The wattles have started flowering around Melbourne, marking the start of ‘yellow season’ and reminding us that spring is not far away now. This will hopefully bring some relief from the winter progression of colds, flu and COVID-19; I hope you have all been keeping safe and well. In May we announced our AICCM Anniversary […]
Catherine Collyer, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art The Art with a Plug (AWAP) webinar series is billed as a ‘workshop for art conservators encountering work that runs on electricity’. The third in an ongoing series run by New York University (NYU) since 2019, this online edition involved a brief introduction to the […]
What an adventure! In mid-May I packed my bag with great excitement, and with a skip in my step headed to Los Angeles on a blissfully unremarkable Qantas flight. Once there I went straight to Pasadena and visited the Huntington Library, Museum of Art, and Botanic Gardens, the Norton Simon Museum, and the USC Pacific […]
The Emerging Conservators Special Interest Group has been rolling along nicely. We had a great response to the Mentorship Program this year, with 83 applicants overall (both mentors and mentees). We made a few changes this round based on feedback from previous participants—the main addition being an option for more casual chat-based match-ups, as well […]
In the past, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has undertaken small-scale low-oxygen pest treatments utilising Ageless® (Mitsubishi Gas Chemicals) oxygen absorbers and using the Ageless® ‘eye’ to indicate when the required low level of oxygen was reached (the indicator turns pink when the oxygen levels are at 0.1% or less). However, when a pest […]
The AICCM is pleased to announce that applications for the ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarships are now open. The award is made possible by the support of ADFAS for conservation in Australia through the Patricia Robertson Fund (PRF). In 2022, ADFAS is offering two scholarships: 2022 ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarship $2000 2022 ADFAS Armidale Mid-Career Scholarship $2000 These […]
The Big Picture workshop focused on the unique challenges in the presentation, display, and collection care of large contemporary photographs. Over four days in June, 18 participants from a variety of public institutions and private practice, mostly US-based, gathered to discuss issues related to the preservation and conservation of large-scale works. To my surprise and […]