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Hans J. Van Miegroet, Professor of Art and Art History

Hans J. Van MiegroetSpecialization:

    Early Modern Art
    Media Studies


Research Interests:
    Art & Markets; Art, Law & Markets

Area of Interest: Art & Markets
Art, Law & Markets
Data Driven Analyses of Emerging Art Markets
Visual and Media Studies / Media Arts + Sciences

Hans J. Van Miegroet was trained at the Higher Institute for Art History and Archaeology of the University of Ghent (Belgium) and received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was trained at the Higher Institute for Art History and Archaeology of the University of Ghent (Belgium) and received his Ph.D. at the University of California. He is engaged in exploring Visual Studies at the interface of the humanities, social sciences, law and the sciences. He has adopted a scientific collaborative model to conducting research on emerging Art Markets, legal questions related to copyright and cultural heritage and visual culture as a commercial pursuit. This approach has made it possible to create, and sustain, a variety of new research strategies and modes of interpretation, attractive to scholars and students from the humanities, law, the natural sciences and the social sciences. His publications include books on Konrad Witz and Gerard David, and co-authored studies on Mapping Markets for European Paintings in the Early Modern Period (2006), “History of Art Markets,” in Handbook on the Economics of Art and Culture, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam-London-Tokyo, 2006, pp. 69-122; “The Antwerp-Mechelen Production and Export Complex,” (co-author Neil De Marchi), in Essays in Memory of John Michael Montias, Amsterdam, 2007, pp. 133-147; “Copies fantômes la culture imitative au début de l’époque moderne en Europe,” in L'estampe, un art multiple à la portée de tous, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 2008, pp. 47-64. “The Rise of Dealer-Auctioneers. Information and Transparency in Markets for Netherlandish Paintings,” (co-author Neil De Marchi), in Art Market and connoisseurship in the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam, 2008, pp. 149-174; “Antwerp Dealers’ Invasions of the Lille Market,” (co-author Neil De Marchi), in Art Auctions and Dealers. The Dissemination of Nether¬landish Paintings during the Ancien Régime, Brepols: Turnhout, 2009, pp. 43-58; and “Flemish Textile Trade and New Imagery in Colonial Mexico (1524-1646),” (co-author Neil De Marchi) in: Jonathan Brown, Painting for the Kingdoms, Fomento Cultural BanaMex: Mexico City, 2010; “Comment les tableaux des anciens Pays-Bas ont envahi le marché Parisien - How Netherlandish Paintings came to Paris,” (co-author Neil De Marchi), Musée Marmottan, Paris 2012, pp. 28-47; “Supply-Demand Imbalance in the Antwerp Paintings Markets, 1630-1680,” in: Sophie Raux and Neil De Marchi (eds.), Moving Pictures. Intra‐European Trade in Images, 16th‐18th Centuries (SEUH 34), (Brepols Publishers: Turnhout 2014), pp. 37-76;“A dealer ring in 1780s Paris to control sale outcomes, lessen investor uncertainty and facilitate low-risk, cross-border arbitrage in paintings,” (co-author Neil De Marchi), in: Anna M. Dempster, Risk and Uncertainty in the Art Market, (Bloomsbury: London, New Dehli, New York, Sydney 2014), pp. 125-146. ISBN 9781472902900 He was awarded the Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award.

Education:

  • Licenciate Higher Institute of History of Art and Archaeology, University of Ghent 1983
  • MFA Higher Institute of the Arts, Ghent

Contact Info:

Office Location:  114 S. Buchanan Blvd, A251b, Smith Warehouse, Bay 10, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:   hvm@duke.edu
Web Page:   https://bassconnections.duke.edu/theme/information-society-and-culture

Teaching (Spring 2024):

  • Arthist 231.01, History of art markets Synopsis
    Smith wrhs a266, M 04:40 PM-07:10 PM

Representative Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Miegroet, HJV; Marchi, ND. "Supply-Demand Imbalance in the Antwerp Paintings Market, 1630-1680." Moving Pictures. Intra‐European Trade in Images, 16th‐18th Centuries. Edited by Sophie Raux & Neil De Marchi.  (2014): 37-76. [ShowProduct.aspx]
  2. Miegroet, HJV; Marchi, ND. Mapping Markets for Paintings in Early Modern Europe 1450-1750. (2006).
  3. Miegroet, HJV; Marchi, ND. "Comment les tableaux des anciens Pays-Bas ont envahi le marché Parisien - How Netherlandish Paintings came to Paris." Exhibition Catalogue  (2012): 28-47.
  4. Miegroet, HJV; Marchi, ND. "Flemish Textile Trade and New Imagery in Colonial Mexico (1524-1646)." Painting for the Kingdoms. Edited by Brown, J.  (2010): 878-923.
  5. Miegroet, HJV; Marchi, ND. "Antwerp Dealers’ Invasions of the Lille Market (17th Century)." Art Auctions and Dealers. The Dissemination of Netherlandish Paintings during the Ancien Régime. Edited by Lyna, D; Vermeylen, F; Vlieghe, H.  (2009): 43-58.
  6. Miegroet, HJV. "Copies fantômes la culture imitative au début de l’époque moderne en Europe." L’estampe, un art multiple à la portée de tous. Edited by Raux, S.  (2008): 47-64.
  7. Miegroet, HJV; Marchi, ND. "History of Art Markets." Handbook on the Economics of Art and Culture. Edited by Ginsburgh, V; Throsby, D. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam-London-Tokyo (2006): 69-122.

Selected Curriculum Innovations

  1. Fantasy Collecting as part of Art Market seminar (ARH 508S/ ECON 321S), January 9, 2012 - present    
Selected Invited Lectures

  1. Art Export, International Textiles Trade Networks and New Imagery in Americas in the Early Modern Period, August 22, 2012, Eigennutz und gute Ordnung. Ökonomisierungen der Welt im 17. Jahrhundert, International Kongress des Wolfenbütteler Arbeitskreises für Barockforschung in der Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany    
  2. Innovative Market Strategies to facilitate Arbitrage of Netherlandish Art between Amsterdam and Paris, June 14, 2012, 5th International Art & Finance Conference, Art 43 Basel, Switzerland    
  3. The Interface of Economics and Art History, May 03, 2012, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City    
  4. Still Life and its Display in Private and Public Collections: the Influence of Fashion and Market, November 03, 2012, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA