The C Word (M4A Feed)
The C Word (M4A Feed)
The C Word
S13E08: Paintings Conservation
54 minutes Posted Jun 28, 2023 at 11:04 pm.
When is a painting a painting?
On the nature of painted surfaces
How students might approach a painting
A chat about varnish
The joy of microscopy
Gut feelings and forgeries
Interview with Polly Saltmarsh
Review: On Canvas
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In this one we talk to Professor Aviva Burnstock about what paintings can be and we chat with Polly Saltmarsh about communicating conservation and the joys of sticky toffee pudding sauce. Also tune in for a review of ‘On Canvas: Preserving the Structure of Paintings’ by Stephen Hackney from Kloe.
Show Notes:
– The Courtauld Institute of Art: https://courtauld.ac.uk/
– Art and Artifice fakes exhibition: https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/art-and-artifice-fakes-from-the-collection/
– Fake or Fortune: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mxxz6
– Polly’s website: https://www.paintingsconservation.co.uk/
– Reopening the National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/blog/road-to-reopening
– On Canvas: https://shop.getty.edu/products/on-canvas-preserving-the-structure-of-paintings-978-1606066263?variant=29175364157517
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Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Aviva Burnstock.
Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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A Wooden Dice production, 2023.