As part of the Cátedra del Prado 2026 Colloquium “Vice versa. An Exchange of Roles and Practices Between Artists and Art Historians”, Peter Geimer will give a lecture at the Museo del Prado in Madrid: 

The Art of Comparison. What Transpires Among Images?

All art history systems are comparison-based. The original is compared with the forgery; iconographical details are compared with styles.  It is comparison alone that allows to make manifest the points in common among images — or the differences between them.  Artists also compare, although in a different manner, and with a different aim. Based on selected models, among others Aby Warburg, André Malraux, Wolfgang Tillmanns, the conference addresses an aesthetics of comparison.