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The Art of Restoration

Second day of the Medici Symposium on the occasion of the Metropolitan Museum exhibition: “The Medici Portraits and Politics -1512-1570”

 

  • Wednesday, October 13  -10:30AM / Noon

The Art of Restoration

 

Moderator: Carlo Falciani Academy of Fine Art Firenze

 

Greeting and Introduction: Andrea Bayer, Deputy Director for Collections and Administration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Speakers:

Ludovica Nicolai – Restorer of Cellini bust at the Museo del Bargello (MET Exhibition “The Medici Portraits and Politics -1512-1570”)

Lucia Dori -Restorer of Bronzino‘s Laura Battiferri’s portrait. MET Exhibition: “The Medici Portraits and Politics -1512-1570”)

Marco Grassi – Painting Conservator at Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, and in Rome, Zurich and New York.

Topics: in addition to a history of art, is there also a history of restoration? What are the risks and dilemmas of restoration? What are the relationships between art and science with respect to restoration, and what possibilities bring the new technologies?

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  • Organized by: IIC-NY