with UNESCO for the Transfer of a Church in the North Bohemian Town of Most

12:00 Lunch Break

Session 2 – Insurance, Law and Economics
Chair: Thomas Steinruck, Zurich

13:30 Paul Franke, Marburg/Berlin
„Put the Giorgione in a Trunk and Presto!“ Clandestine Art Transportation in the 19th and 20th Century

14:00 Avigail Moss, London
“Excluding War Risks”: Insuring Art in and out of Conflict in the early 20th Century

14:30 Romane Spirin, Paris
The Refuge System for Museum Collections in the Event of Armed Conflict

15:00 Coffee Break

Session 3 – Art Protection in World War II
Chair: Meike Hopp, Berlin

15:30 Mattia Biffis, Messina/Rome
“Arduous Operations”: the Transportation of Titian’s Assunta in 1941

16:00 Victoria Marquez-Feldman, Paris/Buenos Aires
The “Custodianship” of French Artwork in the United States, 1939-1945: a Unique Heritage Protection System

16:30 Ulrike Schmiegelt-Rietig, Potsdam
The Collections of the State Palaces and Gardens (Berlin) 1936-1945: Semblance of Normality and Protective Measures

17:00 Final Remarks

Concept and Organisation: Meike Hopp, Thomas Steinruck, Dorothee Wimmer and Gabriele Zöllner

Kontakt

arttransportation@fokum.org

https://fokum.org