Spark Session with Boukje Cnossen, Mareike Opeña and Gabriella Moretti

Relational Practices in the Art World: Conversations on Conservation and Restitution.

In this session prof. Boukje Cnossen will engage in a conversation with visiting PhD researchers Gabriella Moretti and Mareike Opeña. Mareike’s research project focuses on practices in privately owned conservation studios in New York City, where most of their clients are part of the contemporary art market. Gabriella is writing her thesis on identifying, describing and analyzing the motivations for which the non-binding Washington Principles are interpreted and applied by the restitution departments at global auction houses.

Boukje Cnossen is Professor for Entrepreneurship, Organization, and Culture at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Her research focuses on organizing practices in the arts and other creative settings, with specific interest in the role of space and materiality in bringing new social collectives into being. Boukje gave one of the keynotes at the last MACCH symposium Regenerate! and spoke about the different understandings of materiality in the context of the organisation of artistic practices. Mobilising relational ontologies, she put forward an understanding of materiality as it contributes to the legitimation of artistic practice in different ways.

All are welcome! just send a message to confirm attendance to:  macch@maastrichtuniveristy.nl