Participant Info

First Name
J. Cabelle
Last Name
Ahn
Country
United States
State
NY
Affiliation
Harvard University
Website URL
www.cabellerina.com
Keywords
French History, Eighteenth-century History, Art History, French Art, Old Master Drawings, History of the Art Market
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PhD
PhD

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About Me

J. Cabelle Ahn, PhD is an independent art historian and writer based in New York. She received her PhD in History of Art & Architecture at Harvard University in 2024, where she completed a dissertation titled “Multiple Exposures: Drawings, Displays, and their Spaces in Eighteenth-century France.” The project undertook a comprehensive analysis of early exhibition strategies in response to increasing public access to drawings, and the corresponding changes in the secondary market for drawings and prints after them. 

Her latest project looks at historic auction results by women artists and their respective market longevities during the early modern period. The project tackle the contemporary misconception that the market for women artists is a relatively new phenomenon and poses the  following questions: were works by women artists traded mostly in their lifetime or posthumously? Did collectors prefer contemporary women artists or “Old Masters”? And who was consigning and purchasing these works? A preview of this work was published in The Art Newspaper in October 2024.

In addition to early modern works-on-paper, she additionally specializes in connecting historical art and its markets to their contemporary counterparts. 

Recent Publications

Full list of recent publications can be found here.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
France
Expertise by Geography
France, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Pre-17th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, Early Modern
Expertise by Topic
Art & Architectural History, Museums, Public History, Rebellion & Revolution, Sexuality, Women