ICAR the Journal

18/12/2020

We are pleased to present you the 4th issue of ICAR !!!

It contains 20 papers on a variety of topics concerning care for cultural heritage: conservation-restoration practice, documentation, art history, chemistry and archaeology. We congratulate the Authors whose papers passed the selection and review process, and bid thanks for your patience and trust during these difficult times.

click and check! --> https://icarthejournal.asp.waw.pl/

We wish our Readers a good reading experience!

12/11/2019

🔥Special issue of ICAR in collaboration with ENCoRE is out and free to download!🔥
➡️ to download go to:http://www.icarthejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ICAR_ENCORE_3_2019_SPREADS.pdf

We have cooked for you a special collaboration with European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education ❗️
In the issue you will find papers from the Ulrich Schliessl PhD Colloquium in Litomysl (Czech Republic), hosted by the University of Pardubice on 23-24 March 2017. The Colloquium is an annual event organised by ENCoRE in member countries with an aim to provide an opportunity to present the variety of PhD projects topics, discuss the state of art and enable networking between researchers.
➡️ visit the fanpage of ENCoRE: https://www.facebook.com/encorenetworkforcr/

We would like to sincerely thank the ENCoRE board members and authors of the papers, who worked with us tirelessly to publish this issue!
We hope you will have a good read!
ICAR Team

08/09/2019

Can't attend? No worries, there's live streaming available!

Registration is now closed - but good news! The conference will be live-streamed (!) we will be posting all the news in the Facebook group “International Community - IIC-SECC Cologne 2019”
Don’t miss a thing! Discuss and comment LIVE on our social media channels.

Are you a larger group and would like to officially register for the Live-Streaming? Please let us know! Universities from Italy, Mexico and Colombia will be joining us this way!

03/09/2019

Using gloves to handle museum objects

Take a look at this video where Jane Henderson talk about the use of gloves when handling and conserving museum works of art.

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22/07/2019

Check out this fantastic publication from the Getty Conservation Institute. "Illustrated Glossary: Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics" http://bit.ly/16UsnTu
(Also available in French and Arabic)

"Co-published with the Institut National du Patrimoine - المعهد الوطني للتراث بتونس in the context of the MOSAIKON initiative, the objective of this glossary is to establish a common vocabulary for the documentation of construction techniques, previous interventions, mosaic condition and current interventions carried out on a mosaic. It is illustrated with photographs and drawings to make the definitions more clear."

It's !

Today we're featuring "Illustrated Glossary: Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics" http://bit.ly/16UsnTu
(Also available in French and Arabic)

Co-published with the Institut National du Patrimoine - المعهد الوطني للتراث بتونس in the context of the MOSAIKON initiative, the objective of this glossary is to establish a common vocabulary for the documentation of construction techniques, previous interventions, mosaic condition and current interventions carried out on a mosaic. It is illustrated with photographs and drawings to make the definitions more clear.

01/07/2019

International Student Conference of Conservation of Works of Art

Good news for the latecomers❗❗❗

As we need a few days to check and complete all submissions, you have 7 DAYS MORE 🙃 to apply for the conference.

Do not hesitate and visit our website where you can find the application form 👉🧾

New deadline: 0️⃣7️⃣.0️⃣7️⃣

13/06/2019

Conference Call – Wydział Koserwacji i Restauracji Dzieł Sztuki ASP

A quick reminder of this Student Conference taking place in Poland, which call for papers ends soon! More details above:

4th International Student Conference of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art
When: 6th – 8th of November 2019 (Wednesday – Friday)
Where: Cracow, Poland.
Call for papers: Application for oral presentation and posters: 30th June 2019

"The conference is dedicated to students of conservation-restoration studies and related fields such as physics, chemistry, architecture, art history etc. Participants can present their achievements (outcomes of projects or research students took part in, case studies, thesis, scientific papers) in the form of oral presentation (with a PPT presentation) or as a poster.

The official language of the Conference is English. The participation is free of charge. Presented works at the conference will be published."

https://wk.asp.krakow.pl/conference-call/…

Conference Call 4 kwietnia 2019 ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN CRACOW FACULTY OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF WORKS OF ART 4th International Student Conference of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art 6th – 8th of November 2019 Cracow, Poland INVITATION Dear Bachelor, Master and Ph.D Students! ...

22/05/2019

Conference Call – Wydział Koserwacji i Restauracji Dzieł Sztuki ASP

CONFERENCE
4th International Student Conference of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art
When: 6th – 8th of November 2019 (Wednesday – Friday)
Where: Cracow, Poland.
Call for papers: Application for oral presentation and posters: 30th June 2019

"The conference is dedicated to students of conservation-restoration studies and related fields such as physics, chemistry, architecture, art history etc. Participants can present their achievements (outcomes of projects or research students took part in, case studies, thesis, scientific papers) in the form of oral presentation (with a PPT presentation) or as a poster.

The official language of the Conference is English. The participation is free of charge. Presented works at the conference will be published."

https://wk.asp.krakow.pl/conference-call/?fbclid=IwAR0td3pIJR6Jwx9tlfo0tBfAcIJVaiVKXLkr2yv8EaAQj1Nn7l4Uw_7PGAQ

Conference Call 4 kwietnia 2019 ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN CRACOW FACULTY OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF WORKS OF ART 4th International Student Conference of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art 6th – 8th of November 2019 Cracow, Poland INVITATION Dear Bachelor, Master and Ph.D Students! ...

15/05/2019

ICAR

🔥⏰REGISTRATION ISSUE in https://submission.icarthejournal.org - EVERYONE CAN NORMALLY LOG IN + CALL FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED UNTIL 19TH OF MAY🔥⏰
Dear submitters, we've just became aware that there is a problem after registration of new authors in the system. Our admin activated every account that registered until today and was not activated by user.
This means, that you can log in normally with your personal username and login chosen during registration. If you eventually receive an activation e-mail you can ignore it - your account is activated.
Admin is monitoring the registration so that everyone's accounts will be activated, if not by you through e-mail then manually by admin within an hour.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and probably confusion. In the admin panel everything looks perfectly fine so only through messages incoming since yesterday we realised that there's an issue.
To make sure that everyone who tried to register as a new used has a chance to submit an abstract we decided it's only fair to extend the deadline - now it's 19th of May❗️⬅️
We also sent e-mails to the users that seemed to be affected by this issue.
It's not that we're not used to handling emergencies but we really do hope this won't happen again... For now - situation under control! 👮‍♀️

ICAR Journal

12/05/2019

Cupid revealed in Vermeer masterpiece

Previously unseen Cupid revealed in Vermeer masterpiece

Experts at a German art gallery say an internationally renowned painting, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window by Johannes Vermeer, was significantly altered after his death.

While restoring the masterpiece in Dresden, they uncovered a long lost Cupid which had been painted over.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-48208826/previously-unseen-cupid-revealed-in-vermeer-masterpiece

Experts uncover a painting within a painting that had been covered over after the artist's death.

27/03/2019

Art detective finds stolen Picasso after 20 years

Stolen Picasso portrait of Dora Maar found after 20 years

"A Dutchman known as the "Indiana Jones of the art world" has found a Picasso painting that was stolen 20 years ago.

Buste de Femme (Dora Maar) was first painted in 1938, and is now thought to be worth €25m (£21m; $28m).

Dora Maar was Pablo Picasso's lover and muse for seven years. The painting hung in his home until his death in 1973."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47704194?fbclid=IwAR0Z6LoTHkeI3wTvP2lGkA0CSPX_rIRFL4YEAjOhLe8ACMmgBZWzhixwjW0

The painting, Buste de Femme (Dora Maar), was stolen from a Saudi sheikh's yacht in 1999.

16/03/2019

"The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) has published more than 30 Technical Bulletins to assist heritage professionals and institutions in the care and preservation of their objects and collections. Since these Bulletins contain useful and relevant information for conservation practices, research or reference, they have decided to put them on their website for free to reach a wider audience."

Find them here! http://bit.ly/1cxvsyQ

More publications for free download!

The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) has published more than 30 Technical Bulletins to assist heritage professionals and institutions in the care and preservation of their objects and collections. Since these Bulletins contain useful and relevant information for conservation practices, research or reference, they have decided to put them on their website for free to reach a wider audience.

Find them here! http://bit.ly/1cxvsyQ

10/03/2019

AIC WIKI Main Page

A new resource not only for conservators, meet the AIC Wiki which is a compendium of knowledge of materials and techniques used by conservators to preserve and treat works of art and historic artifacts. It is sponsored by the American Institute for Conservation with content created by the various AIC Specialty Groups, Networks and Committees.

http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

The AIC Wiki is sponsored by the American Institute for Conservation with content created by the various AIC Specialty Groups, Networks and Committees. Several of the Specialty Groups had "AIC Conservation Catalogs," compendia of working knowledge on materials and techniques used to preserve and tre...

04/03/2019

Concrete and non-concrete: exploring the contemporary authenticity of historic replicas through an ethnographic study of the St John’s Cross replica, Iona

How replicas 'work'​ in heritage contexts - authenticity, cultural significance and intangible qualities all examined in the article:

'Concrete and non-concrete: exploring the contemporary authenticity of historic replicas through an ethnographic study of the St John’s Cross replica, Iona'.

You can read the full article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13527258.2019.1583272?fbclid=IwAR2fHO9q-WbOmxtlGAo2G1UOcH50ujc2SBXbNNdYy5GadpQKJ_hjagedlv4

(2019). Concrete and non-concrete: exploring the contemporary authenticity of historic replicas through an ethnographic study of the St John’s Cross replica, Iona. International Journal of Heritage Studies. Ahead of Print.

07/02/2019

www.icarthejournal.org

For sure you are aware that you can freely download issues of ICAR from our website, but do you know that in the 2nd issue there is included an article "Why was my paper rejected?" William Wei (PhD, Cultural Heritage Laboratory, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amsterdam) and Anna Kowalik (Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Editor-in-Chief of ICAR) put together an extremely handy and useful set of advice, remarks and instructions on how to write a high-quality research paper. You can download it separately from the link attached! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
http://www.icarthejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ICAR2_openAccess_SPREADS-1-12.pdf

03/02/2019

ICAR

The wait is over, results of selection of abstracts for the 3rd issue of ICAR are delivered to your mailboxes! ⏰📬 We sent you also the reviewers comments. The current status of your submission can be also checked after logging into our online system at: https://submission.icarthejournal.org/ in the 'My abstracts' menu.
Congratulations to the ones that passed this stage of publishing process 🎉🎉🎉 We sent you instructions, tips on writing articles and the deadline ;)
If you haven't passed this selection we encourage you to submit again, taking into consideration the feedback from reviewers from our Scientific Council. Next Call for Abstracts is coming very soon! ⏱

ICAR Journal

31/01/2019

The Trouble with Modern Oils: Recent CMOP progress at Tate | Tate

Read this new article about The Trouble with Modern Oils,a recent investigation made by the TATE which examines some unexpected conservation problems, they can cause being, for example, unvarnished.

Full article available here: https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/projects/cleaning-modern-oil-paints-0/trouble-modern-oils?fbclid=IwAR0jzcuUgKXFXQ1L9gnYUJ5icthSteM7S_Uqra6mgacopVratnJWO5-x4ZY

The Trouble with Modern Oils | Update on Cleaning Modern Oil Paints collaborative European research project

19/01/2019

Natural History Conservation

Call for Papers: 1st International Student Symposium on Conservation and Restoration, Istanbul University
When: 9-10 April 2019
Where: Istanbul University Congress and Culture Center

1st International Student Symposium on Conservation and Restoration is a national and international symposium in which restoration and conservation undergraduate and master students from Turkey and abroad can participate. With this symposium, restoration and conservation students will be able to share their experiences and a platform can be created to establish new collaborations in the field.
Presentations are limited to 20 minutes each.Participants should send a summary of their presentations (maximum 300 words) latest by 15 February 2019

Contact info:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Call for Papers: 1st International Student Symposium on Conservation and Restoration, Istanbul University
When: 9-10 April 2019
Where: Istanbul University Congress and Culture Center
1st International Student Symposium on Conservation and Restoration is a national and international symposium in which restoration and conservation undergraduate and master students from Turkey and abroad can participate. With this symposium, restoration and conservation students will be able to share their experiences and a platform can be created to establish new collaborations in the field.
Presentations are limited to 20 minutes each.Participants should send a summary of their presentations (maximum 300 words) latest by 15 February 2019 to [email protected] or [email protected].
Contact Info:
[email protected]
[email protected]
+90 545 690 6934
+90 537 853 1751
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Conservation and Restoration of Artworks
Student

05/01/2019

The Materials and Techniques of Drawings and Prints

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently published an project/article about the materials and techniques of drawing and printmaking, which includes some interesting aspects as what is a print and how is it made.

You can check it on their website: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/drawings-and-prints/materials-and-techniques?fbclid=IwAR0SdFpo04JeNaJ-SD9qzG_zZHAT4QXt2MCJ4tHxwmmhtXX7lJadGrblydw

Essential to understanding a work of art on paper is an appreciation of how it was made. This online feature outlines the most common techniques for making prints, and the same will be added for drawings in spring 2019.

24/12/2018

ICAR's Editorial Board wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019!

20/12/2018

Canadian Conservation Institute has prepared and published sort of preventive conservation guidelines for collections, including most important types of objects.

Check it here: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/preventive-conservation/guidelines-collections.html?fbclid=IwAR1j0zJtZMVeHtuPISbDAE-gGEa5ggkUrUJb2ZL3IgKcZcwxRXuiilnRtAQ

07/12/2018

Check out this fantastic article about the colors used in ancient egyptian art by a pallette that has been found at a tomb in Luxor.

Read more here: https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/archeologie/carnet-les-couleurs-de-la-palette-egyptienne_129978

23/11/2018

The next and fifth IIC Student & Emerging Conservator Conference will be held at the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences (CICS) from the 12th–14th of September 2019.

The conference's title is “The Conservator’s Reflection”. This title is meant to be ambiguous so we can answer some questions - How do we see each other as conservation professionals? However, also, how are we seen by others, both in institutions and by the public?

For more information please visit: https://www.th-koeln.de/hochschule/cics---2019-iic-student-and-emerging-conservator-conference_60383.php

20/11/2018

Look how the conservator Kendra Roth works behind-the-scenes on artist Louise Nevelson’s monumental “Mrs. N’s Palace” (1964-77). The work will be on view soon at The Met. met.org/2A68Cgr
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Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at conservator Kendra Roth working on artist Louise Nevelson’s monumental “Mrs. N’s Palace” (1964-77). The work will be on view in “Epic Abstraction: Po***ck to Herrera,” opening December 17 at The Met. met.org/2A68Cgr
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📷: Pari Stave, Senior Administrator in The Met’s Department of Modern and Contemporary Art

13/11/2018

Sustainability in Conservation is creating a gels cookbook, because they know that a lot of professionals find gels interesting but very hard to make. "Gels offer a green alternative to solvents, either by improving the intended effects of the treatment or by avoiding the waste of large quantities of solvent. Our cookbook will include information on making gels, tips on when to use them, and other details such as price, materials required, and difficulty of preparation."

So now they are asking professionals to collaborate! If you work with gels, please send them your recipes (or sources for recipes) and help them make gels more accessible to all professional conservators.

"The Gels Cookbook will be available soon exclusively to professional conservators on our website free of charge."

You can find more information about this and other topics here: https://www.sustainabilityinconservation.com/

02/11/2018

- WEBINAR -
Glass Combing free webinar with Dennis Brady who will show how easy it is to comb glass.

Learn how to comb or rake molten glass in a kiln to create a variety of designs including chevrons, swirls and twists. No matter the size kiln you have, big or small, it can be used for this technique.

WHEN: november 6th and 8th.
WHERE: https://www.glasspatterns.com/en/sulptural/item/3948-glass-expert-webinar-with-dennis-brady-november-6-and-8-2018.html

The webinar will cover the following:

How to prepare a mold or dam assembly in the kiln,
Different ways to arrange the glass for melting and combing,
How different tool and different combing methods produce different results,
How to best use different kinds of kilns,
The tools used to comb glass
and Safety concerns working with molten glass.

31/10/2018

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Met has constructed a new tutu for Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer".

Listen to the Met's costume conservator Glenn Peterson which discusses the history of the sculpture and the decisions made in the conservation of its tutu.

Watch the video here: https://met.org/2POiClu

Watch a video about the construction of a new tutu for The Met's cast of Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer," currently on view in Gallery 815. The Met's costume conservator Glenn Peterson discusses the history of the sculpture and the decisions made in the conservation of its tutu. https://met.org/2POiClu

27/10/2018

Take a look at this helpfull article published by the Canadian Conservation Institute. which include informations and instructions to follow when framing a painting correctly with several steps to follow and solve any problems during the process.

You can access the full article here: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/framing-painting.html

24/10/2018

Preventive Conservation Guidelines for Collections

Canadian Conservation Institute’s has launched a new Online Resource: Preventive conservation guidelines for collections.

Watch CCI recent video to find out more about this new publication series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xoa7C0JqkM

And access the resource here: https://www.canada.ca/…/prevent…/guidelines-collections.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/preventive-conservation/guidelines-collections.html

07/10/2018

We would like to announce the European Day of Conservation-Restoration as part of the Social Media Week which will take part from the 8th to 14th October with a theme treated each day.

Tomorrow, 8th of October, the theme is about educational centers. For more info check and follow the E.C.C.O. page.

https://www.facebook.com/ECCO-European-Confederation-of-Conservator-Restorers-Organisations-177205748999066/

02/10/2018

✌️1st issue of ICAR from now on is available for download! 😍 Tell your friends!
➡http://www.icarthejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ICAR1_openAccess_PAGES.pdf ⬅

01/10/2018

📣 We have great news - the 2nd issue is released and since today ICAR is officially an Open Access journal! 📣
Dear Authors, Readers and all of our Supporters,
Keeping in mind that main goals of the idea establishing a journal for young consevators-restorers are enabling spreading of knowledge, research and experiences we decided that an Open Access format is the best way to achieve them.
Now you are free to download both the 1st and the 2nd issue from our website www.icarthejournal.org. The current issue is available here: ➡http://www.icarthejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ICAR2_openAccess_PAGES.pdf ⬅
We hope that thanks to this change we will reach more people involved in protection of cultural heritage and, in result spread further articles by our young authors.
Thank you for your support and patience. We will continue our work and publish next issues as Open Access!

24/09/2018

ICAR the Journal

ICAR the Journal

Dear all,
Our second ICAR issue is almost ready and we are very excited about it!

We would like to deeply apologize for the delays that kept many of you waiting. All we can say is that we had a lot of issues caused due to statutory changes in our Country.

We also want to announce that soon we will release information about the selection of abstracts for our third ICAR issue.

Editor-in-Chief with the Editorial Board of ICAR

24/09/2018

Take a look at the process that was taken to restore and update the 80-year-old diorama at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel Univerity in Philadelphia.

Read the full article here: https://www.phillyvoice.com/academy-natural-sciences-diorama-taxidermy-rehabilitation-cleaning-museum/

22/09/2018

Dear all,
Our second ICAR issue is almost ready and we are very excited about it!

We would like to deeply apologize for the delays that kept many of you waiting. All we can say is that we had a lot of issues caused due to statutory changes in our Country.

We also want to announce that soon we will release information about the selection of abstracts for our third ICAR issue.

Editor-in-Chief with the Editorial Board of ICAR