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Check out the Studies in Conservation 2018 resource page on the Taylor & Francis website: https://t.co/59tG3VAyzH
Here you can find free articles, open access articles, and supplemental material. These Studies in Conservation supplements, sponsored by the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, will be of special interest to those attending inArt2018, ChemCH 2018, and related conferences.
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With funding from the Getty Foundation as part of its Conserving Canvas initiative, the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) at Yale University will hold an international symposium on the conservation of canvas paintings on October 15-18, 2019, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The symposium will address historical approaches to and theories of the structural treatment of canvas paintings; current methods, materials, and research, both practical and scientific; and the challenges facing the structural conservation of modern and contemporary works.
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By Sasha Drosdick
What is legacy? How is it made and maintained, and who controls it? This April, the symposium Body of Work: Contemporary Artists' Estates and Conservation, created a platform for open discussion on all things legacy.
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By Francesca Gabrieli
On the 2nd and 3rd of May 2018, the Optical Society of America (OSA) held the Big Data in Cultural Heritage Imaging incubator meeting in Washington, D.C., hosted by John Delaney, National Gallery of Art (USA), Martin Fischer, Duke University (USA), and David Saunders, British Museum (UK).
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Review by Dr. Zsuzsanna Wierdl
"Conservation Issues in Modern and Contemporary Murals"
Edited by Mercedes Sánchez Pons, Will Shank, Laura Fuster López,
New Castle upon Tyne, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015
English and Spanish / $107.95 / Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781443872331
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By Frances Lennard
Dr Karen Finch, OBE who died aged 96 on 15 April 2018, was a pioneer in the field of textile conservation.
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By Graham Voce
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By George Cooper
Routledge, Taylor & Francis, publisher of IIC’s peer-reviewed journal Studies in Conservation, have partnered with 3D content platform Sketchfab to develop an exciting new feature for articles published online. 3D models can now be published in the main text of an article. The pilot program makes Routledge, Taylor & Francis the first major publisher to incorporate 3D models within the HTML version of online journal articles, making Studies one of the first publications in conservation to offer this feature.
Submitted by Kate Smith GGC on
On the 3rd of July, 2018, The Office of Public Works (OPW) Commissioner, John McMahon, welcomed the official re-opening of Cormac’s Chapel, an Irish Romanesque style building which forms part of the Rock of Cashel complex, following an extensive conservation project.
