Upcoming events
Networking event and online talk about the art of revealing bones on 17th April 2026
You will receive the link to access the event on the day of the event. I will send it to the email address you provided during the checkout process.
Past events
Talk about the exhibition “Big8 – Dinosaur Revelation”
This online event was hosted on Zoom on Febraury 11, 2026! It was the vernissage of the special exhibition about the Big8 exhibition from 2022. Nils Knötschke and Nizar Ibrahim were talking about everything behind the scenes to get this exhibition up and running!
The edited recording of both sessions will be uploaded soon!
Panel discussion “Women* in palaeo” and sixth exhibition vernissage
This online event was hosted on Zoom on Febraury 11, 2026! It was the vernissage of the sixth permanent palaeoart exhibition focussing on women* in palaeoart. We hosted two sessions with various female* panellists from the palaeo community.
The edited recording of both sessions will be uploaded soon!
Panel discussion “Art in palaeoart”
This online event was hosted on workadventure on January 16, 2026! It was the vernissage of the special paleoart exhibition “Art in Palaeoart” with invited speakers Simone Zoccante and Gaelle Seguillon. We focused on the artistic side of creating palaeoart and what palaeoart has taught the people! The edited recording will be uploaded soon!
Vernissage of fifth paleoart exhibition
This online event was hosted on workadventure on November 7, 2025! It was the vernissage of the online paleoart exhibition which started on November 7 with a focus on the high- and lowlights of the year. Two sessions have been hosted across timezones with very open-minded and vulnerable members of the community. Thanks for this last session of the year!
Panel discussion to “Mesozoic Art II”
With Darren Naish and Steve White we talked about the selection of artists and the editing process for the recently published palaeoart book Mesozoic Art 2. It was hosted on September 19, 2025. The panel recording is still in editing and will be released soon!
Vernissage of fourth virtual paleoart exhibition
This online event was hosted on workadventure on September 5, 2025! It was the vernissage of the online paleoart exhibition which started on September 5 with a focus on publishing palaeoart books.
Panel discussion to “3D reconstruction on Palaeontology”
We talked with Astrid O’Connot, Nova Studios, and Rick Stikkelorum about the joy and frustration of 3D modelling on Palaeontology. It was hosted on August 22, 2025. If you would like to know more about the artists, their work, and the future of 3D palaeoart, check out the 90 min panel:
Vernissage of third virtual paleoart exhibition
This online event was hosted on GatherTown on August 1, 2025! It was the vernissage of the online paleoart exhibition which started on July 18.
Online talk to “Palaeontology in Public” by Dr. Chris Manias
The talk about the recent book release “Palaeontology in Public” (with focus on Palaeoart) was hosted on June 20, 2025. We discussed the history of paleoart in general and learned so much! Thanks again to Dr. Chris Manias for putting the exhibition together and giving this talk.
Vernissage of second virtual paleoart exhibition
This online event was hosted on GatherTown on May 16, 2025! It was the vernissage of the online paleoart exhibition which started on that day as well.
Vernissage of first virtual paleoart exhibition
This online event was hosted on GatherTown on Feb 8, 2025! It was the vernissage of the online paleoart exhibition which started on that day as well.
Please find below more information about how to access that platform.
Access GatherTown with an invitation link
GatherTown allows you to join a 2D space to connect with other people. You can create your own avatar, move around, view the artwork, and, of course, talk to people.
We will test out this platform for our vernissage of the exhibition. Here you can find all information on how to use it.
How to access gathertown
The easiest way is to access GatherTown via your preferred web browser. If you like to, you can download the Desktop App on gather.town/download.
I will send you an invitation link to the event a couple of hours before the event starts.
How to set it up
Let’s assume that you do not have a GatherTown account. When you enter the invitation link, it will ask you to grant (temporary) access to the camera and microphone. This is necessary if you would like to be seen and heard.
Then, you can set up your avatar and give it a name!
I will have the name “Karim (@k_zanaty)”, including my Instagram handle. Feel free to name yourself as you like.
Move and interact
You can move you avatar with your keyboard (W, A, S, D or ←, ↑, →, ↓) or by double clicking on the place you want to go to.
When you are coming close to another person, you will see their camera video appearing and hear them.
When you click with your mouse on another avatar, you have several options to get in contact with them. For example, you can wave at them or follow them if they would like to show you something.
The main place to exchange is the park in the center. Every artist is represented with a poster. When you get near to a poster, it will state “Press X to interact”. This will open the poster of the artist you would like to see artwork from. The specific poster will change color from blue to orange (see screenshot). This is a copy of the artwork in the gallery to ease the direct exchange during the event!
In front of every poster is a separate break-out room. When you enter this space, a private chat will open, and you can only talk to people which are in this area as well. Given that, you can hop from poster to poster and discuss only about this specific board. Or about anything else.
General break-out rooms are available in the forest, the swimming pool, and on the red and blue carpets.
When you stand on the megaphone symbol, everybody can hear and see you independent if you are close to them or not.
Presentations
Presentations will be held in the Paleo Forest in the upper section of the room
Provide feedback
On the field, you will find several Bulletin boards. They allow you to provide anonymous feedback to the even. I would be happy to receive it from you! Just press “x” when you are near and the form will open.
Gallery
You can view the embedded gallery as well on the presentation boards (press “x” to interact):
