This edition of the Technical Art History Colloquium is organised in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden, with lectures by Marieke Hendriksen (Utrecht University) and Bart Grob (Rijksmuseum Boerhaave) focussing on anatomy and écorché models. Register through the website of the museum (link) – please note that admission to the museum and the Technical…

Dutch fashion design duo Victor & Rolf teamed up with textile artist Claudy Jongstra for the making of Viktor & Rolf’s AW19 Couture collection. The coats – sharp, theatrical silhouettes – are all burgundy black, a natural dye which Jongstra, together with the Artechne project, has spent the last year rediscovering, decoding recipes that date…

On 12-15 June, the eighth annual Scientiae conference will be held at Queen’s University in Belfast, a forum for interdisciplinary research on early modern intellectual culture.The premise of the conference is that modern divisions of knowledge are alien to the period’s epistemic landscape. Therefore, we need to try to fuse our own disciplinary horizons—modern by…

BACK TO BLACK – a research-driven exhibition and collaborative project. From 21-06-2019 to 21-06-2021 at Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, BE This research is an initiative of the  ARTECHNE Project, Museum Hof van Busleyden, and Studio Claudy Jongstra. The historical research, coordinated by dr. Jenny Boulboullé, is done in collaboration with the Department Heritage of the University of Antwerp and the…

DOWNLOAD THE FULL INVITATION HERE This edition of the Technical Art History Colloquium is organised in collaboration with Museum Hof van Busleyden, on the occasion of the exhibition Back to Black (21-06-2019 – 21-06-2021). The colloquium will have the format of a mini symposium and serve as an introduction to the exhibition. The event is…