WATER BASED ADHESIVES IN STRUCTURAL PAINTING CONSERVATION – International conference (October 17-20, 2022)
17 October 2022 - 20 October 2022
2pm - 6pm
As part of the project Water-based adhesives in canvas paintings structural conservation, financed and coordinated by the Getty Foundation through the Conserving Canvas initiative, the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica carried out the structural restoration of the monumental canvases in the Throne Room of Palazzo Barberini in collaboration with CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali.
At the conclusion of the project, experts from all over the world discussed the problems and open questions of this crucial junction in the restoration of paintings at the online international conference WATER BASED ADHESIVES IN STRUCTURAL PAINTING CONSERVATION (October 17-20, 2022), curated by Chiara Merucci and Matteo Rossi Doria.
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Water based adhesives in structural painting conservation – international conference (October 17-20, 2022)
Welcome
FLAMINIA GENNARI SANTORI
Director of Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica
TON WILMERING
Coordinator of Getty Foundation Conserving Canvas Project
Chiara Merucci
CHIARA MERUCCI
Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome – Project Coordinator
“The Roman glue paste lining system. The reasons for a project between reconstruction of tradition, innovation and conservation management”
Matteo Rossi Doria
MATTEO ROSSI DORIA
CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali, Rome – Project Coordinator
“Re-evaluation of traditional lining techniques: the case of the “Roman Method””
Cristiana Sburlino, Francesca Bartolomeoli
CRISTIANA SBURLINO, FRANCESCA BARTOLOMEOLI
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice
“History, observations, concerns on traditional linings in the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice”
Simon Bobak
SIMON BOBAK
Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge
“Perspectives on historic English paste linings and their development”
Ana Calvo
ANA CALVO
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
“The learning of structural treatments in painting on canvas in the Iberian Peninsula”
Alice Tognoni, Giulia Mercuri
ALICE TOGNONI, GIULIA MERCURI
CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali, Rome
“The structural conservation project of the Throne Room’s paintings”
Eugenie Knight
Interview with EUGENIE KNIGHT
Alessandro Cosma
ALESSANDRO COSMA
Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome
“Diplomacy, art and religion between Rome and England. Fortunes and misfortunes of the paintings in the Throne Room of Palazzo Barberini”
Matthieu Gilles
MATTHIEU GILLES
Centre de la Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France, Paris
“A short story of traditional relining in France, from the 18th century to the 20th”
Rocio Bruquetas, Sofia Almagro
ROCIO BRUQUETAS
Museo de América, Madrid
SOFIA ALMAGRO
“Lining with glue paste in Spain: some experiences”
Lorenzo Conti
LORENZO CONTI
Florence
“A “Cold Lining” approach in traditional Florentine methodologies”
Camilla Roversi Monaco
CAMILLA ROVERSI MONACO
Accademia di Belle Arti – Partner Laboratorio degli Angeli, Bologna
“Structural intervention on large-format paper artworks: the practice of lining through history and currently used methods”
Hannah Flock
HANNAH FLOCK
Institute of Conservation Sciences (CICS) – Technische Hochschule (TH) Köln, Germany
“Single Thread Bonding: Focus on Adhesive Evaluation”
Laura Fuster Lopez
LAURA FUSTER LOPEZ
Department of Conservation, Universidad Politècnica de Valencia (UPV)
“Issues governing the mechanical and biological performance of glue paste linings: an insight into glues and flours”
Kate Seymour
Interview with KATE SEYMOUR –
SRAL Maastricht (NL)
Fabio Favati
FABIO FAVATI
Università degli Studi di Verona
“The use of flours: the “hows” and the “whys””
Silvia Panzavolta
SILVIA PANZAVOLTA
Università di Bologna
“Gelatin: a surprising material. Past, present and future applications”
Stefan Michalski
STEFAN MICHALSKI
Canadian Conservation Institute
“Water based adhesives in painting conservation: mechanical benefits, mechanical risks, and the mitigation of those risks”
Matthew Cushman, Andrea Del Bianco
MATTHEW CUSHMAN
Delaware University
ANDREA DEL BIANCO
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna – Partner Laboratorio degli Angeli
“The effectiveness and accessibility of hydro-gels as versatile tools available to the conservator”
Mikkel Sharff
MIKKEL SHARFF
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. School of Conservation (KADK)
Cecil Krarup Andersen
CECIL KRARUP ANDERSEN
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. School of Conservation (KADK)
Marion Mecklenburg
MARION MECKLENBURG
Smithsonian Institute Washington
Round Table
MIKKEL SHARFF
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. School of Conservation (KADK)
CECIL KRARUP ANDERSEN
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. School of Conservation (KADK)
MARION MECKLENBURG
Smithsonian Institute Washington
STEFAN MICHALSKI
Canadian Conservation Institute
MATTEO ROSSI DORIA
CBC Conservazione Beni Culturali, Project Coordinator