CODART, Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide

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4 September 2025: CODARTfocus Artus Quellinus

On Thursday, 4 September, CODART is partnering with the Royal Palace Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum to organize a CODARTfocus meeting dedicated to the exhibition Artus Quellinus – Sculptor of Amsterdam at the Royal Palace. Participants have the opportunity to visit the exhibition exclusively after opening hours and an introduction by curators Liesbeth van Noortwijk (Royal Palace) and Bieke van der Mark (Rijksmuseum). Members of Ards | the platform for medieval sculpture are also invited to join this CODARTfocus. Please save the date!

14 and 15 September 2025: CODARTfocus Leeuwarden

CODART is hosting a study visit to Leeuwarden on 14 and 15 September. The program includes a Sunday visit to Dekema State, a late fifteenth-century Frisian estate showcasing historic family portraits that date back to 1587. On Monday, participants will enjoy a private viewing of the exhibition Wybrand de Geest – Masterly Portraits at the Fries Museum, led by curator Marlies Stoter, followed by three lectures on the painter and the exhibition. Please see the event page for more information and to register.

6-8 October 2025: CODARTfocus Washington & Baltimore

Responding to popular demand, CODART is pleased to announce a CODARTfocus in the United States. The event begins on Monday with an exclusive viewing of Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World at the National Gallery of Art, accompanied by curators Alexandra Libby, Brooks Rich, and Stacey Sell. Tuesday’s itinerary includes a visit to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, where Virginia Treanor will lead a viewing of Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750. Both days will also feature a series of lectures and in-depth visits to the collections. The CODARTfocus concludes on Wednesday with a trip to the Baltimore Museum of Art, guided by Lara Yeager-Crasselt, and a visit to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Mark your calendars!


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:

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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)