In May 2015, paintings conservator Vanessa Kowalski and a small group of masters students from the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (CCMC), set out to conduct in-situ conservation work on two important acrylic on plywood panel paintings. The works, by Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (1938-2001) and Charlie Wartuma (Tarawa) Tjungurrayi (1921-1999), are held in the remote
ACT National Gallery of Australia LOANS & EXHIBITIONS As usual, the NGA’s conservation team has been working on a wide variety of new and changing exhibitions. Just a few weeks ago, all conservation sections were involved in a significant change-over in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) galleries. This refresh saw the installation of
The AICCM has many members outside the shores of Australia. The editors have undertaken to reach out to these members to find out a bit more about their work, their challenges and their needs. We have initially looked to our near neighbours to the north as we feel members may not know much about what
A significant QUT and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) collaboration to research the technical art history and conservation treatment of William Robinson’s paintings was begun in November 2014 with the two year appointment of paintings conservator, Sophie Theobald Clark to the project. William Robinson (b 1936) is a highly respected
In January 1972, 126 sheets of foreign collected plant specimens from the Araliaceae family (largely from the genus Schefflera) was sent on loan from the National Herbarium of Victoria in Melbourne, to Dr. David Frodin, Keeper of the Herbarium, University of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. In mid-1978, the loaned Araliaceae material was seriously
