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Presentation of the CAPuS project at the 14th Night of Museums in Croatia

Presentation of the CAPuS project at the 14th Night of Museums in Croatia

IT expert Toni Tabak, university teacher and researcher Sagita Mirjam Sunara, and conservation-restoration student Jelena HudinÄŤec (University of Split) presented the CAPuS project at the 14th Night of Museums in Sisak. The Night of Museums (Croatian: Noć muzeja) is an annual event held across Croatia, usually on the last Friday in January, in which entry to museums and cultural institutions is free. This year’s event focused on innovations and the digital future. Sisak Municipal Museum prepared a rich and varied program for the 2019 edition of the Night of Museums. It included......


International Congress 'Colore e Conservazione 2018 - Support (the) Image'

International Congress ‘Colore e Conservazione 2018 – Support (the) Image’

During the International Congress COLORE E CONSERVAZIONE 2018 – SUPPORT (the) IMAGE organized by CESMAR7, which took place at Campus CĂ  Foscari in Venice (Italy) from 23 to 24 November 2018, Ilaria Saccani (CESMAR7) and Dominique Scalarone (UNITO) presented a paper related to the CAPuS project, “Considerations on street art supports through the artists’ voice” (authors: D. Scalarone, M. Bertasa, P. Croveri, M. Cardinali, S. Stoisa, I. Saccani, G. Cavanna, R. Bestetti, D. Riggiardi, A. Tibiletti). The research was focused on the analysis of supports and their preparation, whether the artist is......


Poster presentation at the international symposium Acting in Contemporary Art Conservation in Amersfoort and Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Poster presentation at the international symposium Acting in Contemporary Art Conservation in Amersfoort and Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sagita Mirjam Sunara (University of Split) presented a poster at the international symposium Acting in Contemporary Art Conservation, which was held in Amersfoort and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 15th and 16th November 2018.  Organized by the Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (SBMK), the two-day symposium included 20 oral presentations and 21 poster presentations. More than a hundred proposals from all over the world were received! Sunara’s poster “Of Art and Men: The Conservator as Story Collector” focuses on the interviews she is conducting as a part of the research......


Poster presentation at the International Institute for Conservation (IIC) Congress in Turin, Italy

Poster presentation at the International Institute for Conservation (IIC) Congress in Turin, Italy

Sagita Mirjam Sunara (University of Split) presented a poster at the 27th Biennial Congress of the International Institute for Conservation, which was held in Turin, Italy, from 10th to 14th September 2018. The Congress brought together heritage professionals from over 50 countries to discuss and explore the topic of preventive conservation. Sunara presented the poster “Preventive Conservation in an Outdoor Sculpture Collection”, which she produced in collaboration with Neven Peko (Sisak Municipal Museum) and Ivana Miletić ÄŚakširan (Monuments Care Office in Sisak, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia). The CAPuS......


CAPuS Facebook page launched

CAPuS Facebook page launched

With the aim of enhancing our social media presence, we have launched a Facebook page. If you want to keep up to date with our news, events, and more, join our Facebook community. If any of your Facebook friends are interested in conservation of public art, make sure to invite them to like our Page!...


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......


CAPuS project presented at the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies in Split, Croatia

CAPuS project presented at the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies in Split, Croatia

The Conservation of Art in Public Spaces (CAPuS) project was briefly presented at the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies, which took place in Split, Croatia, from April 26 to April 28, 2018. The conference, organized by the Conservation-Restoration Department of the Arts Academy in Split, brought together around 100 participants from five countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland, and Serbia. The presentation was delivered by Sagita Mirjam Sunara (University of Split, Croatia), leader of the Croatian research team. Three Croatian institutions are participating in the CAPuS project: the University of Split,......