Tate AXA Modern Paints Project

Tate AXA Art Modern Paints Project (TAAMPP)

Pioneering three-year project into acrylic-based paints: Findings
announcement

Tate and AXA Art Insurance Ltd invite you to a press breakfast at
Tate Britain on Friday 30 October 2009 to reveal the findings of a
pioneering three-year project into acrylic-based paints.  Morning
coffee will be served at 10am in the Rex Whistler restaurant, where
you will be welcomed by Nigel Llewellyn, Head of Research at Tate
and Dr Ulrich Guntram, Global CEO of AXA Art Insurance.

You will then be invited to the Conservation Science Studio, Tate
Britain, at 10.45am where Dr Bronwyn Ormsby, Senior Conservation
Scientist at Tate, and Patricia Smithen, Head of Painting
Conservation will provide an overview of the project in front of
five Tate works which have been specially conserved as part of the
project.

If you would like to attend, or would like to request an interview,
please reply to Ruth Findlay in Tate Press Office on
ruth.findlay<-at->tate<.>org<.>uk or call +44 20-7887-4941.

Ruth Findlay Senior Press Officer
Corporate Communications Tate
Tate Britain Millbank
London SW1P 4RG


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