The Market for Modernism | MetSpeaks

Between 1850 and 1950, when art collecting in France stalled due to the devastating effects of two world wars, revolution, and economic uncertainty, it accelerated internationally, gaining interest from foreign collectors. In this discussion, curators, scholars, and experts in provenance research consider the historical market for modern art as the root of the globalized art world of today.

Between 1850 and 1950, when art collecting in France stalled due to the devastating effects of two world wars, revolution, currency devaluation, and economic uncertainty, it accelerated internationally, gaining interest from foreign collectors. Enterprising dealer networks developed across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The new book Pioneers of the Global Art Market: Paris-Based Dealer Networks, 1850⁠–1950, edited by Christel H. Force, explores the vibrant international market for contemporary art in Paris during those years. In this related discussion, curators, scholars, and experts in provenance research consider the historical market for modern art as the root of the globalized art world of today.

Speakers:

Christel H. Force, independent scholar and editor, Pioneers of the Global Art Market: Paris-Based Dealer Networks, 1850⁠–1950

Jennifer A. Thompson, Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting and Sculpture and Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Yaëlle Biro, Associate Curator for the Arts of Africa, The Met Vérane Tasseau, Researcher, Picasso Administration

MaryKate Cleary, Assistant Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

Frances Fowle, Senior Curator of French Art, National Galleries of Scotland, and Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh

Julia May Boddewyn, independent art researcher

Michael C. FitzGerald, Professor of Fine Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut

Organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art


Contributors

Christel Force
Independent Scholar and Editor, Pioneers of the Global Art Market: Paris-Based Dealer Networks, 1850⁠–1950
Jennifer Thompson
Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting and Sculpture and Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Yaëlle Biro
Associate Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Vérane Tasseau
Researcher, Picasso Administration
MaryKate Cleary
Assistant Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Frances Fowle
Senior Curator of French Art, National Galleries of Scotland, and Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
Julia May Boddewyn
Independent Art Researcher
Michael FitzGerald
Professor of Fine Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut

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