Join a one-day live symposium at the National Portrait Gallery, organised by The Burlington Magazine in partnership with London Art Week.
- Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
- Explore the full programme and get your tickets below
- Tickets: £20.00 + booking fee; Concessions (students): £15.00 + booking fee
THE ART OF CONSERVATION:
PRESERVATION, RESTORATION & FRAMING
TUESDAY 5 DECEMBER 2023
10.30 - 17.00 GMT
10.30 - 11.15 GMT
10:30 - 11.00: Registration
11:00-11.15: Welcome & Introduction by Ed Purvis, Head of Collections Services, National Portrait Gallery
11.15 - 12.30 GMT
HOW STUDY INFORMS PAINTING CONSERVATION PRACTICE
The speakers will be considering how the technical study of paintings informs conservation treatment. They will discuss various methods of analysis and their application to paintings from different time periods, and what the future holds in this area.
Speakers:
Aviva Burnstock, Head of the Department of Art Conservation & Technology, Courtauld Institute
Simon Gillespie, Commercial Conservator
Alexandra Gent, Conservator Paintings (Collections, Special Projects and Exhibitions), National Portrait Gallery
Anna Cooper, Paintings Conservator, Tate
Moderator:
Larry Keith, Head of Conservation and Keeper, The National Gallery
12.30 - 14.00 GMT
Lunch Break
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14.00 - 15.15 GMT
BENEATH THE SURFACE: UNTOLD STORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF CONSERVATION
The panellists will be sharing compelling stories from the history of conservation, including important contributions from women. Each panellist will be presenting their own article from The Burlington's new book 'The Art of Conservation' co-published with Paul Holberton, and a joint discussion will follow.
The book will be available for sale during the symposium.
Speakers:
Susanna Avery-Quash, Senior Research Curator, The National Gallery
Zahira Véliz Bomford, independent art historian and conservator
Jo Kirby Atkinson, former Scientist at the National Gallery and independent scholar
Moderator:
Emanuela Tarizzo, art historian and Vice-Chair of London Art Week
15.15 - 15.30 GMT
Break
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15.30 - 16.45 GMT
REFRAMING THE IMAGE: HISTORIC PICTURE FRAMES & THEIR CHANGING FASHIONS
Twenty-seven years after the UK's first exhibition devoted to picture frames was held at the National Portrait Gallery, Lynn Roberts and Paul Mitchell - authors of Frameworks, Form, Function & Ornament and A History of European Picture Frames - are joined by the National Gallery's head of framing and by the National Portrait Gallery's frame conservation manager for a critical look at the ways in which the fashions for frames have changed wildly over the course of the past half-millennium.
Speakers:
Paul Mitchell, Paul Mitchell Ltd - Antique and handmade replica frames
Lynn Roberts, art historian, editor and lead author of The Frame Blog
Peter Schade, Head of Framing, The National Gallery
Moderator:
Matthew Reeves, Director, Sam Fogg
16.45 - 17.00 GMT
Conclusions by:
Michael Hall, The Burlington Magazine
Location
For any questions on the programme or the tickets please contact: mail@londonartweek.co.uk.
Infra-red photograph of detail of Arnolfini's hand from Portrait of
Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his wife, by Jan van
Eyck. 1434. Oil on panel, 82.2 by 60 cm. (©
National Gallery, London) showing change of
position of the hand between drawing and
painting, the painted hand only partly
obscuring the drawing as it is thinly painted.