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University of Birmingham
Visual artist Emanuela Cusin (Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (UK)) and philosopher Dr Marietta Radomska (Research Fellow in Environmental Humanities, Linköping University (SE)) present their artistic and philosophical engagements with the matter(s) - and materialisation - of (bio)art and ecologies of the non/living. They do so against the backdrop of these more-than-human crisis times that are afflicted by political and pandemic violence, (counter)terrorist acts and events, and processes of mourning, trauma, and commemoration.

American Institute for Conservation: Connecting to Collections Care
If you have suspicions that arsenic may be present in your collection, this webinar will review methods for detection, personal protective equipment, and how to work with these collections safely and effectively. Examples of the types of objects that contain arsenic, either through application of residual pesticides or by manufacture, include medicinal kits, geological specimens, dyed textiles, Indigenous materials with a museum history, and natural history specimens. This webinar builds from the Connecting to Collections, 2016’s “Arsenic and Old Lace: Controlling Hazardous Collection Materials” and will include and expand pertinent information.

Harvard Art Museums
Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies and senior conservation scientist, and Angela Chang, assistant director and conservator of objects and sculpture, discuss the various issues that arise in conserving contemporary art . In particular, they focus on how Doris Salcedo, as evidenced in her works in the current special exhibition "Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning," takes a seemingly impossible idea and makes it a reality...

Harvard Art Museums
With works drawn from public and private collections in Australia and the United States, Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia explores the ways in which time is folded into Indigenous, artistic, social, historical, and philosophical life. The exhibition features many works never seen outside Australia...

The Institute of Conservation (ICON)
The Icon Heritage Science Group and the National Heritage Science Forum ran a series of four informal, virtual short seminars to showcase the research of emerging heritage science researchers and students as well as provide career insights from established specialists in this field...

How do you start investigating ancient textiles, when you are not even sure where to start? This is recording of the Art Bio Matters Member Conversations Event recorded in October 2024, with the participation of members Ilaria Serafini and Juliet Graver Istrabadi.

American Institute for Conservation
The 2022 Annual Meeting session on Leather Use in Treatment was held October 7, 2022. Panelists include Holly Herro, Kristi Wright, William Minter, and Katie Wagner. This video covers leather making and use from a craft, conservation, and curatorial perspective.

The Institute of Conservation (ICON)
This talk gives an overview and highlights of the latest developments through example ISAAC Mobile Lab activities, from participation in providing access through IPERION HS MOLAB around Europe to UK based activities, and from in situ investigation of wall painting to manuscripts...
Recorded on 23 November 2022

American Institute for Conservation: Connecting to Collections Care
The Poison Book Project investigates potentially toxic heavy metals used in 19th-century, mass-produced Euro-American bookbindings, a common object type found across small and mid-sized institutions. This webinar will share practical advice on how to identify these potentially toxic books, as well as health and safety recommendations institutions large and small can use when they have identified poison books in their collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Part of the World Science Festival held in New York City from May 28--June 1, 2008, the afternoon program explores the fascinating relationship between science and art. World-renowned scientists, including researchers from the Met and from Harvard University, a Nobel Laureate chemist, and a physicist, give talks concerning the application of scientific research on works of art. Marco Leona, David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, introduces the program.

A small clip from Laura Hendrik's ABM Seminar Series event "Compound Specific Radiocarbon (14C) Dating of Our Colorful Past: from Theory to Practice" recorded in April 2023 and widely praised by our members as "the best explanation of radiocarbon dating they have heard."

Library of Congress
Tracing the history of the daguerreotype from Paris to Philadelphia, this lecture explores the various improvements made to Daguerre's process and the ways in which it was used, examines the importance of Robert Cornelius as an American photographer, explains the history and ethics of conservation treatment and expands upon why conservation science-based research is necessary for the long-term preservation of our earliest national photographic treasures.

Japanese Art Society
This two-part series explores the nature of color in Japanese painting and prints. Renowned scientist and head of the Scientific Laboratory of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Marco Leona, shares the studies of his department and collaborations with art historians and curators...

The Institute of Conservation (ICON)
This talk looks at the sol-gel method. This is a chemical process for the synthesis of inorganic or hybrid ceramic materials. Thanks to this technology it is possible to create several oxides with different structures (nanoparticles, micro and nano-coatings, dense layers, fibres, etc). The talk is being given by Michelle Cecchin of SILTEA. They are an Italian company specialized in sol-gel materials applied to Cultural Heritage...