2019
School of Visual Arts, Studio Visit MA in Curatorial Practice October, 2019
Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Studio Visit October, 2019
Artist’s interview with Frank Stella Upstate New York October, 2019
Christie’s Education Graduate Studies
Class in connoisseurship
May 2019
2018
Workshop: Preservation and Conservation
Artist Legacy Planning: The Berlin Workshop 2018
June 5 - 7, 2018
Lecture: “Lucky Strike: The Conservation of Vandalism”
Iconoclasm and Vandalism. Getty Research Institute.
Los Angeles, CA
May 1 - 2, 2018
BODY OF WORK: Contemporary Artists’ Estates and Conservation
https://www.bodyofwork2018.com/
SVA Theatre, New York
April 5-6, 2018
Panel discussion: Zoe Leonard: Strange Fruit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfD8iWicHB4
Whitney Museum of American Art
March 24, 2018
2017
Lecture: “Der Reiz der Vergänglichkeit - Wolfgang Hahn als Restaurator”
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
September 12, 2017
Lecture: “The Artist’s Studio: A Space Between Creativity and Business:
Fabrication and Disintegration in Contemporary Art
Schaulager Laurenz Stiftung Basel, CH
September 7 - 8, 2017
Panel discussion: “Jason Rhoades and his ‘Perfect World’” with Paul McCarthy and Julien Bismuth, moderated by Sabrina Blaichman https://vimeo.com/218554435
Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles
May 13, 2017
Christian Scheidemann and Christine Fröhner “The New Role of the Conservator” Lecture at Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation May 2017
Christian Scheidemann and Giuliana Moretto
Lecture: Matthew Barney: The use of the synthetic polymer Polycaprolactone in his work
Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
February 24, 2019
2016
Lecture: “Conserving Industrial Materials and Process in Art”
University of Chicago Arts Initiative, “Concrete Happenings.” Chicago, IL
November 18 - 19, 2016
Lecture: “From Fabrication to Disintegration - A Conservator’s View on Contemporary Art”
Symposium: Permanence and Impermanence in Contemporary Art
Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China July 3, 2016
2015
“Robert Gober in Conversation with Christian Scheidemann:
The Artist’s Intent and the Role of the Conservator,”
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
July 30, 2015
”The New Role of the Conservator”
Symposium, “The First Crack: Conservation and Value in Contemporary Art”
SVA Theatre, New York, NY
April 29, 2015
”Vom Tastsinn des Restaurators” (The Conservator’s Sense of Touch)
Conference lecturer, “Don’t Touch/Touch Screen”
Department of Art and Visual History (IBK)
Humboldt University Berlin, DE
April 9, 2015
”The Shelf-Life of Contemporary Art: A Conservator’s View”
Lecturer, Christie’s Education Program
New York, NY
February 18, 2015
”The Intention of the Artist and the Reality of the Artwork”
Getty Conservation Institute
Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 2015
”From Fabrication to Disintegration: A Conservator’s View”
Graduate Seminar Lecture Series
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
February 10, 2015
2014
The Heart is not a Metaphor, 2014
Publication accompanying the exhibition, The Heart is not a Metaphor, October 4, 2014 - January 18, 2015 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Afterword written by Christian Scheidemann, pg. 246
Christian Scheidemann in Conversation with Simon Castets, Director, Swiss Institute
Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York
May 1, 2014
Open Practice Committee Lecture
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society: Material MattersUniversity of Chicago, Neubauer Collegium Visiting Fellow, “Concrete Traffic” Principle Investigator
Chicago, IL
2013
Christian Scheidemann, ICA Salon: Systems, “Jason Rhoades- Four Roads”, Panelist with Lynne Cooke and Ingrid Schaffner
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
December 3, 2013
Lecture: “The Shelf-Life of Contemporary Art: A Conservator’s View”
IFASIC, Lisbon Conference
Lisbon, Portugal
October 18 - 19, 2013
Conversation with Matthew Barney
The Morgan Library, New York, NY
May 15, 2013
“The History of Wolf Vostell’s Concrete Traffic (1970)”
The University of Chicago, Visiting Fellow
Chicago, IL
Lecture, Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
2013
”Artists Room Projects,” Lecturer
Tate Museum/National Galleries of Scotland
Glasgow University, Glasgow and Edinburgh, UK
2012
“Meta-Monumental Garage Sale”
Museum of Modern Art, installation by Martha Rosler, Panelist
New York, NY
November 17, 2012
“Damage: No Longer Art”
Salvage Art Institute: Panelist
Columbia University, New York, NY
November 14, 2012
“Visiting Artist Series”
Rutgers University, Lecturer
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Workshop on Wolf Vostell’s :Concrete Traffic 1970”
The University of Chicago, Lecturer
Chicago, IL
Buffalo State College Conservation Program, Lecturer
Buffalo, NY
Conservation of Artworks by Dieter Roth
Hauser & Wirth, Panelist
New York, NY
2011
Future Talks 011, “New materials and technologies in the production of contemporary art in the U.S.” The International Design Museum Munich, Germany October 26 - 28, 2011
2010
“Wlodzimierz Borowski. Works and Reconstructions” Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Symposium Warsaw, Poland November 20, 2010
“Fabrication and Disintegration of Contemporary Art” The Blanton Museum of Art, Lecturer Austin, TX, September 18, 2010
“Is the Artist Always Right- New Approaches in the Collaboration Between Artist and Conservator” Contemporary Art: Who Cares? International conference, Lecturer Amsterdam, Netherlands September 1, 2010
Collectors’ Forum “Conserving the New” The Morgan Library Art Dealers Association of America, Panelist New York, NY, January 23, 2010
“Conservation and Inherent Vice in Contemporary Art” The Freeman’s Lecture Series and Appraisers Association of America, Lecturer New York, NY
2009
Symposium for Monika Wagner Warburg Haus, Lecturer Hamburg, Germany
2008
Permanence in Contemporary Art-Checking Reality Statens Museum fur Kunst, Keynote Speaker Copenhagen, Denmark November 3 - 4, 2008
Conservation Issues of Modern and Contemporary Art (CIMCA) Museum of Modern Art, Symposium New York, NY June 2 - 4, 2008
“Material and Process in Contemporary Art”" Hochschule Fur Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Germany
SBMK Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Modern Art: Van Abbe Museum, Keynote Speaker, Museum Day Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Replica Colloquium Tate Modern London, United Kingdom
2007
Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the Measure, 2007
Publication accompanying the exhibition, Gordon Matta-Clark: You are the Measure, February 22 - June 3, 2007 at the Whitney Museum of American Art
”Material and Process: Gordon Matta-Clark’s Object Legacy” written by Christian Scheidemann, pg. 118
“Conservation and Authenticities: Material, Concept, Context” University of Glasgow, Keynote Speaker Glasgow, Scotland
Herstellungs und Verfalls-Prozesse in der zeitgenössischen Kunst Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg, Germany
“The Meaning of Material in Contemporary Art” Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
“Evaluation of Damage” Appraisers Association of America, Panel Discussion New York, NY
2006
The Architecture of Other Spaces: Symposium on Matta and Gordon Matta-Clark and Celluliod Structures: The Films of Godon Matta-Clark San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Modern Paints Uncovered Tate Modern, Conference, Panelist London, United Kingdom
Breeding Dust- The Meaning of New Materials in Contemporary Art (Societé Anonyme) UCLA Hammer Museum Amherst, MA
2005
Uno Momento- Some Notes on Temporality in Contemporary Art (Paul McCarthy & Jason Rhoades), Conference on Movable Art Tinguely Museum Basel, Switzerland
The Ephemeral Aspect in Contemporary Art Contemporary Curator’s Annual Conference Bowdoin College Portland, ME
2004
Christian Scheidemann 2004 Clark Conference with accompanying publicationThe Lure of the Object, 2005 The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
The Significance of Dirt, Dust, and Bird Droppings in Contemporary Art AIC Conference Portland, OR
2003
Die Bedeutung von Staub, Schmutz und Vogeldreck in der Zeitgenoessischen Kunst VDR Conference (Publication) Dusseldorf, Germany
New Materials in Contemporary Art New York University New York, NY