The FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS / FORUM MEDIEVAL ART is a biannual colloquium organized by the Deutsche Verein für Kunstwissenschaft e.V. Held at rotating sites throughout Germany, the Forum brings together research and researchers on different fields, regions, and periods to exchange ideas pertaining to the study of medieval art.

The 4th Forum Medieval Art will focus on research at the geographical and methodological boundaries of classical medieval studies. The various venues in Berlin and Brandenburg with their medieval heritage and their rich collections of Byzantine and Middle Eastern will be taken as a starting point. Accordingly, the conference will highlight the interaction of Central European medieval art and artistic production with other regions ranging from Eastern Europe, Byzantium, the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean to the British Isles and the Baltic region. Thus research areas such as Byzantine Studies or Islamic Art History will be brought into the focus and consciousness of medieval studies, particularly in the context of the endangered artistic and architectural monuments of the Middle East.