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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.
...photographic records, conservation reports and previously unpublished art-historical research, as well as some 2,500 original paint samples, the archive constitutes an exceptional record of the condition of our wall paintings...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...
...and the Politics of Conservation and Care (Routledge, 2023). He currently co-chairs the NatureCulture Lab reading group, an interdisciplinary research collective run in partnership with the Hochschule der Künste Bern...
...condition, conservation history, afterlife and reception, combining evidence from primary sources with the first hand examination of the work itself. Current research projects are focused around the Valois courts of...
...traditional painting from the University of Arts and Culture in Ulaanbaatar and a Ph.D. in conservation of the mural painting of the decorated ancient tomb from the Human and Environmental...
Kate studied paper conservation at Camberwell College of Arts, London (1984-88) specialising in the conservation of library and archives. After graduating she worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and...