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.
...has undergone conservation work to restore its former glory through cleaning, and stabilisation of the precious gilding. We sat down with Courtauld alumna Krista Blessley (MA Conservation of Easel Paintings,...
...photographic records, conservation reports and previously unpublished art-historical research, as well as some 2,500 original paint samples, the archive constitutes an exceptional record of the condition of our wall paintings...
...especially extensive schemes, are rare and important documents of the past. Yet many wall paintings have no direct documentary evidence and no conservation or technical analysis to use as a...
Chances are, if you are a wall painting conservator, you’ve spent a lot of time in churches. And when talking about the conservation of anything in churches, it invariably turns...
...in China, I found myself comparing the working cultures, environments, and tasks. I was able to capture some universal principles of conservation and the unique nuances that shape different conservation...
...Paintings, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Buddhist Art History and Conservation, and a PhD programme. In addition to undertaking academic research and conservation treatments on the collections displayed in The Courtauld...
...in China, I found myself comparing the working cultures, environments, and tasks. I was able to capture some universal principles of conservation and the unique nuances that shape different conservation...
...Department of Conservation, where the PhD will be located, offers training in Conservation at Postgraduate level with 3-year MA degrees in either the Conservation of Easel Paintings or The Conservation...
...of a made up job. What does it even mean? You look at who works in this field and it’s people with conservation backgrounds, benchtop conservation, conservation research, people with...
