FACING THE CHALLENGES OF PANEL PAINTINGS CONSERVATION: TRENDS, TREATMENTS AND TRAINING

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1 FACING THE CHALLENGES OF PANEL PAINTINGS CONSERVATION: TRENDS, TREATMENTS AND TRAINING A collaboration of the Getty Conservation Institute, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Foundation May 17 and 18, 2009 Harold Williams Auditorium The Getty Center, Los Angeles Sunday, May 17 8:30 Registration 9:00 9:10 Welcome Tim Whalen, Director, The Getty Conservation Institute Session 1 RECENT WORK IN THE STRUCTURAL CONSERVATION OF PANEL PAINTINGS Session moderator: Ian McClure, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT 9:10 9:15 Introduction to the session 9:15 9:45 George Bisacca, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 9:45 10:15 Britta New, National Gallery, London (speaker) Simon Bobak and Ray Marchant, Ebury Street Studios, London 10:15 10:45 Break

2 10:45 11:15 Marco Ciatti (speaker) and Ciro Castelli, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence 11:15 12:00 Panel discussion / question-answer period with Session 1 12:00-1:30 pm Lunch / Poster session Session 2 RECENT WORK IN THE STRUCTURAL CONSERVATION OF PANEL PAINTINGS, cont d. Session moderator: Jørgen Wadum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1:30 Introduction to session 1:35 The Development of Flexible Auxiliary Support Systems for Panel Paintings and the Monitoring of Movement by Strain Gauges Ingrid Hopfner, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2:00 Experimental Evaluation of Adhesive/Filler Combinations for Joining Panel Paintings Christina Young (Courtauld), Britta New (National Gallery, London) and Ray Marchant (Ebury Street Studios, London) 2:25 Gap-Filling and Flexible Adhesives for Wood Conservation Donald Williams, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute 2:50 3:20 Break 3:20 The Development of a Spring Mechanism for use in Conjunction with Auxiliary Supports for Previously Thinned Panels George Bisacca, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 3:45 A Hybrid Approach to the Structural Treatment of Panel Paintings: Two Case Studies from American Collections Monica Greisbach, Private practice, New York 4:10 Panels in Furniture: Observations and Conservation Issues Paul van Duin, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

3 4:35 Restoration: A Sound Practice Jonathan Woolston, Jonathan Woolston Violins, Cambridge and London 5:00 Panel discussion / question-answer period with Session 2 5:30 Session ends Monday, May 18 Session 3 EXHIBITION ISSUES FOR PANEL PAINTINGS Session moderator: Mark Leonard, J. Paul Getty Museum 9:00 Introduction to session 9:05 Special Exhibitions and Panel Paintings: A Curatorial Perspective Maryan Ainsworth, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 9:30 Allowable Microclimatic Variations for Painted Wood: Direct Tracing of Damage Development Roman Kozłowski, Łukasz Bratasz and Michal Lukomski, Polish Academy of Sciences 9:55 Structural and Climate Control Systems for Thinned Panel Paintings PierPaolo Monfardini, Private practice, Bologna 10:20 10:50 Break 10:50 Update on Microclimate Vitrines Laurent Sozzani, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 11:15 Further Studies on the Benefits and Disadvantages of Adding Silica Gel to Microclimate Packages for Panel Paintings Mervin Richard, National Gallery, Washington

4 11:40 The PROPAINT Project: Preliminary Results from Studying Gaseous Pollutants within Microclimate Frames Morten Ryhl-Svendsen (presenter), Terje Grøntoft, Elin Dahlin, Susana Lopez-Aparicio, Marianne Odlyha, Slawomir Jakiela, Peter Mottner, Mikkel Scharff, Guillermo Andrade, Michal Obarzanowski, Stephen Hackney, David Thickett, Jørgen Wadum, Maria Perla Colombini, Ilaria Bonaducci 12:05 Panel discussion / question-answer period with Session 3 12:30-2:00 Lunch / Poster session Session 4 THE PANEL PAINTINGS INITIATIVE Session moderator: David Bomford, J. Paul Getty Museum 2:00 An Overview of the Panel Paintings Initiative Antoine Wilmering, Getty Foundation, David Bomford, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Kathleen Dardes, Getty Conservation Institute 2:20 The Results of a Needs Assessment Study for the Field of Panel Paintings Conservation Anne Haack Christensen, Statens Museum for Kunst: Literature survey Mikkel Scharff, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation: Needs Assessment - Training institutes Jørgen Wadum, Statens Museum for Kunst: Needs Assessment - Museums and conclusion 2:45 Future needs for the field of panel paintings conservation A moderated discussion with the Panel Paintings Initiative Advisory Group. David Bomford, J. Paul Getty Museum and Advisory Committee (each panel member speaks for 2 minutes): George Bisacca (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Simon Bobak (Ebury Street Studios, London) Marco Ciatti (Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence) Ian McClure (Yale University Art Gallery) Paul van Duin (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) Jørgen Wadum (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen) Alan Phenix (Getty Conservation Institute)

5 Panel discussion will cover: - The key areas of research - Training issues - Needs for new materials, treatment techniques, or equipment - Other related disciplines (i.e., musical instrument repair, for example) that should participate and could potentially benefit. Note: A break will occur at a time to be determined by the moderator. 5:00 Session ends