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
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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
Dr. Alfred Bader, 1924-2018
Dr. Alfred Bader, a preeminent collector and supporter of the study of Dutch art, and particularly Rembrandt and his circle, passed away on December 23, 2018. He was 94 years old. He was a [...] Read More
Eric Jan Sluijter will be joining the Department of History of Art and Architecture of Harvard University as visiting professor for Spring 2019
Sluijter will join as the Erasmus Lectureship on History and Civilizations of the Netherlands and Flanders; consisting of a lecture course and three public lectures. Title of lecture course: “Making [...] Read More
Yao-Fen You Joins Cooper Hewitt Curatorial Staff
Yao-Fen You will serve as senior curator and head of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department, beginning January 2019. As senior curator and head of the Product Design and Decorative Arts [...] Read More
Walter S. Gibson (1932-2018)
Walter Samuel Gibson, formerly of Williamstown, MA and Pownal, VT, died peacefully in Saratoga Springs, NY on November 18th. Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1932, Professor Gibson served in the army [...] Read More
Professor Ethan Matt Kavaler Receives a ‘Doctor honoris causa’ from the University of Liège
On March 24, 2018 Professor Ethan Matt Kavaler was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège, one of Belgium’s oldest institutions. Professor Kavaler is Director of the Centre for [...] Read More
Maryan Ainsworth Appointed Kress-Beinecke Professor at CASVA
Maryan Ainsworth, Curator of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been appointed the Kress-Beinecke Professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the [...] Read More
Sam Segal (1933-2018)
On 11 June 2018, Dr. Sam Segal passed away at his home in Norwich (Norfolk). Segal was an academic biologist and art historian, who specialized in flower still-lifes. Sam Segal majored in Biology [...] Read More
Arthur K. Wheelock Retires from the National Gallery of Art
Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Curator of Northern Baroque Painting at the National Gallery of Art has announced his retirement. Wheelock came to the National Gallery of Art in 1973 as the David E. Finley [...] Read More