What is singular and what is plural in Baltic art histories? Which questions are raised and how are they solved by art historians? What kind of re- and pre-ferences do art histories make? What are the roles that art histories assume in inter- and cross-disciplinary projects, networks, and every-day realities? What voices do Baltic art histories have locally, regionally, and globally? (Or are they reserved to observing and listening?) How do art histories respond to or shape research policies? What are professional and civic priorities of art historians? These and similar questions usually addressed during breaks of scholarly conferences and sometimes noted in assessment drafts, call for in-depth discussion with an aim at identifying disciplinary roles, bonds, outputs, challenges, expectations, and potentials. Taking this inside-out format, the conference focuses on Baltic art histories as practised and reflected by art historians.
Organizer: Institute of Art Research, Vilnius Academy of Arts
Site: BALTIC ART HISTORIES: roles, references, relations | Institute of Art Research | Vilnius Academy of Arts (vda.lt)
Contact: conference@vda.lt
Registration: https://rb.gy/lbmhnb
Venue: Doctoral Studies Building, room 102, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Malūnų str. 3, Vilnius; https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZZQWmGAUmkjYn9J97
Fee: regular 30 EUR; students, seniors and junior scholars 15 EUR
PROGRAMME
Friday, October 4
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome
I. (10:00 – 11:30) Messages, measures, media. Moderated by Giedrė Mickūnaitė
Agnė Narušytė (Vilnius Academy of Arts), Art Historian as a Cultural Whistleblower: Collaborations, Interventions and Media Presence
Katrin Kivimaa (Estonian Academy of Arts), Looking Back: Thirty Years of Estonian Feminist Art History
Aiga Dzalbe (Art Academy of Latvia), Culture Magazines as a Source of Art History: Editorial Choices and Politics in Latvia
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
II. (12:00 – 13:30) Revisions, reflections, retrospect. Moderated by Agnė Narušytė
Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece (Latvian National Museum of Art / Art Academy of Latvia), What is So Wild Here? Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States (2018–2021): Project Evaluation and Resonance (RECORD)
Kädi Talvoja (Estonian Academy of Arts), National Art Schools or Stereotypes? Reviews on Baltic Art in the Vilnius Painting Triennials, 1969–1987
Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė(Vilnius Academy of Arts), Were the 1960s and 1970s Truly the Golden Age of Lithuanian Painting?
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
III. (14:30 – 16: 00) Consolidations, colonies, concepts. Moderated by Krista Kodres
Kristina Jõekalda (Estonian Academy of Arts), The Propagandist Livland-Estland-Ausstellung and the Continuing Afterlives of World War I
Karina Simonson (Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University), The Baltic Republics and the Global South: The Challenges of “Friendship of Peoples” in Soviet Children’s Media
Ieva Astahovska (Art Academy of Latvia), Decoloniality and Art Historical Alliances in the Baltics
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
IV. (16:30 – 17:30) Heritage heard. Moderated by Kristiāna Ābele
Laura Lūse (Rundale Palace Museum), Fine Diplomacy in the Interpretation of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Mežotne Palace
Aistė Bimbirytė (Lithuanian National Museum of Art / Vilnius Academy of Arts), Theory in Practice – The Lithuanian Manors Summer School
18:00 – 19:30 Conference dinner
Saturday, October 5
V. (9:30 – 11:00) Profession, principles, practices. Moderated by Ieva Astahovska
Silvija Grosa (Art Academy of Latvia), Research on Riga’s Art Nouveau Architecture in the 21st Century: Prospects and Interpretations
Kristiāna Ābele (Art Academy of Latvia), Book Reviews in the Contemporary Discourse of Art History in Latvia: Wistful National Phoenix Dreams of a Globally Endangered Species
Johannes Saar (Estonian Academy of Arts), Estonian Vernacular Artist Novels: Revising Art Historical Narratives
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
VI. (11:30 – 13:00) Masses, means, masters. Moderated by Katrin Kivimaa
Rasa Dargužaitė (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute), Art Production Factories: The Case of Art Production in the Baltic Republics during the Soviet Period
Triin Reidla (Estonian Academy of Arts), Exhibition as an Art Historical Tool: "Bold and Beautiful: Estonian Private Houses from the 1980s"
Karolina Jakaitė (Vilnius Academy of Arts) and Triin Jerlei (Estonian Academy of Arts / Vilnius Academy of Arts), Relations Between Lithuanian and Estonian Designers in the Late 1980s – Early 1990s
VII. (13:30 – 14:30) CODA. Moderated by Giedrė Mickūnaitė
Roundtable discussion, conclusions and perspectives + sandwich lunch
