<h1>Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma</h1><p>The Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome is part of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft’s (MPG) humanities and social sciences section and was opened in 1913 under the auspices of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft, which was founded only two years earlier in 1911. The Bibliotheca Hertziana is thus not only one of the oldest institutes of the Max-Planck- Gesellschaft, the successor of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft, but also the first to be dedicated to the humanities. Located in the historical center of Rome - in the immediate vicinity of the famous Spanish Steps - the Bibliotheca Hertziana owes its existence to the generosity of Henriette Hertz (1846-1913). She donated the Palazzo Zuccari, complete with a well-stocked specialist library and an extensive photographic collection, to be used as the seat of the research institute. Today, the Bibliotheca Hertziana is led by three directors, whose focus lies on painting, architecture, and Medieval Art. One of the key concerns of the institute is the promotion and support of young scientists; the Bibliotheca Hertziana therefore offers archival and study courses/workshops to young researcher so they can acquire the necessary skills of art historical research. The institute’s outstanding library, its comprehensive photographic collections, and its excellent, research-generated databases as well as its proximity to important objects, monuments, archives, museums, conservation authorities, universities, and other international institutions in Rome make the Bibliotheca Hertziana one of the world’s most renowned research institutes for Italian art history in general and the history of Roman art in particular.</p> <h1>Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art</h1><p>CASVA, founded in 1979 and located in the National Gallery’s East Building, is a research institute that fosters study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, urbanism, photography, and film worldwide from prehistoric times to the present. The programs of CASVA include fellowships, meetings, research, and publications. These are privately funded through endowments and grants to the National Gallery of Art. A board of advisors appointed to rotating terms meets annually to consider policies and programs. Members of the board as well as other scholars make up selection committees for fellowships at CASVA. Appointments are recommended to the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art for approval.</p> <h1>Clark Art Institute, Williamstown</h1><p>The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is an art museum and a center for research and higher education, dedicated to advancing and extending the public understanding of art. No other institution of its scale and character has such a complex and exhilarating mission—complex because interrelating the differing purposes of an art museum and a center for research and higher education is so challenging, and exhilarating because the possibilities and implications of this combination are so dynamic.</p><p>The Clark's mission and its geographical location define three essential, interrelated aspects of its character and identity: the quality of its art, the beauty of its pastoral setting, and the depth of its commitment to the generation of ideas.</p> <h1>Courtauld Institute of Art</h1><p>The Courtauld Institute of Art, an independent college of the University of London, was founded in 1932 as the UK’s first university department devoted to the study of art. Today The Courtauld is a world-leading centre for the study of art history, conservation and curating. The Courtauld Gallery is one of London’s must-see art museums. The collection stretches from the early Renaissance into the 20th century and is particularly renowned for its unrivalled collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including masterpieces by Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin and the largest collection of Cézannes in the UK. The Gallery also holds outstanding collection of drawings and prints and fine works of sculpture and decorative arts. The Research Forum, which is the hub of The Courtauld’s research community, offers an extensive programme of lectures, conferences, workshops and seminars supporting advanced inquiry in the history of art, conservation and museum studies.</p> <h1>Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, The Danish National Art Library, Copenhagen</h1><p>The Danish National Art Library (Danmarks Kunstbibliotek) can date its foundation back to 1754, when it was established as a small reference library for the use of the newly founded Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Today it has grown to be the largest specialist and research library in the Nordic countries in the fields of the history of art and architecture, art theory and museology – and it can be used by the entire population of Denmark: www.kunstbib.dk. The Danish National Art Library has over the years been extensively used by artists, architects and art historians as a source of inspiration and knowledge. In return many of these people donated materials to the Library, so that today it contains extensive collections of documents, architectural drawings and photographs, which constitute an important source for Denmark’s history of art and architecture, as well as the history of art history and criticism in Denmark. Read more about this under Collections and archives</p> <h1>France Stele Institute of Art History ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana</h1><p>Formerly the section of art history at the Institute of History, the Institute of Art History was founded with a decree of the presidency of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts on 28 November 1972. On 20 March 1975 it was re-named the France Stele Institute of Art History, after its first head, the leading Slovene art historian of the time and academician Dr. France Stele (1886-1972). Since the foundation of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1981 it is one of its institutes.</p><p>The institute is the central scientific research institution in the field of art history in Slovenia. The researches are conducted into the fine arts and architecture from the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century, including also the study, publishing and commenting of archival sources for their historiography and interpretation. Special studies are dedicated to the art of the Romanesque period, Baroque and the 19th century, and to the work of the architect Jože Plečnik.</p> <h1>Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto di Storia dell’Arte, Venezia</h1><p>Within the Giorgio Cini Foundation, based on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the Institute of Art History seeks to advance projects that pursue knowledge, research and the broadest possible communication of issues pertinent to its field, with emphasis on the art of the Veneto. It has built and maintains traditional resources, namely a rich library and photo archives. It is also distinguished by the broad range of cultural endeavours in which it is involved. The Institute encourages and co-ordinates varied research projects, conferences and seminars. It conserves remarkable collections of works of art – especially drawings, paintings, illustrated manuscripts and rare books – as well as the archives and collections of esteemed art historians specialised in the art of the Veneto (such as Giuseppe Fiocco and Rodolfo Pallucchini). The Institute is also actively engaged in the publishing of catalogues, book series and periodicals and, for more than half a century, has organised significant exhibitions.</p> <h1>The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles</h1><p>The Getty Research Institute is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts and their various histories through its expertise, active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations, exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars programs. Its Research Library and Special Collections of rare materials and digital resources serve an international community of scholars and the interested public. The Institute's activities and scholarly resources guide and sustain each other and together provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and scholarly exchange.</p> <h1>Instituto de História da Arte, Lisboa</h1><p>Instituto de História da Arte (IHA) is based at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. IHA’s approach to art history covers a broad chronological spectrum, from Antiquity to contemporary art. In a permanent dialogue with other disciplines, IHA’s work engages in the general debates occurring within art history (Eurocentric narratives; gender and postcolonial perspectives; high art/low art and centre/periphery divides; conservation, mediation and curatorial practices; current state of art criticism; re-reading of modernism; art and politics in contemporary art practices; challenges faced by urban regeneration and heritage). IHA promotes the critical exploration of artistic practices, theories and discourses produced in Portugal but also their historical and present relations with geographical and cultural contexts across the globe. To this end the Institute actively fosters its researchers’ involvement in international projects and networks.</p> <h1>"George Oprescu" Institute for Art History (Institutul de Istoria Artei "George Oprescu"), Bucureşti</h1><p>Depuis sa fondation, en 1948, l’Institut d’Histoire de l’Art « G. Oprescu » déroule son activité de recherche sous l’égide de l’Académie Roumaine. Le caractère pluridisciplinaire de la recherche a toujours été le principe fondamental du fonctionnement de l’Institut, englobant un secteur d’art médiéval, un secteur d’art moderne, un autre de musicologie et un secteur de théâtre et cinématographie. Pendant plus de 50 ans d’existence, l’Institut d’Histoire de l’Art, qui porte le nom de son initiateur et premier directeur, l’historien de l’art George Oprescu, a élaboré des ouvrages approfondis de synthèse et d’analyse sur l’histoire de l’art roumain. Le siège de l’Institut d’Histoire de l’Art est à Bucarest, dans la Maison Dissescu (196, Calea Victoriei), monument historique datant de 1860.</p> <h1>History of Art at the Edinburgh College of Art</h1><p>Edinburgh College of Art can trace its roots back to 1760, with the establishment of the Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh. It was renamed the Edinburgh College of Art in 1907, and moved in the same year into the Beaux-Arts building that is still the hub of the institution. In August 2011 it merged with the University of Edinburgh, which itself was founded in 1582.</p><p>VARIE (Visual Arts Research Centre Edinburgh) was founded in 1999 as a bridge between the then independent College of Art and the University. With the 2011 merger, this function became redundant, and VARIE was incorporated into History of Art in the new ECA, which is now home to one of the UK’s longest-established and largest groups of art and architectural historians, totaling some 30 scholars, all of whom are research active. This group enjoys close links with the studio practice of both art and film, with an eminent school of music, with a large department of architecture, and with the renowned Talbot Rice Gallery, the University’s contemporary art space, which also administers the University’s research collections of over 1,200 artworks. The depth of the ECA’s expertise in modern and contemporary art is reflected in the Artist Rooms Research Partnership, collaboration with Tate Modern and National Galleries of Scotland. The ECA hosts the highly respected online journal Art in Translation, which makes texts written in a variety of languages accessible to English language researchers and explores wider questions around multilingual visual cultures. The current editor of the journal Art History is also one of the art history team.</p><p>History of Art at Edinburgh has a remarkable range of specialist research expertise, from non-Western art (China, the Islamic World, Japan, India) to medieval, renaissance, early modern, modern and contemporary art. It enjoys strong working relationships with major galleries, museums and collections in the UK and beyond, and is committed to the development of partnerships beyond the academy. Notable recent collaborations include Beauty By Design, which engages the fashion industry in an exploration of body image, and Rome Across Time and Space, a project with historians, philologists and humanities scholars in the UK and Italy. History of Art at the ECA has organized many international conferences, and in 2016 will host the national Association of Art Historians Conference.</p> <h1>Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury (International Cultural Centre), Krakow</h1><p>At the heart of the International Cultural Centre’s work is a multidimensional approach to cultural heritage. Our mission is to conduct dialogue and interdisciplinary research into culture and heritage in Europe and elsewhere in the world. The ICC has the status of a national institution of culture (a governmental institution financed directly by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage) active in the fields of research, education, publishing and exhibitions. It pursues its mission of public diplomacy by facilitating international cultural dialogue, taking Central Europe as the point of departure for its action and thought on heritage. The byword in all our areas of work is interdisciplinarity. Main themes: cultural heritage theory and management, the phenomenon of memory, the art and cultural space of Central Europe, intercultural dialogue, the city as a mirror for civilisation, cultural policy and the economics of culture.</p> <h1>Institute of Art History of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava</h1><p>Institute of Art History SAS concentrates on a research into the Slovak art history and architecture and their international context. The investigation is focused on painting, sculpture, handicraft and architecture since Middle Ages till 20th Century; an analysing of a historical development, international relations, iconographical motives, social bounds and theoretical aspects of history of Slovak art. Results of the research are published in a form of monographs or as journal studies. The Institute is a publisher of art-historical journal ARS.</p> <h1>Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris</h1><p>...</p> <h1>Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium – Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique – Royal institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels</h1><p>The KIK-IRPA is the federal scientific institute responsible for the documentation, study and conservation-restoration of Belgium’s cultural and artistic heritage. Art historians, photographers, chemists, archaeologists, engineers and conservator-restorers carry out interdisciplinary research on the materials and techniques used in works of art and cultural artefacts and on the materials and methods used in conservation-restoration. The KIK-IRPA is a unique resource for scientific, photographic and technical documentation of the cultural heritage of the country.</p> <h1>The Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague</h1><p>The aim of the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IAH CAS) is to carry out research in the fields of the history and theory of the visual arts and architecture. The specialist activity of the Institute is divided into five departments (Mediaeval Art, Early Modern Art, Art in the 19th to 21st Centuries, Art History Topography, Documentation). There are also several Centres working in the Institute: Studia Rudolphina (Research Centre for Arts and Culture in the Age of Rudolf II), the Centre for Research in Baroque Ceiling Painting, and the Research Centre for Epigraph and Sepulchre Studies. The Institute publishes Umění / Art, the only internationally respected academic art history periodical in the Czech Republic, Studia Rudolphina, and is joint publisher of the magazine Convivium, focused on the arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Mediterranean. The work of the Institute also includes a public specialist library, a bibliography department, and a photo archive. The Institute administers extensive collections of prints, historical plans, photographs, and written sources.</p> <h1>Institute of Art History, Zagreb</h1><p>The Institute of Art History in Zagreb is a public scientific institution focusing on the history and theory of visual arts (painting, sculpture, visual communications) as well as architecture and urbanism in Croatia of all chronological or stylistic periods, from the Early Middle Ages to recent time.</p><p>The Institute was founded in 1961 with the aim to promote, coordinate and enhance scholarly research in the history of art in Croatia in its international context. The institute publishes three journals, and various editions of studies and monographs on the Croatian art and architecture. In the course of its half-century long history, the Institute has been expanding the boundaries of the discipline itself, opening new areas of research, establishing new communication channels and substantially contributing to the creation of scientific and operational basis for the preservation of the art heritage in Croatia.</p> <h1>Institut Amatller d’Art Hispànic, Barcelona</h1><p>The Institut Amatller d’Art Hispànic was created in 1942 by Teresa Amatller (1873-1960) to support art historical research from mediaeval to modern times. Modelled after the Fick Art Reference Library by its first director, Josep Gudiol (1904-1985), it provides scholars and students with a photo archive of over 360.000 negatives (including those made by Arxiu Mas between 1900 and 1941) plus some 100.000 digital images and a specialized library with more than 30.000 titles.</p><p>It is part of a private foundation which also has the aim of preserving the house built by the father of the founder, Antoni Amatller (1851-1910), one of the leading chocolate makers in Spain in his times, a widely travelled amateur photographer and art collector. The casa Amatller, built in 1898-1900 under the direction of architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, is one of the most relevant art nouveau buildings of Barcelona, with the original furniture and decoration, including the collection of some 750 glass pieces covering more than 3.000 years of its history. </p> <h1>Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut</h1><p>The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is one of the oldest research institutions dedicated to the History of Art and Architecture in Italy, where facets of European, Mediterranean and global history are subject to close scrutiny. Founded in 1897 on the private initiative of a group of independent scholars, it has been under the auspices of the Max Planck Society since 2002. Approximately sixty scholars are currently employed at the Institute, which is run by two directors, and the promotion of international young scientists and academics is high on its internal agenda. In addition to numerous individual research projects, those funded by third parties and a multiplicity of international collaboration with universities, museums and research institutes, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz provides a platform for larger long- and medium-term projects whose subject matter ranges from Late Antiquity to the Modern Age. The Institute's resources, including the library with over 360,000 volumes, some of which are extremely rare, over 1,070 ongoing journal subscriptions, and one of the most wide-ranging photographic libraries on Italian art, are placed at the disposal of researchers from all over the world. With its programme of public academic events and up to 100 visitors daily, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is a unique, open platform for lively, international and interdisciplinary academic exchange.</p> <h1>The Institute for History of Art and Musicology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Wien</h1><p>The Institute for History of Art and Musicology (IKM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is primarily concerned with the history of visual art and music in Austria and Central Europe, especially focussing on their European cross-linkage. Without losing the methodological individuality and the core expertise of both fields, the IKM cultivates an utterly unique profile in connecting disciplinary research projects with national as well as international recognition on the one hand and in developing interdisciplinary as well as transdisciplinary research approaches on the other. The disciplinary approach yields publication series regarding the Viennese “Hofburg”, the “Residenzforschung”, and medieval glass painting as well as critical editions and historical documentations of some major Austrian composers and the online edition of the “Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon”. The interdisciplinary approach focuses on specific topics – artistic representation, history of science, musical iconography – that shall be developed further, and established as main areas of research.</p> <h1>Institute of Art History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest</h1><p>The Institute was established as the Research Group for Art History within the Hungarian Academy of Science in 1969. Its predecessor was the Documentation Center for Art History operating within the framework of the Ministry for Culture. Having become part of the Academy, its main responsibility was to create a general documentation collection. To be able to fulfill these requirements, along with the collections received from the Ministry (Collection of Archival Regestae, Collection of Plaster Copies of Medieval Seals, Lexicon of Hungarian Artists, Archive) other collections had been added to the newly founded institution (Library and Photographic Archive). In 1991 the name of the Institute was changed to Research Institute of Art History. According to the program of reorganization of the academic institutes, our Institute operates as part of the Research Center for the Humanities established in 1 January 2012. <a href="/Institutes/RCH">Read more ...</a></p> <h1>Power Institute for Art & Visual Culture, Sydney</h1><p>The Power Institute at the University of Sydney is the premier research centre for visual art in Australia. It exists to promote and disseminate research, scholarship and ideas in the visual arts. Its founding mission is to promote and diffuse the deepest, most resonant and most influential ideas in the visual arts. To further that mission it is committed to being both a convening space for advanced research in the visual arts and a vibrant centre of engagement with contemporary art and ideas for a public beyond the University. The Power Institute furthers these aims by supporting the research and teaching of Art History at the University of Sydney; by sponsoring research, lectures, symposiums, workshops and other intellectual events, often in partnership with Museums, Universities and Institutes nationally and internationally; by sponsoring a fellowship scheme in Paris for artists and writers; by publication of a range of books on visual art in Australia and worldwide, and through public engagement via social media. The Power Institute is a Foundation of the University of Sydney, whose funding comes from philanthropy and from the investment of the John Power Bequest.</p> <h1>Nationalmuseum and its department of Research, Archives and Library, Stockholm</h1><p>Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s premier museum of art and design. The collections comprise older paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art, and applied art and design up to the present day. Extensive research is conducted at Nationalmuseum, using the museum’s own collections as a starting point. A dedicated research department, opened in 1997, incorporates the museum’s archives, publishing house and the Art Library (Konstbiblioteket).</p> <h1>State Institute of Arts Studies, Moscow</h1><p>The State Institute of Arts Studies is the leading Russian centre of comprehensive research in the field of arts, both Russian and foreign. The Institute was created in 1944 in accordance with the decision of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR; since 1962 it has been subordinated to the Ministry of Culture of the USSR/Russian Federation. The Institute carries out fundamental projects related to the history of European and Russian arts, including the publication of the 22-volume General History of Russian Art (since 2000), etc.</p><p>The Institute serves as a base for the Scientific Council for Arts Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Institute’s members, including 100 doctors of science and 124 doctors of philosophy, are active as State experts in the field of protection of historical and cultural monuments.</p> <h1>Rijksbureau voor kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History), Den Haag</h1><p>The RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History is one of the most important art historical information centres in the world, administering a unique collection of documentary, library and archive material on Western art from the late Middle Ages to the present. Documentation about Dutch art forms the nucleus of the collections. The RKD has an active collecting policy covering painting, drawing and sculpture as well as monumental art, media art, and design. You can consult our collections of visual, technical and press documentation as well as the library and archival collections in our study areas. Parts of the collections can also be accessed via https://rkd.nl/en/. If you are planning a visit to the RKD, you may find it useful to consult our website first. The core mandate of the RKD is to develop, explore, manage and promote its documentary, library and archival material. The staff members of the RKD regularly make scholarly or organizational contributions to exhibitions, publications, and symposia. The RKD plays an important supporting role for museums, universities, auction houses, galleries, art dealers and other institutions, as well as for independent researchers, collectors and other interested individuals. The RKD primarily serves professionals and students who wish to consult the collections for their work or study, but private individuals conducting art-historical research are also most welcome.</p> <h1>Rubenianum, Antwerpen</h1><p>Founded in 1963 in Antwerp, the Rubenianum aims to further the study of the visual arts of the Southern Netherlands in the 16th and the 17th centuries, a period that witnessed the flourishing of such artists as Bruegel, Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers and their contemporaries. The Rubenianum’s holdings include its art historical library, photographic documentation, and numerous archives of prominent scholars in the field. The institute plays a fundamental role in publishing the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard (1968-), the largest monographic series ever devoted to a single artist.</p><p>The Rubenianum supports research through its public reading room, fellowships, and advisory services, as well as through scholarly conferences and workshops. The Rubenianum collaborates with the RKD in making its visual holdings accessible online. The largest and most active art-historical research institute in Flanders, serving an international research community, the Rubenianum is managed by the local city government of Antwerp.</p> <h1>Terra Foundation for American Art Paris Center</h1><p>The Terra Foundation for American Art, a Chicago-based institution, is dedicated to facilitating research and knowledge of the historical art of the United States across the globe. Its Paris Center is the nexus of the foundation’s grant and fellowship programs in Europe, which include support to exhibitions as well as academic programs. The Paris Center hosts an international community of art historians and scholars and provides a regular public forum of dialogues, lectures, and symposia on the art and visual culture of the United States. It houses the Terra Foundation Library of American Art, the only research library in Europe devoted exclusively to the artistic and cultural history of visual arts of the United States, with a special emphasis on transnational artistic exchange. The Paris Center partners with institutions across Europe and offers research and teaching fellowships, publication grants and prizes, as well as residencies in Giverny, France to enable continued engagement with American art and scholarship. It also organizes exhibitions and produces scholarly volumes that contribute to international research on topics in American art.</p> <h1>The Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich </h1><p>The Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) was founded in 1951 as a centre of competence in art history and art technology. The core activities are research, documentation, the dissemination of knowledge and the provision of services in the world of the fine arts. The focus lies with the production of art in Switzerland from the Middle Ages until the present day.</p><p>The headquarters of SIK-ISEA are housed in Villa Bleuler in Zurich, built in 1885–1888 to a design by Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli. The Institute maintaines a branch in francophone Switzerland at the University of Lausanne and an «Ufficio di contatto» for Italian-speaking Switzerland at the Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto.</p> <h1>Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München</h1><p>After its foundation in 1946, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI), Munich, started its activities in 1947. Since then it resides in the former "Administration building" of the National Socialist party near Königsplatz. After the end of the war, the United States Military Government had established a central collecting point to repatriate the art of works carried off by the National Socialists.</p><p>The ZI, itself defining as a place of academic exchange and likewise as a platform for international encounters, is the only art historical research institute of nation wide significance in Germany. It organises lectures and symposia and edits various publications, as there is the Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte and the Kunstchronik, an art history journal, that features articles on museum matters and on the preservation of monuments and historic buildings.</p><p>Thanks to its large holdings that can be consulted with free shelf access as well as its photograph collection, the ZI offers excellent conditions for research, unrivalled in Germany.</p>