The Courtauld Institute of Art is delighted to be hosting the 42nd annual Gerry Hedley Symposium.
This annual day-long event is held in memory of Gerry Hedley, a pioneer in art conservation and an inspiration to generations of students. The symposium is an opportunity for final-year students and interns to share their research with peers, professionals, and the wider field of art conservation.
Students from conservation programmes at the Hamilton Kerr Institute (University of Cambridge), Northumbria University, and The Courtauld will present original research on a range of topics including scientific investigations, conservation ethics and international differences in training, as well as technical examinations of world-class artworks from the Renaissance to the 19th century.
The Gerry Hedley Annual Symposium is organised annually in partnership with The Courtauld, the Hamilton Kerr Institute, and Northumbria University. This year it is organised by the Department of Conservation and the Research Forum at The Courtauld, and generously supported by Tru Vue.
Introduction and Address by Professor Aviva Burnstock
Talia Ratnavale ‘A Practical Evaluation of ‘Pigment
Pickup’ and Dirt Removal During the Surface Cleaning of
A Range of Acrylic Paint Films with a Variety of
Free-Liquids’
Rebekka Katajisto ‘The Annunciation by Hendrick
van Balen: Technical Study and Treatment of a 17th-
century Painting on Stone’
Louisa Stark ‘An Exploration of the Role of the
Easel Painting Conservator in Relation to Picture Frame
Conservation Today’
Megan Buchanan-Smith ‘A Mysterious Coachman:
A Comparative Analysis of the Materials and Techniques
Used in a Set of Eighteenth-Century Servant Portraits at
Erddig’
Q&A
María José Navas Espinal ‘Pigments - Binders -
Alligatoring! The Study of Ageing Factors (light, moisture,
heat) on Binding Materials using Madder & Alizarin
Crimson Lake Forming ‘Bitumen Craquelure’ in Oil
Painting’
Catherine Dussault ‘David Morier: a Survey of the
Materials and Techniques of a Series of British Military
Portraits of Regimental Costume, Conducted From a
Review of Modern Conservation Documentation’
Elisabeth Subal ‘Evaluating Four Selected Micro-
Imaging Techniques for the Examination of Paint
Surfaces: a Comparative Study’
Jay Evans-Wheeler ‘Is the duty of care a duty to
care?’
Alexandra Earl ‘A Technical Investigation into the
Materials and Methods of Evelyn De Morgan’
Briege Thomas ‘The Tacit Nature of Inpainting:
Comparing Portable Spectrophotometry and Colorimetry
with Human Colour Perception’
Cecilia Wareborn ‘The Portrayal of Patronage in
Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Technical Study of Two
Landscapes Attributed to William Bell’
Q&A
Sophia Boosalis ‘Evaluating the Effects of Alkaline
Reagents for Varnish Removal: Case Study’
Leina Taylor ‘The Preservation of Advanced Manual
Skills in British and Japanese Conservation Training
Programmes and Practices’
Grace An ‘Adorations: A Technical Examination of
Jacopo del Sellaio’s Virgin Adoring the Child and its
Reconstructions’
Q&A
Final Address
9 июн 2024
