The Courtauld Gallery is home to one of the greatest collections of art in the UK and an annual programme of focused exhibitions, displays and contemporary commissions. All housed in a beautiful human-sized gallery at Somerset House.
The Courtauld Institute is a research-led, independent college of the University of London, offering world–renowned programmes in the history, conservation, curation and business of art.
We care for an outstanding art collection, advance the study and conservation of visual art, and share it through acclaimed exhibitions. Your support helps us inspire new ways of seeing and thinking about art.
...international. The degree is taught by specialists in wall paintings conservation, technical art history and conservation science, with many years of collective experience of working in the conservation sector. This...
OUR INSIGHTS INTO ART HISTORY PROGRAMME WILL RETURN IN THE AUTUMN TERM Are you aged 16-18 and passionate about art, architecture, art history and visual culture? Join the Courtauld’s Young...
The Painting Pairs: Art History and Technical Study is supported by the Research Forum, the Courtauld Gallery and the Courtauld Institute’s Department of Conservation, and these presentations are open for...
...past conservation practices Tobit Curteis, Tobit Curteis Associates, Working with others: wall painting conservation in building projects Lizzie Woolley, Opus Conservation, Imaging techniques for the conservator’s toolbox Stephen Rickerby, Rickerby...
...her practice is focused on the structural conservation of the paintings collection. She is also the conservation department’s lead in preventive conservation and is chair of the Gallery’s Preventive Conservation...
...on the structural conservation of the paintings collection. She is also the conservation department’s lead in preventive conservation and is chair of the Gallery’s Preventive Conservation Working Group. Her research...
...education in conservation. GOGREEN is an EU-funded project developing sustainable, preventive, and remedial conservation practices. The workshop supports the green transformation of conservation in line with the European Green Deal....
...describe the development of a collaborative decision-making process involving curatorial and conservation teams at the British Museum and colleagues from the sculpture conservation course at Tokyo University of the Arts....
Our Story & Missions Established in 2012 with a generous endowment from The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, the Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation is dedicated to interdisciplinary...
...of Conservation, and Aviva Burnstock, Professor of Conservation, for an online event to find out more about our Conservation department, the work we undertake in our Conservation studios, and the...
Painting Pairs presents collaborative research undertaken by graduates in conservation and art history focussing on paintings currently in the conservation studios at the Courtauld. The paintings that form the focus...
...when making curatorial and conservation decisions. For instance, as Jainism prohibits harm to living beings, animal glue is avoided in conservation, and synthetic materials like polyester are used instead of...
