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TIPP! Colloquium

Women’s Enterprise in the French Art Economy

On the 26th–27th September 2025, the Institut national d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) in Paris will host the colloquium “Women’s Enterprise in the French Art Economy” that brings together art history, women’s history, and economic history to explore how women shaped the financing of artistic production in France – from painting and sculpture to architecture, photography, and the decorative arts.

Spanning from the patronage practices of Louis XIV to the Occupation in the 20th century, it highlights women as active players in the art market: moving money, investing, running businesses, and founding enterprises, all within the limits of their legal and social status.

The focus lies on the strategies women developed to adapt to, circumvent, or challenge male-dominated financial and artistic networks. Education, access to knowledge, and economic information shaped their opportunities – raising the question of whether there were specifically “female” ways of doing business in the arts.

The colloquium is organized into five sessions, focusing on Patrons and Philanthropists of the Arts, Art Dealers and Entrepreneurs, Self-Financing and Creation, The Economic Life of the Workshop, and Promoting and Financing the Performing Arts. It will feature presentations in both English and French, highlighting the activities of significant figures such as Nélie Jacquemart, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman, Hélène Oettingen, Berthe Weill and Antoinette Saint-Huberty.

The full programme can be found here.

The entry to the colloquium is free of charge and no prior registration is required.

26.–27.09.2025 | 09:30–17:00 Uhr | Institut national d’Histoire de l’Art | Paris