Art Archives Study

We are pleased to announce the start of the project Art Archives Study. Before and after 2004. basis wien – Documentation Centre for Contemporary Art (Vienna, Austria), The Archive of Fine Arts (Prague, Czech Republic), and Moderna galerija’s Archives Department (Ljubljana, Slovenia) – three archives of the visual arts of the 20th and 21st centuries and also partners in EAN , a wider network of European archives that has been active for two decades – have initiated a new two-year project entitled ARTAS – Art Archives Study. Before and after 2004. For decades these three archives have collected, preserved, and made available documentation relating to the contemporary artistic production and its protagonists, writers, and venues in their respective countries, offering researchers and the interested public a wealth of information about the individual figures, institutions, and exhibitions of the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. All partners manage their respective comprehens...