Podcasts
Podcasts
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Modern paint podcast (External link)How are modern paints different to traditional ones? Tate conservators and conservation scientists lead you on a tour around the paint surfaces of 10 key works currently on display at Tate Modern. The types of paints used, the ways in which they were applied, the surfaces and effects that were created and some of the changes that have occurred with time will all be discussed. MP3 files can be downloaded to your player for listening as you walk through the galleries on Level 3, or you may choose (…)
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MuseumPods (External link)
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Object in Transition: a Cross-disciplinary conference on the preservation and study of modern and contemporary art (External link)Since the middle of the twentieth century, artists have increasingly turned to a variety of new materials and techniques for art making. Many of these materials and techniques have produced objects that alter rapidly in appearance and require some level of intervention to enable their continued display. These works pose strong challenges to the fields of conservation and art history. There is often no codified method for conserving such works; further, the insistent but uneven rate of deteriorat(…)