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By Marine de Tilly
Translated from the French by Sara Heft
Two and a half years after the liberation of the former caliphate’s capital, the Raqqa Museum is set to open its doors again soon. Here’s a look back on the history of a symbol of cohesion and hope.
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Review by Amber Kerr
Current Technical Challenges in the Conservation of Paintings
Edited by Angelina Barros D’Sa, Lizze Bone, Rhiannon Clarricoates, Helen Dowding
London: Archetype publications, Ltd., 2015
136 pages / £32.50 / Paperback
ISBN: 9781909492318
Submitted by Kate Smith on
IIC has radically refocused its Opportunities Fund – expanding the funding available and opening it up to all members within two strands. Potential applicants can join IIC to become eligible for the grant.
Submitted by Sharra Grow on
Mini reviews by Daniela Sauer
For the June-July 2020 issue of News in Conservation, the ICCROM Library is again contributing a list of new acquisitions, presenting a few titles hand-picked by the librarian.
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The directors and other graduate program members of the Association for North American Graduate Programs in Art Conservation (ANAGPIC) recently gathered via Zoom to share distance teaching and learning strategies, summer and internship placement needs, post-graduate placement schemes and solutions, and opportunities to further connect our work and educational-institutional communities using digital platforms.
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By Sarah Benrubi
Last November the 5th course given by IIC and the International Training Centre for Conservation (IIC-ITCC) took place in the Hospital for Conservation at the Palace Museum in Beijing. Following the previous courses on non-destructive analyses, preventive conservation, painting and paper, the 5th course was dedicated to scientific approaches to the conservation of ceramics and glass. Intensive courses and lectures were organized from 11th to 23rd November 2019.
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30 years building bridges and pathways for the preservation of cultural heritage in the Americas, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
By Claudia S.Rodrigues de Carvalho
The APOYOnline 30th Anniversary Conference and Workshop on Heritage Preservation: 30 Years Building Bridges and Pathways for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in the Americas, held in Rio de Janeiro from 23-27 September 2019, was an outstanding event for the heritage preservation field.
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By Kloe Rumsey
The most common route between article and podcast episode is to start with the article and then bring it to discussion and make a podcast episode out of it, but here I will be doing the opposite.
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The magazine 'timecare' is published by International Conservation by Design, with a fourth issue featuring an interview with our Executive Director Sarah Stannage. She talks about the importance of mutual support between business and not-for-profits within conservation, adding "we need far-sighted supporters like CXD who can see beyond the tangible and who want to make an indelible impression on the future of the profession".
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By Athanasios Velios and Kristen St.John
We are pleased to announce that the Linked Conservation Data Consortium has secured further funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to continue with efforts to improve and harmonise documentation in conservation. The consortium is a unique environment where conservation practice, documentation, terminology and ontology are discussed in relation to their impact on the profession both in strategic and in practical terms.
The consortium has grown, and we are happy to welcome these new partners:
