Seminar on frames

"Picture Frames: Early and Modern"
International Academic Projects
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square
London
Friday 1 July 2011
8:30 am

Cost: UKP125.00/$175.00 USD
Venues: Morning -- National Gallery
        Afternoon -- Tate Britain

For bookings or for further information, contact James Black on +44
207 380 0800 or email info<-a t->academicprojects< . >co< . >uk

This one day seminar offered by International Academic Projects, is
based on lectures and on-site gallery discussions at the National
Gallery and Tate Britain in London.  It examines the changing roles
and history of picture frames from the earliest times up to today,
giving an overview of the influences of the fashions of collectors
and curators at any particular time.  Particular attention is given
to the importance of the frame to the picture and how modern
curators and conservators approach the display and conservation of
picture frames.  This comprehensive day starts at the National
Gallery with gallery and studio discussions, followed by an
afternoon at Tate Britain with further gallery and framing studio
visits and discussions.

Bookings are taken by International Academic Projects
<URL:http://www.academicprojects.co.uk>

Programme

Morning

    8:30            Meet at National Gallery,Trafalgar Square, London

    8:40-10-30      Chronological tour of historical frames in the
                    galleries, following the principal styles of
                    European picture frames from the 15th to the
                    19th centuries.
                    Peter Schade, Head of Framing, National Gallery

    10-30-11.00     Discussion

    11-00-11.45     Tour of the Frames Store and Workshop
                    Isabella Kocum, Frames Conservator, National
                    Gallery)

    11-45-12.30     Talk: "Reframing practices at the National
                    Gallery in the nineteenth and twentieth
                    centuries"
                    Louisa Davey, Frames Conservator, National
                    Gallery

Afternoon

    14.25           Meet at Tate Britain

    14.30           "Research for establishing a management plan for
                    the framing of the Turner Bequest"
                    Ivan Houghton, Frames Conservation Researcher,
                    Tate

    15.00           "International approaches to Modernist framings
                    with particular regard to Kasimir Malevich"
                    Alastair Johnson, Frames Conservator, Tate

    15.30           Questions

    16.00           "Creating replica frames at Tate"
                    Adrian Moore, Frames Conservation Technician,
                    Tate

                    Tour of the workshop

    16.45           "Changes to appearance, function and context;
                    and how we understand, manage and communicate
                    the assistance that frames give to paintings"
                    Gerry Alabone, Head of Frames Conservation,
                    Tate

                    Tour of the galleries

Claire Daly ACR
Conservator (Decorative Surfaces)
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
UK


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