Rüdiger Klessmann, the distinguished German art historian and museum curator, died on March 30th, 2020 at the age of 93. Klessmann was born in Lemgo and studied the history of art at [...] Read More
Personalia
In Memoriam: Annaliese Mayer-Meintschel (1928-2020)
On April 23, 2020, Annaliese Mayer-Meintschel, longtime director of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, passed away at her home in Dresden-Loschwitz. Her actions, thoughts and [...] Read More
HNA Reception at CAA 2020
Photographs from the HNA Reception at CAA 2020, held at the Chicago Hilton on Feb. 14, 2020. [...] Read More
New HNA Board Members 2020–2024
We are pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to the HNA Board, for 2020–2024. Olenka Horbatsch is a specialist in Dutch and Flemish works on paper of the sixteenth and seventeenth [...] Read More
2020 HNA Fellowships Awarded
We are happy to announce the awardees of our 2020 HNA Fellowships. This year, for the first time, we have awarded both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships, in order to continue our efforts to [...] Read More
Clark Art Institute Names Caroline Fowler as Director of its Research and Academic Program
Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute, announced the appointment of Caroline Fowler to serve as the Starr Director of its Research and Academic Program (RAP). Fowler joined the [...] Read More
Jacquelyn N. Coutré Appointed Associate Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago
After an extensive international search, the Art Institute of Chicago announced the appointment of Dr. Jacquelyn N. Coutré as the new Eleanor Wood Prince Associate Curator of European Painting and [...] Read More
National Gallery of Art Appoints Betsy Wieseman as Curator and Head of the Department of Northern European Paintings
The National Gallery of Art announced that Betsy Wieseman will join the museum as curator and head of the department of northern European paintings. Wieseman is currently chair of European art from [...] Read More
Krannert Art Museum Builds World-Class Collection of Dutch Political Prints
The Krannert Art Museum (KAM) has amassed the largest museum collection of early modern Dutch political prints outside of Europe, thanks to strategic acquisitions guided by Dr. Maureen Warren, KAM’s [...] Read More
Dr. Christopher Atkins named director of MFA’s Center for Netherlandish Art
Christopher Atkins has been named as the inaugural Van Otterloo-Weatherbie Director of the Center for Netherlandish Art (CNA), an innovative center for scholarship on Dutch and Flemish art of the [...] Read More
In Memoriam: Hessel Miedema
“a second lifetime would have been necessary, but I shall not be granted this…”[1] Last month the eminent and incredibly productive art historian Hessel Miedema passed away. In art historical [...] Read More
Robert Wolterstorff to Succeed Peter Sutton as Director of Bruce Museum
The Bruce Museum announced that its board of trustees has appointed Robert Wolterstorff as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment will take effect on 1 June 2019 and follows [...] Read More
In Memoriam: Joop van Coevorden
Joop van Coevorden passed away on Monday, April 15th, 2019 after a battle lost to lung cancer. He was 82 years old. For nearly forty years Joop’s publishing company, Davaco (named after his [...] Read More
Van Otterloos and Weatherbies Appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau
During a festive ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Sunday 7 April, CODART Patrons Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo and Susan and Matthew Weatherbie received Royal decorations and were [...] Read More
Jochen Luckhardt Retires from Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig
On 28 February, long-time CODART member, Prof. Dr. Jochen Luckhardt retired from the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. Luckhardt has been the director of the museum for almost 30 years. He [...] Read More