Modern Oils Research Consortium

Modern Oils Research Consortium launched

    <URL:http://www.tate.org.uk/about/projects/modern-oils-research-consortium>

Tate, Courtauld Institute of Art, Cultural Heritage Agency of the
Netherlands, Getty Conservation Institute and Hamilton Kerr
Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding to highlight
their commitment to work collaboratively to address the challenges
associated with the conservation of 20th and 21st Century oil
paintings and painted surfaces.

This consortium will work together to increase our knowledge and
understanding of the chemical and physical properties of Modern Oil
Paints and their behaviour over time, the development of treatments,
research relating to the use of these materials by artists and also
the production and take up of modern oil paints in the twentieth and
twenty first centuries.

The members of the consortium will meet regularly to exchange
information on current research and will also seek opportunities to
develop scholarly research, create opportunities for the exchange of
staff and the sharing of equipment.  They will also look for ways of
communicating new developments via conferences, symposia and
publications.

"Many people see oil paint as a well understood and stable artistic
medium, but recent experience has shown us that these materials
behave very differently and unpredictably depending on changing
formulations and histories.  I am delighted to see these
institutions coming together to address these challenges
collaboratively" Jay Krueger, Senior Conservator of Modern Paintings
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Contact: morc<-at->tate<.>org<.>uk

Pip Laurenson
Head of Collection Care Research
Tate
London SW1P 4RG
+44 207 887 8776
+44 7966062962


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