Mercat de l’art, col·leccionisme i museus 2025

Since October 2012, annual scientific conferences or seminars entitled "Art Market, Collecting and Museums" have been held regularly, resulting in the permanent publication of volumes containing the papers presented. Today, this material already forms a true corpus of valuable documentation surrounding the phenomenon of art collecting and the art market in Catalonia.

Our intention in holding this conference has been to create a platform where research results can be presented and comfortably discussed with all the various sectors linked to the arts: academics, museum professionals, antiquarians, gallery owners, art dealers, experts, restorers, collectors, and enthusiasts in general. We are convinced of the full complementarity of all these viewpoints because the progress of collecting throughout history has always gone hand in hand with the formation of museums and the shaping of knowledge and the study of the arts. For this reason, we believe in the usefulness of a conference where we can meet and share information and knowledge, in a welcoming format and in a venue with a strong symbolic imprint on the history of collecting in Catalonia, such as the Palau de Maricel in Sitges.