CODART’s annual congress is a unique event for members, who gather from all over the world to share insights and find partners for new exhibitions. The congress themes and excursions focus on issues related to curatorial work within a broad, topical and international framework. Organized since 1998, congresses were held in London, Madrid, Paris, Warsaw and Berlin, among others.

Past CODART congresses

• CODART 24 – Flemish Art: Local and Global (12-14 March 2023, Antwerp)
• CODART 23 – Art in Situ: What It Means to See Art in Its Original Setting (29 to 31 May 2022, The Netherlands)
• CODART Congress Online (31 may 2021)
• CODART Congress Online (14-16 June 2020)
• CODART 22: Back to Berlin – And What It Means to Be a Curator Today (2 to 4 June 2019, Berlin)
• CODART 21 – Old Masters, Old-Fashioned? (11-13 March 2018, Bruges)
• CODART TWINTIG – Deep Storage or Open Depot: Access to the ‘Hidden’ Collections (21 to 23 May 2017, Warsaw)
• CODART NEGENTIEN – Connoisseurship: Between Intuition and Science (19-21 June 2016, Madrid)
• CODART ACHTTIEN – Curators and the Art Trade: A Discussion of Opportunities and Dilemmas (18-21 January 2015, London)
• CODART ZEVENTIEN – Presenting our Collections: Ideals, Ideas and Practice (16-18 March 2014, Amsterdam)
• CODART ZESTIEN – Old favorites or new perspectives? Dividing your time and attention between the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions (21-23 April 2013, Vienna)
• CODART VIJFTIEN – Conserving the arts: the task of the curator and the conservator? (18-20 March 2012, Brussels)
• CODART VEERTIEN – Highlights and twilights: popular and neglected areas of Dutch and Flemish art in museums (20-22 March 2011, Enschede)
• CODART DERTIEN
  • Congress: Digitization: blessing or burden? (30 May-1 June 2010, Rotterdam)
  • Study trip (31 January-5 February, Southern California
• 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)
• CODART ELF: Dutch and Flemish art in Italy
  • Congress (9-11 March 2008, Ghent)
  • Study trip (24-29 June 2008, Florence, Genoa and Turin)
• 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)
• 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
• 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)
• CODART ZEVEN: Dutch and Flemish art in Poland
  • Congress (7-9 March 2004, Utrecht)
  • Study trip (18-25 April 2004, Gdańsk, Warsaw and Kraków)
• 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)
• CODART VIJF: Early Netherlandish art and its dispersal (10-13 March 2002, Bruges)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)