IRSA Foundation Projects 2025

Publication of the scholarly art-historical journal ARTIBUS ET HISTORIAE

In 2025 the IRSA Foundation published two issues of ARTIBUS ET HISTORIAE:

no. 91, XLVI
no. 92, XLVI

Both volumes include Papers in Honour of Catherine Puglisi (Part I and II)

Guest editors: Lisandra Estevez, Patricia Zalamea and William Barcham

*Vol. 91 and 92 of ARTIBUS ET HISTORIAE*

June 6^th–7^th

Student and doctoral academic conference under the patronage of IRSA

A nationwide student and doctoral research conference entitled “Veni, vidi, audivi” was held in Kraków, organised by the Art History Students’ Research Society of the Jagiellonian University and the Musicologists’ Research Society of the Jagiellonian University [Koło Naukowe Studentów Historii Sztuki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego and Koło Naukowe Muzykologów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego]. The IRSA Foundation for the Promotion of Culture acted as patron of the event.

September 28^th

Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Centro di Studi e documentazione su Lorenzo Lotto

Professor Józef Grabski attended a meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Centro di Studi e documentazione su Lorenzo Lotto, which took place at the Vatican Museums.

*Members od the Scientific Committee of the Centro di Studi docimentazione su Lorenzo Lotto. From left:* Józef Grabski; Fabrizio Biferali, Musei Vaticani – Curatore del Reparto per l’Arte dei secoli XV–XVI; archbishop Loreto Mons. Fabio Dal Cin; Barbara Jatta, director of the *Musei Vaticani*; Enrico Maria dal Pozzolo, professor at the University of Verona; Francesca Coltrinati, professor at the University in Macerata; Vito Punzi, director of thr Museo Pontificio, Loreto; Mauro Lucco, professor at the University in Bologna

October 2^nd

Meeting in Venice

A meeting took place in Venice between Dr Józef Grabski and Prof. Agnese Chiari Moretto Wiel, Director of Research at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice.

*Profesor Agnese Chiari Moretto Wiel and dr hab. Józef Grabski*

October 11^th

Research conference in Rome

Professor Józef Grabski participated in the research conference ‘Tiziano a Roma (1545–1546): Roma vista da Venezia’ organised by Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.

*Józef Grabski with the Segretario Generale* *of the Accademia di San Luca Claudio Strinatim*

December 17th

The Marian Sokołowski Prize

The Marian Sokołowski Prize for the best MA thesis in art history written at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University in the 2024/2025 academic year was awarded to at the Institute of Art History. Professor Józef Grabski, the Chair of the IRSA Foundation, is one of the members of the award jury.
This year’s prize was awarded to Mateusz Binda, MA, for his thesis ‘Reconstructions, relocations and reinterpretations of modernist exhibition pavilions in the light of conservation doctrines’, written under the supervision of Professor Piotr Krasny.
Special award of the IRSA Foundation went to Grzegorz Wójcicki, MA, for his thesis ‘Stone fragments depicting Saints Christopher and Sigismund from St. Martin’s Church in Opatów. An attempt to identify the function’, written under the supervision of Professor Andrzej Betlej.

*Józef Grabski and Grzegorz Wójcicki. Photo: Instytut Historii Sztuki UJ/Daniel Podosek*

New member of the advisory committee of Artibus et Historiae

In 2025, Mathias Wivel, PhD, was appointed to the advisory committee of the journal ‘Artibus et Historiae’. He is the head of research, the library and the archives at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

IRSA Foundation Projects 2025