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Category: Painting

Posted on 15th September 202015th September 2020

Science on the Sofa 2020

What connects geckos and adhesives in museums? How do we test materials in paintings? Learn about these and more from Science on the Sofa, the free online event from …

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Posted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020

Journal Article on Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) for Paintings

Together with colleagues from The Courtauld Institute of Art and Yale University, Christina Young recently published “A Review of RTI and an Investigation into the Applicability of Micro-RTI as …

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Posted on 13th June 201913th June 2019

Sharing the Science of Steam, Wafers and Flaky Paint

It was great to be able to speak with visitors of all ages last Sunday at the Glasgow Science Festival. By explaining what steam, pink panther wafers and flaky …

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Posted on 26th February 20197th March 2019

Project Symposium on ‘Unwrapping an Icon’

Team members and colleagues from the project partnership on Unwrapping an Icon: Lady in a Fur Wrap and Related Spanish Portraits in the Stirling Maxwell Collection held a project …

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Posted on 12th February 201918th February 2019

Training Opportunity – Conserving Canvas Initiative

We are seeking an early to mid-career conservator with a special interest in building upon their skills in the structural conservation of canvas paintings to join the Glasgow University …

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Posted on 3rd August 20185th August 2018

Getty Foundation’s Conserving Canvas Initiative

The Getty Foundation has launched a new initiative, Conserving Canvas, with the aim of ensuring that the critical conservation skills needed to care for paintings on canvas are not …

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Posted on 17th July 201813th March 2019

Cultuurfonds Award for PhD Project

Grant awarded by the Dutch Cultuurfonds for Tess Visser to start her TAH PhD this Autumn in collaboration with The Hunterian. Tess will research the materials and techniques that …

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