Jacques Schuhmacher
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Jacques Schuhmacher
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Executive Director, Provenance Research, Art Institute of Chicago: https://www.artic.edu/collection-information/provenance-research
Three amazing job opportunities at the Smart Museum, University of Chicago:

🔍 Provenance Researcher (curatorial team): uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

💻 Project Coordinator (Feitler center team): uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
March 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m delighted to share that the Art Institute of Chicago has today returned a sacred sculpture - Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda - to the Government of Nepal:

chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/03/...
March 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It was great to see so much interest from visitors in the 'Degenerate Art' gallery conversation led by my Art Institute of Chicago colleague Kristen French. It was a great presentation and discussion!
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Amanda Block (a MAPH alumna!) spoke about the importance of provenance research in her role as Director of Curatorial Documentation and Research and how the Art Institute is communicating its provenance research.
February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We would like to thank Alexandra Fraser, Carl Fuldner, and Erica Warren from the University of Chicago for organizing today's event with us, everyone at the Art Institute who made today's event possible - and especially the students for their thoughtful questions and enthusiasm.
February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today, the Art Institute of Chicago's provenance research team had the great pleasure of hosting a provenance workshop for the University of Chicago's Master of Arts Program in the Humanities.
February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I'd like to share Angelina Giovani-Agha's thoughtful review of my book in The Burlington Magazine.

If her review resonates with you, you can access the book for free through:
uclpress.co.uk/book/nazi-er...

If you would like to learn more about Angelina's work, please visit:
www.flynngiovani.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
My colleague Nicolas Revire will give two important lectures at Harvard University in March:

The Return of Khmer Artifacts from Chicago to Phanom Rung, Northeast Thailand: asiacenter.harvard.edu/events/retur...

Early Khmer Art Collecting in American Museums: asiacenter.harvard.edu/events/early...
February 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm excited to share that, on Wednesday 17 July, John Giblin and Yvonne Brownlee will be at the Victoria and Albert Museum to talk about the Rematriation of the House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole from National Museums Scotland to the Nisga'a Nation:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rematriati...
July 8, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I'd like to share with you the Call for Papers for the conference 'The Public Country House: ‘Treasure of Quiet Beauty’ or a site for public histories?' which will take place at the V&A in May 2024:
October 18, 2023 at 8:58 AM