xxxVIII art medal congress - MUNICH
It is now possible to register to attend the congress from the orgaziers website:
to the registration
Early Bird (7th May until 14th June)
Fidem Member: 250€
Non Fidem Member: 350€
Students: 200€
Accompanying Person: 225€
Standard Rate (from 15th June and onwards)
Fidem Member: 280€
Non Fidem Member: 380€
Students: 220€
Accompanying Person: 250€
Please note that a refund for booked tickets is not possible. If you have booked a ticket and cannot attend the conference please contact the organizers: fidem2025@staatliche-muenzsammlung.de.
Please note that these fees are not including accomodations. A list of suggested hotels supplied by the organisers in Germany can be found here. Attendees should make their own reservations.
XXXVIII FIDEM MÜnich 2025 - preliminary program
Dear all,
As the 38th FIDEM Congress is getting closer, we have updated the preliminary program and added a corrected and detailed timetable with all the speakers. A detailed program will be in your conference bag.
In the next two weeks all those who have registered for the congress will receive a small questionnaire that needs to be filled out online, where we will ask you about food preferences for the Grand Dinner, the excursion to Salzburg, and the optional activities available on Thursday.
The optional excursion to Salzburg will be by coach, starting from Munich city centre. We will then have a guided tour through the city centre of Salzburg, followed by a dinner at the local restaurant Sternbräu serving local cuisine (self-paid). In the early afternoon we have arranged three private curator tours for small groups at the store of the Salzburg Museum led by experts on medals, early prints and archaeology. Everybody will be able to do all three tours. We will be back in Munich at around 19:30.
We are looking forward seeing you all soon,
Martin and David
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XXXVIII FIDEM MÜnich 2025
The next FIDEM congress will be held in the State Antique Collection (Antikensammlung) at Königsplatz, Munich, from 15th to 18th October 2025. The exhibition will be open from 15th October 2025 to 31st January 2026.
Optional theme: Our myths, our roots
Ancient stories that are valid across eras play a major role in all human cultures. They live on in our collective memory as mental and visual memories. These myths are popular, but they also change as they are transferred to new people and encounter the phenomena of different times.
Taking into account the exhibition location in the State Antique Collection at Königsplatz in Munich, the chosen subject is: Our myths, our roots.
However, this is not obligate, rather an optional suggestion for all submitting artists to consider.
Exhibition
There are two museums of antiquities founded by King Ludwig I of Bavaria at Königsplatz. The older one is the Glyptothek, dedicated solely to ancient sculpture with the figures from Aegina and the Barberini Faun. On the other side of the square there is the State Antique Collection, known for its Greek vases, terracotta figures, gold jewelry, glasses, gems and coins.
The FIDEM medals are shown in the State Antique Collection. A small number of ancient exhibits will remain in the rooms and will be on display alongside with the medals. These include the unique Tropaion from the Battle of Salamis (4th century BC), the Golden Wreath from Armento in Southern Italy (370-360 BC), the mummy portrait from Fayum in Egypt (140 AD), the diatret glass cup from Cologne (400 AD), as well as some vases and terracottas.
Technical advice
The medals will be presented in display cases where they will be carefully attached with pins to almost vertical walls. In order to enable a satisfactory attachment, the organisers need to ensure that:
- the medals do not exceed the maximum dimensions of 150 x 150 x 50 mm
- the submitted works must have been created within the last five years.
- the medals may not have been shown at a previous FIDEM exhibition.
Documentation and photos by FIDEM delegates
Artist information forms and medal submission forms will be sent out to national delegates in due course. By 15th March 2025, the national delegates should return these forms and high quality photographs (minimum 300 dpi) of the medals to be used in the catalogue.
Loan and transport
The medals should be sent to this address between 16th July and 15th August 2025:
Staatliche Antikensammlungen
z. Hd. Hagen Schaaff
Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10
80333 Munich
Germany
Questions can be sent to the email: fidem2025@staatliche-muenzsammlung.de