27 November 2023: CODARTfocus Antwerp

Following this year’s congress, CODART returns to Antwerp this year to study three exhibitions taking place there this fall: Turning Heads: Bruegel, Rubens and Rembrandt at the KMSKA, From Scribble to Cartoon: Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens at Museum Plantin-Moretus and Rare and Indispensable: 100 Masterpieces from Flemish Collections at the MAS. For a full program and to register, please click here.

21 March 2024: CODARTfocus Middelburg

On Thursday, 21 March, CODART organizes a study visit to the Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg where an exhibition is dedicated to Adriaen van de Venne (1590-1662). Although relatively unknown to the general public, Van de Venne is considered one of the most original and versatile artists of the Dutch Golden Age. 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, guest curator of the exhibition, will accompany the study visit. 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.

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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:

2023: 25th Anniversary Symposium

• Amsterdam (6 October 2023)

2023: CODARTfocus 

• Paris (9-10 September, Paris)

2023: CODARTfocus 

• Hugo van der Goes (8 May, Berlin)

2023: CODART 24

• Flemish Art: Local and Global (12-14 March 2023, Antwerp)

2022: online CODARTfocus

• The Tudors (1 December 2022)

2022: CODARTfocus

• Leuven (9 November 2022)

2022: CODART and HNA Joint Session

• Amsterdam (4 June 2022)

2022: CODART 23

• Art in Situ: What It Means to See Art in Its Original Setting (29 to 31 May 2022, The Netherlands)

2022: online CODARTfocus

• A Virtual Visit to the CNA in Boston (22 March 2022)

2021: presentation of the Canon project

• The Hague (4 November 2021)

2021: CODARTfocus

• Aachen (13 September 2021)

2021: Online Congress

• Online (31 may 2021)

2021: online CODARTfocus

• Slavery exhibition at the Rijksmuseum (20 April 2021)

2020: online CODARTfocus

• Royal Blue and Delft Silver (9 December 2020)

2020: online CODARTfocus

• HERE. Black in Rembrandt’s Time (2 December 2020)

2020: CODART Conversations

• A series of recorded conversations between five CODART members from various countries discussing the current situation and the impact on their museums. The series currently has two episodes (June and October 2020). Watch the CODART Conversations here.

2020: Frans Hals Lecture

• Recording (1 September 2020)

2020: Congress Online

• Online (14-16 June 2020)

2020: CODARTfocus

• Helmond (9 March 2020)

2019: Public Symposium – Creating a CODART Canon

• Amsterdam (18 November 2019)

2019: CODARTfocus

• Delft (28 October 2019)

2019: CODART 22

• Back to Berlin – And What It Means to Be a Curator Today (2 to 4 June 2019, Berlin)

2019: CODARTfocus

•  Bernard van Orley (18 March 2019, Brussels)

2018: CODARTfocus

•  Oudenaarde and Brussels (2-3 December 2018)

2018: CODARTfocus

• Edinburgh (14-16 October 2018)

2018: CODARTfocus

• Mechelen (22 and 23 May 2018)

2018: CODART 21

• Old Masters, Old-Fashioned? (11-13 March 2018, Bruges)

2018: CODARTfocus

• Jean Fouquet: The Melun Diptych (8 January 2018, Berlin)

2017: CODARTfocus

• Amsterdam (22-24 October 2017)

2017: CODART TWINTIG

• Deep Storage or Open Depot: Access to the ‘Hidden’ Collections (21 to 23 May 2017, Warsaw)

2016: CODARTfocus

• Dresden (13-14 November 2016)

2016: CODART NEGENTIEN

• Connoisseurship: Between Intuition and Science (19-21 June 2016, Madrid)

2016: CODARTfocus

• Jheronimus Bosch (13-14 March 2016, ‘s-Hertogenbosch)

2015: Study Trip to the Midwest USA

• Study Trip (11-17 October 2015, Detroit, Toledo, Oberlin, Cleveland, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago)

2015: CODARTfocus

• Den Haag (30-31 August 2015)

2015: CODART ACHTTIEN

• Curators and the Art Trade: A Discussion of Opportunities and Dilemmas (18-21 January 2015, London)

2014: CODARTfocus

• Budapest (26-27 October 2014)

2014: CODART ZEVENTIEN

• Presenting our Collections: Ideals, Ideas and Practice (16-18 March 2014, Amsterdam)

2013: CODART ZESTIEN

• Old favorites or new perspectives? Dividing your time and attention between the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions (21-23 April 2013, Vienna)

2013: CODART 15th ANNIVERSARY

• Amsterdam (14-15 October 2013)

2013: CODARTfocus

• Utrecht (28 January 2013)
• Dulwich (1-3 December 2013)

2012: CODARTfocus

• Prague (14 May 2012)

2012: CODART VIJFTIEN

• Conserving the arts: the task of the curator and the conservator? (18-20 March 2012, Brussels)

2011: CODARTfocus

• Antwerp (10 October 2011)
• Dordrecht and Leiden (9 May 2011)

2011: CODART VEERTIEN

• CODART VEERTIEN documents & downloads (including texts, lists of participants, network documents)
• Congress: Highlights and twilights: popular and neglected areas of Dutch and Flemish art in museums (20-22 March 2011, Enschede)
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2010: CODARTfocus

• Musea Brugge (8 November 2010)

2010: CODART DERTIEN

• Congress: Digitization: blessing or burden? (30 May-1 June 2010, Rotterdam)
• Study trip (31 January-5 February, Southern California)
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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)
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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)
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2007: CODART study trip to New York

• Study trip (28-30 October 2007, New York)