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Aged varnishes. How to challenge time and bring them back to life
An integrated approach to the monitoring of cleaning Time, inexorably, spreads a patina over artworks. Sometimes, it is human intervention itself, especially ancient retouching and restoration, which heavily...
5th British Museum Mellon Symposium – May 30, 2019 – The British Museum – London – Call for papers
A closer look at Murals Recent advances in the conservation and scientific investigation of Wall Paintings The Scientific Research Department of the British Museum is inviting contributions for the 2019 one-day symposium on the recent advances in the...
9th MaSC Workshop and Meeting – Ottawa, June 3-7, 2019 – Call for papers
The 9th Workshop and Meeting of the Users' Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC) The 9th Workshop and Meeting of the Users’ Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC) will take place in Ottawa, Canada, from Monday 3rd – Friday...
How ARCHLAB can help preserve Greece icons: the interview of Andrea Sampatakos
A researcher at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure: Andreas Sampatakos This science story mixes together two elements: a laboratory of carpentry and a specific genre of paintings: the icons. The Laboratory of carpentry is a section of the Opificio delle Pietre...
SCIENCE AND ART VII – REGISTRATION OPEN – OCTOBER 24-26 – MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO
Science and technologies applied to Heritage conservation IPCE - Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España - organizes together with Prado Museum, the Congress Science and Art VII that will be held in Madrid, at Prado Museum, next October...
Research Fellowship in the Scientific Department at The National Gallery, London – Deadline for the application: 4 November 2018
ARTICT | Art Through the ICT Lens Project: Big Data Processing Tools to Support the Technical Study, Preservation and Conservation of Old Master Paintings) The National Gallery seeks to recruit a highly motivated individual interested in pursuing...
FIXLAB – AGLAE – Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France – Paris – Call for proposals – Deadline October 31st
AGLAE FIXLAB facility - Call for proposals The call for proposals is open for AGLAE beamtime during the period from January to June 2019. The deadline to submit proposals is October 31st, 2018 - 23:59 European users can be funded by the IPERION CH...
Getty 2019/2020 Scholar and Intern applications are now open – Deadlines November 1st
Applications for the 2019/2020 Conservation Guest Scholar and Graduate Internship Following is the link to the Conservation Guest Scholar application: http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/conservation_guest_scholars.html Here’s a...
Getty Conservation Institute PostDoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science – Deadline: November 1st
2-year postdoctoral fellowship position at the GCI A 2-year postdoctoral fellowship position at the GCI, focusing on the Preventative Conservation and Modern and Contemporary Art research initiatives, is now...