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From ArtHist.net:

Mexican Art and Its Collections in Europe, 16th–21st Centuries: Interwoven Histories
Online, Institute of Art History at the University of Wrocław, 21 May 2025

Proposals due by 15 February 2025

The Institute of Art History at the University of Wrocław invites submissions for an international online conference examining the presence and reception of Mexican art in the European cultural context from colonial times to the present day. The conference aims to critically reflect on the complex processes of meaning-making, interpretation, and reinterpretation of Mexican art in European collections, museums, and galleries.

We welcome contributions addressing themes such as
• Postcolonial, decolonial, and transnational perspectives in studying Mexican art in Europe
• Methodologies for studying processes of cultural transfer
• Critical revision of European interpretations of Mexican art
• History of acquisition and movement of works
• Exhibition and curatorial strategies in shaping narratives about Mexican art
• Digital presence of Mexican collections
• Reception and hybridization of Mexican art in Europe
• Case studies of selected works in European collections

Selected papers will be published in a peer-reviewed conference volume following the event. The conference will be held online, and participation is free of charge. Please send inquiries and submissions—an abstract in English of approximately 250 words and a brief biographical note (up to 100 words)—to Dr. Emilia Kiecko, emilia.kiecko@uwr.edu.pl, before 15 February 2025.