In premodern times, death was a more visible phenomenon than now, due to high mortality rates, but also to the fact that dying and death and the subsequent phases of deposition, bereavement and [...] Read More
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HNA Event March 26, 2021: Museology and Slavenhandel
Note: see below for recording. Join us on March 26th, 12:30 PM EDT, for an informal 30-minute talk by the organizers of the upcoming virtual program Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Slave [...] Read More
Sky & Sea: Understanding Climate Resilience & Innovation through Dutch Art
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST REGISTER HERE Art from the past—showing the ingenuity of people from across time and place—can propel conversations and inspire creative thinking, [...] Read More
Call for Submissions: HNA Session at Sixteenth Century Society 2021
HNA will sponsor a session at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society in San Diego, 28-31 October 2021. We are interested in submissions from scholars at any stage of their careers. You [...] Read More
Mythological Passions: Tiziano, Veronés, Allori, Rubens, Ribera, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velázquez
The exhibition Mythological Passions. Titian, Veronese, Allori, Rubens, Ribera, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velázquez offers an unsurpassed review of mythological love as depicted by some of the leading More Info
Brueghel and Contemporaries: Art as Covert Resistance?
The starting point of this exhibition is the Carrying of the Cross by Pieter Brueghel the Younger. A seemingly religious subject that can also be interpreted as a critical commentary on the power More Info