Our events
21 March 2024: CODARTfocus Middelburg CANCELED
On Thursday, 21 March, CODART organizes a study visit to Middelburg where, in the Zeeuws Museum, an exhibition is dedicated to Adriaen van de Venne (1590-1662). The Inverted World of Adriaen van de Venne is the first major survey of his oeuvre and includes works from the Netherlands and abroad. Edwin Buijsen and Caroline van Santen, curators of the exhibition, will accompany the study visit. Besides visiting the Zeeuws Museum, a tour through the Zeeuws Archief is also planned. For more information about the CODARTfocus and a full program, please see the event page.
16 April 2024: CODARTfocus Van Eyck
On Tuesday, 16 April, CODART organizes a study visit to the MusĂ©e du Louvre in Paris for the exhibition A New Look on Van Eyck. Madonna of Chancellor Rolin. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be Van Eyck’s newly restored Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, which will be accompanied by five other works by the artist. They will be joined by approximately 60 more masterpieces, including paintings by Rogier van der Weyden and from the workshop of the Master of FlĂ©malle, as well as precious manuscripts, drawings, sculptures and jewelry. More information will be announced in 2024. Please save the date!
16-18 June 2024: CODART 25 in Stockholm
The 25th CODART congress will take place in Stockholm. Our main host will be the Nationalmuseum, which underwent an extensive renovation of the 150-year-old building before it reopened in 2018. The theme of CODART 25 will be: ‘Lessons Learned: Looking Back at Reinstalled Permanent Collections in the Past Decade’. To read the full congress theme and for more information about the congress, please click here.
25 November 2024: CODARTfocus Van Heemskerck
On Monday, 25 November, CODART organizes a study visit to the Frans Hals Museum, Teylers Museum and Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, which are organizing the first large retrospective on Maarten van Heemskerck on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the death of the Haarlem painter. Save the date!
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:
2024
- CODARTfocus Frans Hals (11 March 2024, Amsterdam)
2023
- CODARTfocus Antwerp (27 November 2023)
- 25th Anniversary Symposium (6 October 2023, Amsterdam)
- CODARTfocus Paris (9-10 September 2023)
- CODARTfocus Hugo van der Goes (8 May 2023, Berlin)
- CODART 24 â Flemish Art: Local and Global (12-14 March 2023, Antwerp)
2022
- CODARTfocus The Tudors (1 December 2022, online)
- CODARTfocus Leuven (9 November 2022)
- CODART and HNA Joint Session (4 June 2022, Amsterdam)
- CODART 23 â Art in Situ: What It Means to See Art in Its Original Setting (29 to 31 May 2022, The Netherlands)
- CODARTfocus A Virtual Visit to the CNA in Boston (22 March 2022, online)
2021
- Presentation of the Canon project (4 November 2021, The Hague)
- CODARTfocus Aachen (13 September 2021)
- CODART Congress Online (31 may 2021)
- CODARTfocus Slavery exhibition at the Rijksmuseum (20 April 2021, online)
2020
- CODARTfocus Royal Blue and Delft Silver (9 December 2020, online)
- CODARTfocus HERE. Black in Rembrandtâs Time (2 December 2020, online)
- CODART Conversations: A two-part series of recorded conversations between five CODART members from various countries discussing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their museums.
- Frans Hals Lecture (1 September 2020, online)
- CODART Congress Online (14-16 June 2020)
- CODARTfocus Helmond (9 March 2020)
2019
- Public Symposium: Creating a CODART Canon (18 November 2019, Amsterdam)
- CODARTfocus Delft (28 October 2019)
- CODART 22: Back to Berlin â And What It Means to Be a Curator Today (2 to 4 June 2019, Berlin)
- Â CODARTfocus Bernard van Orley (18 March 2019, Brussels)
2018
- CODARTfocus Oudenaarde and Brussels (2-3 December 2018)
- CODARTfocus Edinburgh (14-16 October 2018)
- CODARTfocus Mechelen (22 and 23 May 2018)
- CODART 21 â Old Masters, Old-Fashioned? (11-13 March 2018, Bruges)
- CODARTfocus Jean Fouquet: The Melun Diptych (8 January 2018, Berlin)
2017
- CODARTfocus Amsterdam (22-24 October 2017)
- CODART TWINTIG â Deep Storage or Open Depot: Access to the âHiddenâ Collections (21 to 23 May 2017, Warsaw)
2016
- CODARTfocus Dresden (13-14 November 2016)
- CODART NEGENTIEN â Connoisseurship: Between Intuition and Science (19-21 June 2016, Madrid)
- CODARTfocus Jheronimus Bosch (13-14 March 2016, âs-Hertogenbosch)
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 â Curators and the Art Trade: A Discussion of Opportunities and Dilemmas (18-21 January 2015, London)
2014
- CODARTfocus Budapest (26-27 October 2014)
- CODART ZEVENTIEN â Presenting our Collections: Ideals, Ideas and Practice (16-18 March 2014, Amsterdam)
2013
- CODART ZESTIEN â Old favorites or new perspectives? Dividing your time and attention between the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions (21-23 April 2013, Vienna)
- CODART 15th ANNIVERSARY (14-15 October 2013, Amsterdam)
- CODARTfocus Utrecht (28 January 2013)
- CODARTfocus Dulwich (1-3 December 2013)
2012
- CODARTfocus Prague (14 May 2012)
- CODART VIJFTIEN â Conserving the arts: the task of the curator and the conservator? (18-20 March 2012, Brussels)
2011
- CODARTfocus Antwerp (10 October 2011)
- CODARTfocus Dordrecht and Leiden (9 May 2011)
- CODART VEERTIEN â Highlights and twilights: popular and neglected areas of Dutch and Flemish art in museums (20-22 March 2011, Enschede)
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 âMuseumgastenâ 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, VÀsterÄs and StrÀngnÀs)
2004
- CODART ZEVEN: Dutch and Flemish art in Poland
- Congress (7-9 March 2004, Utrecht)
- Study trip (18-25 April 2004, GdaĆsk, Warsaw and KrakĂłw)
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, Edingburgh, 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, BraĆov, 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, CĂłrdoba, 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)