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If you’re going to make a replica, it’s very helpful to have exact measurements.

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 19 days ago
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If real thieves followed this advice, there would be less conservation work to do when stolen paintings are recovered

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 09-01-2019
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The preservation of outdoor sculpture involves lawn mowing as well as surface cleaning

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 08-05-2019
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We’ve come a long way in safe behavior

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 08-04-2019
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Whether conservation work receives government funding is seldom based on a straightforward consideration of need

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 07-19-2019
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In a decade or so we’ll find out whether the novel motivated anyone to go into the field of conservation

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 06-18-2019
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AIC Meeting Opening Session presentation: "The Academy as Community: Leveraging Common Treatment to Expand Understanding and Audience"

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 05-21-2019
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There’s a lot of interesting material for the conservator and for anyone interested in blue colorants

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 05-13-2019
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In the meantime, a cache of bulbs has been located in Slovenia

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 05-03-2019
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Just imagine what that sum of money could have done if it had been donated for risk management and preventive conservation programs

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 04-17-2019
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The Sistine Chapel is high maintenance

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 04-08-2019
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It’s good to see art conservation appear in a work of fiction that is not a mystery or espionage novel

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 03-25-2019
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Here is evidence that working in conservation is good preparation for a job outside of conservation

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 03-25-2019
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Sometimes it is light that is needed to restore the appearance of a work of art

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 03-04-2019
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If it takes intimations of deception and breach of confidence to entice people to read the article, so be it

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 03-04-2019
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Dr. Robin Clark (1935-2018), pioneer of the use of Raman spectroscopy in the study of works of art

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 01-30-2019
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Is that conservator destroying a potential source of historical evidence

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 01-18-2019
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Not only must the storage facility itself meet standards, but the neighboring facilities need to be clear of potential threats

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 01-07-2019
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In their day, they offered  a proto-virtual reality art viewing experience

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 01-02-2019
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It is refreshing to read about a conservator who deals with the day to day challenges of work and family

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 11-18-2018
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