In the 1950s, the planned construction of the Aswan High Dam threatened the accessibility and architectural integrity of Ramses II’s two temples at Abu Simbel. As a world wide joint project, the temples were dismantled and rebuilt on a higher plateau between 1963 and 1968. Source: Forskning & Framsteg 3, 1967, p. 161 / Wikimedia Commons.

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 2023

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Art Transportation in Times of War and Peace

Date: November 9-10, 2023

International Symposium of the Centre for Art Market Studies in cooperation with the Department of Digital Provenance at Technische Universität Berlin and the Berlinische Galerie – Museum für Moderne Kunst

The symposium opened on Thursday, November 9, 2023, with a panel discussion about “Krieg in Europa – Art Handling” (in German, with registration). Conference date: Friday, November 10, 2023, online (TU Zoom). Conference language was English.

Concept: Meike Hopp, Thomas Steinruck, Dorothee Wimmer and Gabriele Zöllner