Tag: Italy


Presentation of the CAPuS project at the conference "Street art. Writers tra diritto e mercato" in Milan, Italy

Presentation of the CAPuS project at the conference “Street art. Writers tra diritto e mercato” in Milan, Italy

Alessandra Tibiletti (Scientific Committee CESMAR7) presented CAPuS activities and researches during the round table of the one day conference “Street art. Writers tra diritto e mercato” organized by Negri-Clementi Studio Legale Associato, Fondazione Corriere della Sera and Galleria Campari  at Galleria Campari in Milan, 18th June 2019. The conference brought together different specialists, such as artists, lawyers, restorers, art conservators to study in deep the Street Art’s world by different points of view. The oral presentation exhibited the selection of artworks in Milan, their conservation and the results from the artists’ interviews....


Poster Prize Award for the University of Turin team at the Technart Conference 2019 in Bruges, Belgium

Poster Prize Award for the University of Turin team at the Technart Conference 2019 in Bruges, Belgium

The CAPuS staff of the University of Turin presented  the poster  “CAPuS project and the European challenge to conserve Street Art: characterization of painting materials and degradation of the pictorial layer” (M. Bertasa ,C. Ricci, T. Poli, M. Gulmini , P. Croveri , A. Scarcella, D. Scalarone) at Technart Conference 2019, The European conference on the use of analytical methods for Characterisation of Works of Art, held in Bruges, Belgium, from 7 to 10 May 2019. The research  was focused on the results of an analytical campaign on painting materials from contemporary......


Poster presentation at the National Conference of the Italian Association of Archaeometry

Poster presentation at the National Conference of the Italian Association of Archaeometry

Results from the CAPuS project are being presented by University of Turin and Conservation and Restoration Centre “La Venaria Reale”  through a poster presentation at the National Conference of the Italian Association of Archaeometry. The Congress, held in Reggio Calabria from 27 to 29 March 2019, was focused on the role of Archaeometry in Museums and Exhibitions. The poster “Painting materials and decay phenomena in urban art: the case of the Urban Art Museum in Turin” exhibited the results of artists’ interviews and preliminary diagnostic campaign on three artworks in the city of......


CAPuS project presented at the 6th International Art and Restoration Fair in Florence, Italy

CAPuS project presented at the 6th International Art and Restoration Fair in Florence, Italy

Ilaria Saccani (CESMAR7, Italy) and Michela Berzoli (AN.T.A. RES, Italy) presented the Conservation of Art in Public Spaces (CAPuS) project at the 6th International Art and Restoration Fair in Florence (Salone Arte e Restauro di Firenze). The Fair was held over a full week (14-19 May, 2018). A number of events and initiatives took place throughout the city, but the heart of the event was at Villa Vittoria – Congress Palace. The presentation of the CAPuS project took place on May 18 at the Kermes Talking Corner. The presentation highlighted the contribution......