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Non profit organization promoting the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to protect and preserve historic and artistic works throughout the world for more than fifty years.

There are just 5 days left to apply or nominate others for IIC's 2026 Keck Award.Communicating to the public everything ...
15/06/2026

There are just 5 days left to apply or nominate others for IIC's 2026 Keck Award.

Communicating to the public everything that is involved in the art and science of conservation has always been a skill in itself. We believe that promoting public understanding, storytelling, and appreciation of conservation are becoming increasingly important ways to recognise, inspire, and contextualise the work of our profession. Projects that reach diverse and underrepresented audiences and regions are particularly welcomed, as well as initiatives that increase social impact and inspire creative engagement.

The award is a certificate of recognition and a prize of £2500, which will be presented online at the next biennial IIC Ghent Congress 2026 on 8-11 September 2026.

For more information, please visit: https://buff.ly/zbxThhz

“Just south of Dublin is Dun Laoghaire (that’s pronounced “Dunn LEER-y”, for those unfamiliar), an affluent and well-kep...
11/06/2026

“Just south of Dublin is Dun Laoghaire (that’s pronounced “Dunn LEER-y”, for those unfamiliar), an affluent and well-kept harbour town surrounding a standard-issue shopping centre. However, those who venture around the back of the shopping centre (behind the Starbucks) will find the most unique and beautiful hidden gem of a site I’ve encountered in Ireland: the painted Oratory of the Sacred Heart.”

Read the full article in the June-July 2026 “News in Conservation” Issue 114, p. 12-18 here: https://buff.ly/SxlH4fX

Image credit: Wall painting and stained glass window inside the Oratory of the Sacred Heart. Image by Gretchen Allen

Meet our Fellowship Spotlight for June: Ian MacLeodIan Donald MacLeod has a PhD in electrochemistry. He did a post-doc a...
11/06/2026

Meet our Fellowship Spotlight for June: Ian MacLeod

Ian Donald MacLeod has a PhD in electrochemistry. He did a post-doc at the University of Glasgow and then another at the infant Murdoch University in Perth.

Learn more about Ian MacLeod here: https://buff.ly/KRymm8H

Today, we are sharing a preview from research that will be presented at IIC's 2026 Congress in Ghent on September 8-11. ...
09/06/2026

Today, we are sharing a preview from research that will be presented at IIC's 2026 Congress in Ghent on September 8-11.

Barbara Borghese, one of the authors of 'Preserving Intention: A Conservation Framework for The Blue Skies Project,' shares this quote:

"Our project demonstrated that preserving contemporary art increasingly involves preserving behaviours, transformations, and conceptual relationships, not only material stability. As conservators, our role increasingly involves negotiating between institutional responsibility, material change, technological obsolescence, and conceptual continuity."

Barbara Borghese is the Lead Conservator (Paper, Photographs & Books) at the V&A and a Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC). She has developed expertise in the heritage sector by working for over 25 years in major public and non-profit institutions, covering various roles in collection care. From 2010 to 2018, she served as Editor of News in Conservation and has remained an advocate for increasing and democratising access to the sector through various international initiatives
and engagement work.

Interested in this research? This is just one of many papers that will be presented at our 2026 Congress in Ghent. For more information or to register, visit: https://buff.ly/4xx8HhC

This article is part of the IIC Ghent Congress Proceedings featuring articles being presented at the 2026 IIC Congress i...
09/06/2026

This article is part of the IIC Ghent Congress Proceedings featuring articles being presented at the 2026 IIC Congress in Ghent, September 8-11. To learn more or to register to attend, please visit: https://buff.ly/kNlxIjl

Read the full article for “In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive”: Obsolescence as Ensemble in Jenny Holzer’s Survival: UNEX Sign here: https://buff.ly/U5fEp11

This article is only available for IIC Members. Membership includes full access to all Studies in Conservation articles. For information on becoming a member or to renew your membership, visit https://buff.ly/d04i0mj

The June-July 2026 issue of News in Conservation is here. You can access and view it from the IIC homepage here: https:/...
08/06/2026

The June-July 2026 issue of News in Conservation is here.

You can access and view it from the IIC homepage here: https://buff.ly/PNTsEic

There are 2 weeks left to apply to become a Digital Engagement Volunteer at the 2026 IIC Congress in Ghent.We will be ho...
08/06/2026

There are 2 weeks left to apply to become a Digital Engagement Volunteer at the 2026 IIC Congress in Ghent.

We will be hosting a hybrid in-person/online IIC Congress this September, and as with past congresses, we will need extra hands to support our digital and in-person engagement activities and session moderating.

We have a limited number of places available for those wishing to contribute some volunteer hours during the Congress this year, and preference will be given to those attending in person.

See the following link for more details: https://buff.ly/DdQlnCy

Application Deadline: 22 June 2026

If you have any questions, please contact DEV Coordinator, Sharra Grow: [email protected]

Image: Aerial view of a man typing on a retro typewriter. By Rawpixel Ltd. licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The IIC Book Club invites you to join our exploration of ‘Climate Action in the Art World: Towards a Greener Future’ by ...
05/06/2026

The IIC Book Club invites you to join our exploration of ‘Climate Action in the Art World: Towards a Greener Future’ by Annabel Keenan. Starting in early June, you will get a welcome email before we officially begin reading the text on 6th July.

You can register for the IIC Book Club 2026 via https://buff.ly/73i55Xk

Let's introduce you to our guest presenter:

Gwendoline Fife received her chemistry degree from York University and completed her postgraduate training in easel painting conservation at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Following a Mellon Fellowship at the Walters Museum in Baltimore, she has worked as a paintings conservator and researcher for over 25 years in various museums and institutions in the USA, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Regularly publishing her research, she has been providing international lectures and workshops on sustainable solvent approaches in conservation practice since 2009. She is currently working as a researcher for the Rijksmuseum on GOGREEN (Horizon Europe) and is also the Director of Sustainability in Conservation’s Greener Solvent Project.

Image credit: Gwendoline Fife

There are just 2 weeks left to apply or nominate others for IIC's 2026 Keck Award.Communicating to the public everything...
05/06/2026

There are just 2 weeks left to apply or nominate others for IIC's 2026 Keck Award.

Communicating to the public everything that is involved in the art and science of conservation has always been a skill in itself. We believe that promoting public understanding, storytelling, and appreciation of conservation are becoming increasingly important ways to recognise, inspire, and contextualise the work of our profession. Projects that reach diverse and underrepresented audiences and regions are particularly welcomed, as well as initiatives that increase social impact and inspire creative engagement.

The award is a certificate of recognition and a prize of £2500, which will be presented online at the next biennial IIC Ghent Congress 2026 on 8-11 September 2026.

For more information, please visit: https://buff.ly/5sFEbEV

This article is part of the IIC Ghent Congress Proceedings featuring articles being presented at the 2026 IIC Congress i...
04/06/2026

This article is part of the IIC Ghent Congress Proceedings featuring articles being presented at the 2026 IIC Congress in Ghent, September 8-11. To learn more or to register to attend, please visit: https://buff.ly/ZXA3Cpr

Read the full article for ClimaSpec: Reimagining Climate Control Guidance at CCI from the Users’ Perspective here: https://buff.ly/1vXlEFv

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