International symposium: Preventive conservation of paintings in heritage institutions
Date: 9th April 2024
Venue: Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Main building (Matejko sq. 13)
Participation in the symposium is free of charge. To participate in person, please register in advance at kultura.lab@ikifp.edu.pl.
The event will be broadcast online on our YouTube channel: click here to watch.
Program of the symposium:
| 9:00 | Welcome | Aleksandra Hola (Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts) |
| 9:10 | Conservation and research on paintings at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure | Sandra Rossi, Cecilia Frosinini (Opificio delle Pietre Dure) |
| 9:40 | Daylight Reduction at the Yale Center for British Art | Mark Aronson (Yale Center for British Art) |
| 10:10 | Sustainability-conscious management of art collections | Michał Łukomski (Getty Conservation Institute) |
| 10:50 | Environmental management at the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research | Lena Stoveland (Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research) |
| 11:20 | Coffee break | |
| 11:45 | What do we know about objects’ vulnerability to environmental variations? | Łukasz Bratasz (Jerzy Haber Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences) |
| 12:15 | Search for new approaches to lower the carbon footprint of exhibitions | Reyahn King (Touring Exhibitions Group), Anna Siddall (Arts Council England) |
| 12:35 | Lunch break (lunch is not provided) | |
| 14:00 | How the Rijksmuseum is saving energy by developing a more sustainable museum climate | Paul van Duin (Rijksmuseum) |
| 14:30 | A new shared museum storage facility in the Warsaw area | Paulina Florjanowicz (National Institute for Museums) |
| 14:50 | HERIe: a preventive conservation platform | Łukasz Bratasz (Jerzy Haber Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences) |
| 15:15 | Discussion panel | Chair of the panel: Jorgen Wadum (WATS – Wadum Art Technological Studies) |
| 16:00 | The end of the symposium |
