17 – 18 may, Los Angeles, USA: Symposium on panel painting at Getty Center
This symposium, a collaboration of the Getty Conservation Institute, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Foundation, will highlight recent developments in panel paintings research and conservation strategies, ranging from specific treatment projects to related exhibition issues. The symposium will include discussion of education and training needs. Symposium speakers and contributors have been invited from around the world and include specialists in the structural treatment of panel paintings, as well as curators, scientists and conservation specialists in related fields. The contributions to this symposium will be published as online proceedings. The symposium is part of a broader multi-year Panel Paintings Initiative recently launched by the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation and the J. Paul Getty Museum to address the need for training conservators in the structural conservation of panel paintings and to advance best treatment practices in collections around the world. Guided by an international advisory group, the Initiative will include an assessment of training needs and opportunities, a Web-based resource for sharing teaching and reference materials, as well as the development of training opportunities for conservators dealing with the structural stabilization of panel paintings. The Initiative builds on a previous symposium on this topic organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute in 1995.
Site: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/education/panelpaintings/panel_paintings_symposium.pdf