Be faffing about with themes and colours on the blog than writing up faux condition reports.

Number of times a week I question my life choices, particularly choosing to do my Masters: 5

momatalks:

At the conclusion of our Contemporary Art Forum: Art at Large: Art Making in the Long View, we are sharing some reflections on Tumblr. This is the fourth and last post in the series.

In “The Hypothetical Audience,” artist Trevor Paglen and art conservator Glenn Wharton explored how the meaning of an artwork evolves over time. Wharton spoke about his work with artists to document their intentions, since effectively preserving a piece’s meaning over time might actually require actions that seem incongruous with conservation, such as altering the physical work to preserve its desired effect in a given context. Along these lines, Paglen revealed that his intention in The Last Pictures is “deeply paradoxical,” since he aims to both foster dialogue on the included images as representations of society and also reflect on the reality that images are only legible based on  context—an intention that raises questions about what components conservators should preserve.

A number of takeaways emerged, but one stood out in particular: as artists think increasingly broadly about artworks responding to their surroundings in the long term, the field of conservation is becoming more engaged in the process of treating works to avoid simply freezing them in a pristine state. 

The changing conservation paradigm, interesting!

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Jonathan Jones: Peter Doig’s prices are as abstract as his paintings. Attempts to verify this picture – and boost its value by millions – show the art market has survived the recession with ease

tiny-librarian:

A portrait of the Comtesse de Provence before and after restoration work was done on it.

Source

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thevintagethimble:

Edwardian Hairstyles
A collection of Edwardian photographs, depicting some of the hairstyles of the time, like the Low Pompadour. Hatpin Hairstyle. Side-Swirls. Flapper (The title ‘Flapper’ originally referred to teenage girls
who wore their hair in single plait which often terminated in a wide ribbon bow.) & the pompadour.

Victorian Hairstyles Here [x]

I’m gonna grow my hair and pick one of these and wear it until I’m grey and be classy forever.

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GPOY in red stage

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studentconservators-blog:

Things happening in the lab this week, featuring concentrating at the bench, toning paper and when objects students try to make starch paste.

I spy with my little eye…. my first year class!

I love this article. I love it for the possibility and I love it for David Grann. I don’t love that the subject got all law-suit-y