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You can browse IIC’s complete collection of book reviews below. All the latest book reviews are also featured in News in Conservation.

Book Review: Save Venice Inc.

Book cover for Save Venice Inc. American Philanthropy and Art Conservation in Italy. Image courtesy of University of Massachusetts Press.

Review by Liz Hébert

Save Venice Inc. American Philanthropy and Art Conservation in Italy
By Christopher Carlsmith
University of Massachusetts Press (2022)
400 pages / 34 illustrations
ISBN: 9781625346759

Book Review: ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ in Paintings Conservation

Cover image of ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ courtesy of the publisher, Archetype.

Reviewed by Raissa Palacios

‘Tales of the Unexpected’ in Painting Conservation
Edited by Kempski, M., Kirby, J., Leanse, V., Mandy, K.
Archetype Publications Ltd: London (2020)
148 pages / Paperback / $80 (USD)
ISBN-978-1-909492-74-5

Book Review: Cultural Heritage and the Future

Cultural Heritage and the Future. Book cover, courtesy of Routledge.

Reviewed by Jane Henderson

Cultural Heritage and the Future
Edited by Cornelius Holthoff and Anders Hogberg
Routledge: London (2021)
300 pages
Hardback $170 / Paperback $49.95 / eBook $44.95
eBook ISBN9781315644615

Book review: Integrated Pest Management for Collections

Integrated Pest Management for Collections book cover, provided by Archetype.

Reviewed by Jane Eagan

Integrated Pest Management for Collections, Proceedings of 2021: A Pest Odyssey, The Next Generation.
Edited by Suzanne Ryder and Amy Crossman.
Archetype (2022)
Paperback / 262 pages / £45
ISBN 978-1-909492-83-7

Book Review: Migrants: Art, Artists, Materials and Ideas Crossing Borders

Book cover for Migrants: Art, Artists, Materials and Ideas Crossing Border. Image provided by Archetype Books.

Reviewed by Joan Francis

Migrants: Art, Artists, Materials and Ideas Crossing Borders
Edited by Lucy Wrapson, Victoria Sutcliffe, Sally Woodcock and Spike Bucklow
Archetype Books: London, 2020
Paperback / 230 pages / 128 illustrations / £45.00
ISBN-13978-1909492677

Book Review: Greener Solvents In Conservation

Image of the book cover.  Image by Bianca Gonçalves

"Greener Solvents in Conservation: An Introductory Guide"
Edited by Gwendoline R Fife
Archetype Books (2022)
Paperback / 88 pages / $40 (USD)
ISBN: 9781909492844

Review by Bianca Gonçalves

"Green does not mean new". Did you know you may already have a greener solution in your cupboard? SiC's Greener Solvents handbook provides step-by-step instructions for adopting greener solvents in your practice, and it's easier than you might imagine.

Book Review: Unraveling the Art of Tapestry

Book cover for “Anatomy of a Tapestry” courtesy of Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Review by Katja Diaz-Granados

Anatomy of a Tapestry: Techniques, Materials, Care
By Jean Pierre Larochette & Yadin Larochette, illustrations by Yael Lurie
Pennsylvania, USA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2020
160 pages / 190 images and drawings / $45.00 / Hardcover spiral
ISBN: 9780764359330

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