Conference: The Biferno Valley Survey – 50 years later 

Fifty years ago, British students began exploring the ploughed fields of the Biferno Valley, in search of archaeological surface material.… Read more

Welcome to Artist-in-Residence: Jonas Staal

The 2024 KNIR-Akademie van Kunsten Artist in Residence is Jonas Staal. In September, Jonas starts his residency at KNIR. He explains his plans:  Through the history of my great-grandmother Jeanne, who was the nurse of the household of Dino Alfieri, Minister of Propaganda under Mussolini, I aim to trace how (neo)fascism emerges in the intimacy...

Course: The Art of Making

Course description In recent decades, art historians have given increasing attention to historical painting techniques, materials, and workshop practice. Through diverse research methods, scholars and research groups strive to get to broader and deeper knowledge about how artists and crafts(wo)men went about to create and sell their masterpieces. This course explores these diverse approaches and...

Deadline: 1 December 2024

Date: 24 February - 7 March 2025

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