CODART, Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide

Willem van Haecht (1593-1637), Apelles paints Campaspe, ca. 1630, Mauritshuis, The Hague
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15-17 March 2026: CODART 27 Ghent

The 27th CODART congress will take place in Ghent from 15 to 17 March 2026. The Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) will be our main host for the three day event, during which we will discuss the theme ‘Telling Her Story: Female Creators, Collaborators and Collectors’. For the full program, please see the event page.
The congress has reached its full capacity, it is no longer possible to register.

16 April 2026: CODARTfocus Collection Catalogues – Print vs. Pixel

Join us for an online CODARTfocus dedicated to collection catalogues. Colleagues from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Berlin, present their latest catalogues of early Netherlandish painting and discuss their different approaches to cataloguing in a moderated panel discussion. Registration is now open!

18 May 2026: CODARTfocus Utrecht

The Centraal Museum in Utrecht is hosting the first major retrospective dedicated to Gerard van Honthorst (1592–1656). This CODARTfocus features an exclusive in-depth tour and introduction by curator Liesbeth Helmus. The program is complemented by speakers who will provide further insights into the artist and his work. Save the date!

26 October 2026: CODARTfocus Gouda

CODART is organizing a visit to Museum Gouda for the exhibition Wonder Walls, which examines the sudden rise of Gouda as a preeminent center for tapestry production in the Low Countries between 1580 and 1620. Following an introduction by curator Ingmar Reesing and two lectures by tapestry experts, participants will be invited to a private viewing of the exhibition guided by the curator.

24 – 25 November 2026: CODARTfocus Mechelen and Leuven

In late November, CODART will organize a two-day study visit to Flanders, centering on the exhibitions Burgundian Dining at Museum Hof van Busleyden and Flemish Sculptors in Italy at M Leuven. The program features in-depth exhibition tours and lectures by curators Hannah Iterbeke and Marjan Debaene, complemented by expert speakers who will provide further context to both shows. Please keep an eye on the CODART website for the complete program.

Previous CODART events

CODART has organized annual congresses, study trips and focus meetings for curators of Dutch and Flemish art since 1998. Programs, lists of participants, texts of lectures and reports on workshops, etc. have been put on this website for your convenience.

An impression of the CODART 24 congress in Antwerp:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

  • Study trip (11-17 October 2015, Midwest USA: Detroit, Toledo, Oberlin, Cleveland, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago)
  • CODARTfocus Den Haag (30-31 August 2015)
  • CODART ACHTTIEN – Curators and the Art Trade: A Discussion of Opportunities and Dilemmas (18-21 January 2015, London)

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

  • CODARTfocus Musea Brugge (8 November 2010, Bruges)
  • CODART DERTIEN
    • Congress: Digitization: blessing or burden? (30 May-1 June 2010, Rotterdam)
    • Study trip (31 January-5 February, Southern California)

2009

  • CODART TWAALF: Dutch and Flemish art in Helsinki and St. Petersburg
    • Congress (15-17 March 2009, Aachen and Maastricht)
    • Study trip (21-25 September 2009, Helsinki and St. Petersburg)

2008

  • CODART ELF: Dutch and Flemish art in Italy
    • Congress (9-11 March 2008, Ghent)
    • Study trip (24-29 June 2008, Florence, Genoa and Turin)

2007

  • Study trip (28-30 October 2007, New York)
  • Regional meeting (14 September 2007, Vienna)
  • CODART TIEN: Dutch and Flemish art in France
    • Congress (11-13 March 2007, Paris)
    • Study trip (13-17 March 2007, Rouen, Caen, Amiens, Lille, Douai and Valenciennes)

2006

  • CODART NEGEN: Dutch and Flemish art in the eastern and northern provinces of the Netherlands
    • Congress (12-14 March 2006, Leiden)
    • Study trip (14-19 March 2006, Enschede, Groningen, Assen, Leeuwarden, Zwolle, Heino and Apeldoorn)
    • Video of Dutch television program “Museumgasten” featuring the CODART NEGEN study trip

2005

  • CODART ACHT: Dutch and Flemish art in Sweden
    • Congress (6-8 March 2005, Haarlem)
    • Study trip (21-26 September 2005, Stockholm, Drottningholm, Skokloster, Uppsala, Västerås and Strängnäs)

2004

  • CODART ZEVEN: Dutch and Flemish art in Poland
    • Congress (7-9 March 2004, Utrecht)
    • Study trip (18-25 April 2004, Gdańsk, Warsaw and Kraków)

2003

  • CODART ZES: Collecting Dutch and Flemish art in New England
    • Congress (16-18 March 2003, Amsterdam)
    • Study trip (29 October-3 November 2003, Boston, Cambridge and Worcester)

2002

  • Study trip (13-18 June 2002, Edinburgh, Queensferry, Isle of Bute, Glasgow)
  • CODART VIJF: Early Netherlandish art and its dispersal (10-13 March 2002, Bruges)

2001

  • CODART VIER: Dutch and Flemish art in Romania
    • Congress (11-13 March 2001, Maastricht and Cologne)
    • Study trip (13-18 March 2001, Bucharest, Sinaia, Braşov, Bran, Sibiu, Cozia)

2000

  • CODART DRIE: The Spanish Habsburgs and the Netherlands
    • Congress (20-21 March 2000, Antwerp)
    • Study trip (22-28 March 2000, Granada, Córdoba, Madrid, El Escorial, Segovia and Toledo)

1999

  • CODART TWEE: Dutch and Flemish art in Russia
    • Congress (15-16 March 1999, Amsterdam)
    • Study trip (17-24 March 1999, St. Petersburg and Moscow)
    • Symposium (11-12 September 1999, St. Petersburg)
    • Study trip (2-6 March 2002, Moscow)

1998

  • CODART EEN: The collections of Frederik Hendrik and Amalia van Solms and their dispersal
    • Congress (9-10 March 1998, The Hague)
    • Study trip Onder den Oranjeboom (11-15 November 1999, Berlin, Potsdam, Schloss Caputh, Schwerin, Dessau, Wörlitz and Mosigkau)

 

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