The Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the National Gallery in Prague invites you to participate in the conference “Artist and Networks – Friends, Collaborators, Contract Owners”, which takes place in Prague on May 30–31, 2024.

The cultural-historical topic of the conference offers the opportunity to focus on the artist not only as a creative personality, but also as a member of an urban or rural community as well as professionally organized or interest groups (guilds, associations, societies, religious fraternities, etc.). It is also possible to focus on the form of a clientele network and mutual relations and links between artists and other persons or institutions. The contribution may concentrate on contacts with Czech and foreign personalities, the exchange of opinions and knowledge, the mechanism of awarding contracts and other aspects within the framework of the formation of an individual’s social networks, in a broadly conceived time frame – from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The topic is open not only to art historians, but also to archivists, historians and other related fields, the only condition is to base the contribution on the testimony of archival sources.

The organisers hereby invite those interested in active participation to send a contribution proposal in the form of an abstract of a maximum of 300 characters and a brief biographical profile to uhlikova@udu.cas.cz or radka.heisslerova@ngprague.cz. The expected duration of the presentation is 20 minutes, the publication of contributions is anticipated. The working languages will be Czech and English. Deadline for registration and submission of abstract and brief biographical profile is 31 March 2024.

More information: https://www.udu.cas.cz/en/akce/cfp-umelec-a-site