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.
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...in the conservation of modern and contemporary artworks, publishing on an innovative conservation treatment for Darren Almond’s Timescape 00.30 using agarose gels. She has also worked as a paintings’ conservator...
Join renowned art dealer, historian, writer and broadcaster Philip Mould OBE in conversation with Aviva Burnstock (PG Dip 1984, PhD 1992), Professor of Conservation, The Courtauld, for an insightful discussion...
...continue this tradition and offer students an opportunity to present their research to members of the conservation world and further afield via the new online format. Organised by Postgraduate Conservation...
...Burnstock is a Professor of Conservation at The Courtauld, where she took a PhD (1991) and a Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings (1984). Aviva’s research includes an investigation...
...from other European and American institutions. Paul Ackroyd’s initial training in conservation was at the Gateshead Technical College, Newcastle from 1980-2. From 1982-6 he undertook a Tate Gallery Studentship in...
Art of the Buddhist World: History and Conservation was the first event in this series relating to the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation...
...of the Israel Antiquities Authority, becoming Head of the Art Conservation Section of the Conservation Department in 1994. He has been a member of ICCM (International Committee for Conservation Mosaics)...
Denise Invamoto is an architectural and wall paintings conservator with broad experience in the conservation treatment of wall paintings and decorative surfaces, as well as in documentation, environmental assessment and...
Elisabeth Petrina joined the Courtauld team in 2025 as a studio supervisor of MA Easels students in the Conservation department. She received her painting conservation training at the Hamilton Kerr...
Nathan Daly is a Conservation Scientist in Department of Conservation. He provides MA student supervision, teaching and general support in the technical and scientific examination of paintings and historic objects...
...growing and engaged audiences on Instagram and TikTok. Lori Wong is Senior Programme Officer at The Getty Foundation. She formerly co-convened the MA in Art History and Conservation of Buddhist...
...Socially-Engaged, Participatory Art Practices’ (2016-2017), and a freelance researcher on the ‘Documentation and Conservation of Performance‘ (2016 – 2021) project with Tate’s Time-based Media Conservation team. Since being awarded her...
