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Simple, effective transport boxes for paintings
Wouldn’t we all love to have access to expertly crafted, custom-made museum transport crates when shipping works of art? Unfortunately, the realities of collecting art in Southeast Asia make this...
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Stretcher or strainer?
The auxiliary support of a canvas painting is usually a wooden frame onto which the canvas is stretched. This holds the canvas under tension, thus reducing movement of the fabric and allowing the...
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The Conservation of Material Culture in Tropical Climates
Silpakorn University recently hosted the 3rd APTCCARN (Asia Pacific Twentieth Century Conservation Art Research Network) Meeting in Nakhon Pathom at the end of April 2012. The conference covered a...
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Tạ Tỵ’s Cubist masterpiece completed
About a year ago, I reported on the cleaning of a cubist masterpiece by Tạ Tỵ. The painting The Guitar was covered in a large amount of overpaint, which took a long time to remove. It was only after...
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Asian Lacquer Symposium
Buffalo State College recently hosted the Asian Lacquer Symposium, a week-long gathering of a wide range of experts on Asian lacquer. From May 20-24, we met to listen to and discuss work being...
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Rosário Marcelino, Asiarta intern (internship funded by Fundação Oriente, Portugal): The decision to apply for an internship with Asiarta Foundation was made after attending a conference in Portugal,...
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ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference
Held in Melbourne, Australia, this year’s ICOM-CC Triennial Conference will be taking place from Monday 15 September to Friday 19 September. The conference programme is now available on the website....
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INCCA Asia Pacific
With support from INCCA, the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art, a regional Asia Pacific group has recently been established. The opening reception of INCCA Asia Pacific...
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Launch of INCCA – Asia Pacific
On 14th September 2014, the new regional group International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art – Asia Pacific (INCCA-AP) was launched in Melbourne. Karen te Brake-Baldock, INCCA...
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