Symposium on conservation of modern art

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Modern Art, Who Cares?
An international symposium on the conservation of modern art
Royal Tropical Institute (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen),
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8-10 september 1997
Foundation for the Conservation of Modern Art
Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage
Language: English

The conservation of contemporary art poses new and often complicated
problems for museums. Twentieth-century artists use a wide variety
of materials, giving them a totally individual artistic meaning.
Modern art differs from traditional art in that the significance of
the materials and methods used is no longer clear-cut. This has
far-reaching consequences for the conservation and restoration of
contemporary art collections.

In order to permit a wide-ranging approach to these problems, 20
museum and research institutions in the Netherlands decided to pool
their resources in the Foundation for the Conservation of Modern
Art. Set up in 1995, the Foundation has since then carried out the
Project Conservation of Modern Art, an investigation of ten museum
objects representing complex conservation problems. The results
obtained from this project form the basis for the symposium, the aim
of which is to promote international co-operation in the
conservation of modern art.

The programme of Modern art who cares? will cover not only the
technical problems arising from the ageing of modern materials but
also the consequent aesthetic, ethical and art historical dilemmas.
In view of its interdisciplinary approach, the symposium is of
interest not only to conservators and curators but also to
conservation scientists, art historians, exhibition makers, gallery
owners, artists, registrars and students.

The three-day programme consists of:

    Lectures: The lectures will be concerned with theoretical
    subjects and case studies. See the lecture programme.

    Round-table discussion: A curator and a conservator will discuss
    with a number of artists the question of co-operation in the
    conservation of modern art. The audience will have an
    opportunity to put questions to the speakers.

    Directors forum: Congress participants will form the audience at
    a discussion between directors of museums of modern art. The
    directors will exchange views on the conservation of modern art
    collections and the relation between purchasing policy and the
    conservation of collections. Attendance is limited to 350
    persons; participants should indicate on the registration form
    whether they wish to attend.

    Exhibition: The ten pilot objects investigated in the Project
    Conservation of Modern Art will be on display in Museum Boijmans
    van Beuningen in Rotterdam. A visit to the exhibition will form
    part of the introduction on the first days of the symposium.

    Seminar programme: Each seminar will consist of an introduction
    by one or more, experts. Seventeen different seminars will take
    place concurrently, each with its own chairman. The conclusions
    resulting from the seminars will be presented at the symposium
    on the following day. A maximum of twenty persons may attend any
    one seminar; each participant may attend one seminar only.
    Preference should be indicated on the registration form. See the
    seminar programme.

    General discussion: All subjects raised during the symposium
    will be reviewed in a final session with full audience
    participation. The conclusions from the seminars will be
    presented prior to the discussion.

    Publication: A symposium report will be published in the spring
    of 1998 and sent to all participants.

Application by means of the registration form. The closing date for
registration is 15 June 1997. Places are limited to 450;
registration for the symposium and the Individual programme items
will be on a first come first served basis, in order of receipt of
applications and payment Payment is considered as final
registration.

Fees: Standard DFL 495,
      Students DFL 295,

The fee includes: participation in all parts of the programme, a
copy of the final publication, lunch, coffee and tea for three days,
transport to and from the exhibition and reception in Museum
Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam.

It does not include the cost of DFL 60,- for the buffet to be held
on 9 September in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Separate payment
is required for the buffet

Payment: To be made by credit card (Visa / Mastercard) Eurocheque or
bank transfer
Bank: ABN AMRO 49.02.15.890
To:   CL / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage,
      Gabriel Metsustraat 8
      1071 EA   Amsterdam
      the Netherlands

referring to MODERN ART, WHO CARES? and name of participant For
participants from outside The Netherlands the preferred method of
payment is by credit card. A receipt will be sent to you after
payment has been received.

Subscription forms will be sent on request

    Foundation for the Conservation of Modern Art / Netherlands
        Institute for Cultural Heritage, Dionne Sille,
    Gabriel Metsustraat 8
    1071 EA Amsterdam
    +31 20 673 51 62
    fax: +31 20 670 08 20
    modart<-a t->xs4all< . >nl

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