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With its extensive programme of public events in Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for lively, international and interdisciplinary academic exchange. The Institute makes its research findings accessible to the public in exhibitions and publications. Through calls for papers, research fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to promote collaboration with academics from around the world.

With its programme of events and exhibitions, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for academic exchange. Through its calls for papers, fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to foster academic collaboration.
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Exhibitions

Recent Publications

Call for Papers & Applications

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The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz understands itself as a laboratory of basic research in art history in dialogue with other disciplines. Founded in 1897, it has been an institute of the Max Planck Society since 2002. Its research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean. The institute is particularly committed to supporting young scholars, while its renowned library and Photothek are open to the international community of researchers.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz understands itself as a laboratory of basic research in art history in dialogue with other disciplines. Founded in 1897, it has been an institute of the Max Planck Society since 2002. Its research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean.
About the Institute

Departments & Research Groups

People

Equal Opportunities

Research Support

History

Archives

Scientific Advisory Board

Board of Trustees

Förderverein

Sponsors and Patrons
Research
Research

The Institute’s research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean. A prime concern of projects and collaborations is to combine historical research with a critical engagement in current debates and challenges, such as ecology, heritage, urbanization, migration and diversity; aesthetic and artistic practices; media and material cultures; the digital transformation and the future of museums.

The Institute’s research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean. A prime concern of projects and collaborations is to combine historical research with a critical engagement in current debates and challenges.
Overview of Research Areas

Department Gerhard Wolf

Research Group Hannah Baader

Research Group Hana Gründler

External Member Jaś Elsner

4A_Lab Research Program

Director emeritus Alessandro Nova

Director emeritus Max Seidel

Photothek

Digital Humanities

Doctoral Projects

Postdoctoral Projects

Staff Projects

Collaborative Research Projects

Associated Projects

Completed Projects
Publications
Publications

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public. The Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz is one of the oldest and most prestigious art-historical journals worldwide. Research reports provide information about the Institute's activities and about the academic projects of its staff and fellows.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, as well as a specialist journal and research reports, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public.
Overview of Publications

Mitteilungen des KHI

Individual Publications

Research Reports

Italienische Forschungen

Studi e Ricerche

I mandorli

Collana del KHI

Connecting Art Histories in the Museum

Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte

German Edition of the 'Vite' of Giorgio Vasari

Die Kirchen von Siena
Library
Library

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library, with its collections and working conditions, forms the most important basis of academic study for members of the Institute and guests. Both historical and current specialist literature from various disciplines is available for consultation by an international community of researchers. With its elaborate cataloguing and indexing system, the Library also makes a significant contribution towards assuring the quality of the research conducted at the institute.

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library with its collections forms the most important basis of academic study. Both historical and current specialist literature is available for consultation.
About the Library

Scope of Collection

Catalogues

Digital Collections

Digital Library

Joint Initiatives

Library Projects

Online Tutorials
Photothek
Photothek

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art and architecture. As a research facility and laboratory, it plays a leading role in the international and transdisciplinary debate on the function of photo archives in 21st-century research and societies. Its daily tasks, such as photo campaigns, cataloguing and digitization, are inseparably linked with its scholarly activities. With its projects, conferences, workshops and publications, the Photothek makes an active contribution to the academic life of the Institute.

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art. As a research laboratory, it contributes to the international and transdisciplinary debate on the role of photo archives in the 21st century.
About the Photothek

Holdings

Digital Resources

Projects

Publications

Photography Reference Library

Florence Declaration

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News
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With its extensive programme of public events in Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for lively, international and interdisciplinary academic exchange. The Institute makes its research findings accessible to the public in exhibitions and publications. Through calls for papers, research fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to promote collaboration with academics from around the world.

With its programme of events and exhibitions, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for academic exchange. Through its calls for papers, fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to foster academic collaboration.
What’s on

Events

Exhibitions

Recent Publications

Call for Papers & Applications

Work with us

Support to Ukrainian Scholars
Institute
Institute

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz understands itself as a laboratory of basic research in art history in dialogue with other disciplines. Founded in 1897, it has been an institute of the Max Planck Society since 2002. Its research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean. The institute is particularly committed to supporting young scholars, while its renowned library and Photothek are open to the international community of researchers.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz understands itself as a laboratory of basic research in art history in dialogue with other disciplines. Founded in 1897, it has been an institute of the Max Planck Society since 2002. Its research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean.
About the Institute

Departments & Research Groups

People

Equal Opportunities

Research Support

History

Archives

Scientific Advisory Board

Board of Trustees

Förderverein

Sponsors and Patrons
Research
Research

The Institute’s research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean. A prime concern of projects and collaborations is to combine historical research with a critical engagement in current debates and challenges, such as ecology, heritage, urbanization, migration and diversity; aesthetic and artistic practices; media and material cultures; the digital transformation and the future of museums.

The Institute’s research is dedicated to the histories of art and architecture in a transcultural and global perspective, with a focus on Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean. A prime concern of projects and collaborations is to combine historical research with a critical engagement in current debates and challenges.
Overview of Research Areas

Department Gerhard Wolf

Research Group Hannah Baader

Research Group Hana Gründler

External Member Jaś Elsner

4A_Lab Research Program

Director emeritus Alessandro Nova

Director emeritus Max Seidel

Photothek

Digital Humanities

Doctoral Projects

Postdoctoral Projects

Staff Projects

Collaborative Research Projects

Associated Projects

Completed Projects
Publications
Publications

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public. The Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz is one of the oldest and most prestigious art-historical journals worldwide. Research reports provide information about the Institute's activities and about the academic projects of its staff and fellows.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, as well as a specialist journal and research reports, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public.
Overview of Publications

Mitteilungen des KHI

Individual Publications

Research Reports

Italienische Forschungen

Studi e Ricerche

I mandorli

Collana del KHI

Connecting Art Histories in the Museum

Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte

German Edition of the 'Vite' of Giorgio Vasari

Die Kirchen von Siena
Library
Library

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library, with its collections and working conditions, forms the most important basis of academic study for members of the Institute and guests. Both historical and current specialist literature from various disciplines is available for consultation by an international community of researchers. With its elaborate cataloguing and indexing system, the Library also makes a significant contribution towards assuring the quality of the research conducted at the institute.

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library with its collections forms the most important basis of academic study. Both historical and current specialist literature is available for consultation.
About the Library

Scope of Collection

Catalogues

Digital Collections

Digital Library

Joint Initiatives

Library Projects

Online Tutorials
Photothek
Photothek

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art and architecture. As a research facility and laboratory, it plays a leading role in the international and transdisciplinary debate on the function of photo archives in 21st-century research and societies. Its daily tasks, such as photo campaigns, cataloguing and digitization, are inseparably linked with its scholarly activities. With its projects, conferences, workshops and publications, the Photothek makes an active contribution to the academic life of the Institute.

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art. As a research laboratory, it contributes to the international and transdisciplinary debate on the role of photo archives in the 21st century.
About the Photothek

Holdings

Digital Resources

Projects

Publications

Photography Reference Library

Florence Declaration

Book presentation

Armin Linke. Modalities of Photography

28 May 2020, 6:00pm

Armin Linke in dialogue with:
Matteo Balduzzi, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, curator
Hannah Baader, Transregional Art Histories, Research unit director
Costanza Caraffa, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, director
Tiziana Serena, Università degli Studi di Firenze, History of Photography Professor

In September 2019 Armin Linke engaged international scholars in a performative seminar that questioned the nature and logic of archives, short-circuiting his artistic images with the cataloguing systems of photo documentation collections, such as those of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz and the Istituto Geografico Militare. The journal presents the reflections and methodological coordinates that emerged during the day of studies curated by Costanza Caraffa, accompanied by a photographic essay by Armin Linke made within the institutions involved.

Live streaming YouTube and Facebook, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea

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This event will be documented photographically and/or recorded on video. Please let us know if you do not agree with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz using images in which you might be recognizable for event documentation and public relation purposes (e.g. social media).

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28 May 2020, 6:00pm

Live streaming YouTube and Facebook, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea

Contact

Costanza Caraffa Head of the Photothek

Phone: +39 055 24911-64
E-Mail: caraffa@khi.fi.it

Costanza Caraffa Head of the Photothek

Phone: +39 055 24911-64
E-Mail: caraffa@khi.fi.it

Costanza Caraffa Head of the Photothek

Phone: +39 055 24911-64
E-Mail: caraffa@khi.fi.it

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Armin Linke. Modalities of Photography

Edited by Matteo Balduzzi

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