NORDIK was founded as a network of scholars with an interest in Scandinavian art and art history. In 2015, the network was upgraded into a registered association.
Since the first Nordic Congress for Art Historians in 1984 the congress has taken place on a regular bases every third year:
- 1984 Nordic art around the turn of the century, Helsinki, Finland
- 1987 Nordic sponsors of the arts, Gotenborg, Sweden
- 1990 Influence and exchange, Ry, Danmark
- 1993 The identity of Art History, Geilo, Norway
- 1996 Art after 1945, Åbo/Turku, Finland
- 2000 The history of art history, Uppsala, Sweden
- 2003 Exhibitions, Århus, Danmark
- 2006 Tradition and visual culture, Bergen, Norway
- 2009 Mind and Matter, Jyväskylä, Finland
- 2012 Presentation/Representation/Repression, The Critical Production of Display and Interpretation in Art History, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2015 Mapping the uncharted territories, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 2018 [No title] Copenhagen, Denmark
NORDIK The Nordic Association for Art Historians 