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 …
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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Take an Object Exhibition
Join us for Take an Object, a new exhibition inspired by objects and artworks from the Hunterian. Featuring work developed by students from our MLitt in Technical Art History, …
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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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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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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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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