Welcome to the International Conservation and Science Conference 2024 webpage
The Role of Diagnostics in Art and Heritage Conservation:
Focusing on SEM Analysis
The National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK) – Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest is celebrating the benefits and many advantages of diagnostics in art conservation with a two-day conference on 3–4 October 2024.The event’s primary goal is to emphasise the importance of diagnostics in the conservation field through sharing the input, competencies, and experiences of the invited speakers and representatives.
IConS 2024 aims to bring together researchers and conservators to exchange and share their experiences and research results. It also provides a platform for interaction among specialists, allowing them to present their insights on recent innovations, practical challenges, and solutions related to heritage and art conservation.
If you would like to attend the conference in person, please buy your online ticket here.
The associate partner of IConS 2024 is ZEISS.
Round Table Discussion: Copyrights and Related Rights in Diagnostic Research
REGISTRATION
VENUE: National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK), Building C
H-1135 Budapest, Vágány utca 4.
8.00 a.m. – REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
10.00 a.m. – OPENING SPEECH
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
Béla Kónya, Director of National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK) – Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (HU)
ART DIAGNOSTICS: NAVIGATING THROUGH TIME – PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
DATE: Thursday, 3 October 2024
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
10.30 a.m. Martina Grießer, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Studying the Materials and Technology of the Imperial Crown in Vienna: Insights into a Still Ongoing Interdisciplinary, Multi-Analytical Research Project
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10.55 a.m. Nouchka De Keyser, Rijksmuseum
Discovery of pararealgar and semi-amorphous pararealgar in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch: analytical study and historical contextualization
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11.20 a.m. László Aradi, National Institute of Archaeology, Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre
Expanding SEM analyses with spectroscopic methods: study of painted surfaces in the Archaeometry Laboratory of the National Institute of Archaeology (Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre)
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11.45 a.m. – Q&A Session
moderator: Raquel Sáez
12.10 p.m. – LUNCH
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
LIMITLESS ANSWERS WITH MICROSCOPY: FROM MILLIMETRE TO MICROMETRE SCALES
DATE: Thursday, 3 October 2024
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
1.00 p.m. Ali Bagheri Behboud, Eindhoven University of Technology
Investigating Micro-Mechanical Behavior of Oil Paints: An Experimental Micromechanics Approach
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1.25 p.m. Tímea Varga és Zoltán May, National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK), Budapest
Violet Pigments on Artefacts from the Collection
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1.50 p.m. Máté Karlik, National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK), Budapest
Exploring the Differences: Varieties of Zinc White
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2.15 p.m. – Q&A Session
moderator: Katalin Kopecskó
2.35 p.m. – COFFEE BREAK
EMPOWERED BY SPECTROSCOPY IN ART DIAGNOSTIC SCIENCE
DATE: Thursday, 3 October 2024
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
2.55 p.m. Theodore Ganetsos, Non-destructive Techniques Laboratory University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Applications of Advanced Non – Destructive Techniques in Art and Archaeology
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3.20 p.m. Francesca Gherardi, Historic England, UK
A Multianalytical Approach to Study Degradation and Alteration Compounds in Archaeological Artefacts and Wall Paintings: Case-Studies and Challenges
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3.45 p.m. Éva Galambos, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary; National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK), Budapest
Hidden Information in the Ground Layers of Paintings Recovered by Optical and Electron Microscopy: Analysis of the Famous Eccentric Hungarian Painter Csontváry’s Masterpieces
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4.10 p.m. – Q&A Session
moderator: Silvie Švarcová
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, 3 October 3 2024 at 4.30 p.m.
VENUE: OMRRK, Building A
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6.00 p.m. – ICE BREAK PARTY + POSTER SECTION
REGISTRATION
VENUE: Building C, National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK)
H-1135 Budapest, Vágány utca 4.
8.30 a.m. – MORNING COFFEE
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
AI IN STAGE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
DATE: Thursday, 4 October 2024
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
10:00 a.m. Júlia Katona, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Utopia or everyday routine. The Possibilities of 3D Technology in the Restoration Process of the Esterházy Treasury
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10:25 a.m. Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás, University College London (UCL)
Beyond Matter. Within Space: Past Exhibitions as Digital Experiences
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10:50 a.m. Hegedűs István. Digital Content Development Department of the Hungarian National Archives
Artificial intelligence and mass processing of archival documents
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11:15 a.m. Q&A Session
moderator: Victor Gonzalez
12.00 p.m. – LUNCH
Innovative Approaches Art Conservation and Diagnostics
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES IN SUSTAINABLE ART CONSERVATION AND DIAGNOSTICS
DATE: Thursday, 4 October 2024
VENUE: Building C, OMRRK
1:00 p.m. Raquel Sáez, Museum Conservation and Storage Centre/ Art Consultant for Preventive Conservation, Founder of ARThink
Beyond The Frame – Innovative approaches on the conservation and sustainable diagnosis of art.
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1:25 p.m. Silvie Švarcová, Academic Materials Research Laboratory of Painted Artworks (ALMA)
Microstructure of degradation products in painted artworks: from salt corrosion to saponification
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1:50 p.m. Victor Gonzalez, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris (CNRS)
Deciphering the synthesis, use and alteration of historical pigments at the multi-scale
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2:15 Q&A Session
moderator: Theodore Ghanetsos
2:45 Coffee break
3:10 Round Table Discussion: Copyrights and Related Rights in Diagnostic Research
moderator: Flóra Anna Gubicz
Flóra Anna Gubicz, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME)
János Marosi, Legal Department of the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
Péter Lábody, Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
GUIDED EXHIBITION TOUR IN ENGLISH
Kingdom of Gods and Demons. Mesopotamia 1000-500 bce
DATE: Friday, 4 October 2024 at 4.00 p.m.
VENUE: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
H-1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 41.
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National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK), Budapest
Venue address: H-1135, Budapest, Vágány utca 4.
Contact: icons@mfab.hu
The National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK) stores almost 350,000 works of art on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Ethnography, to a high professional and technical standard. The building complex presents a long-term solution to decades of cataloguing and warehousing difficulties that troubled the national public collection. The Hungarian development is comparable to London’s British Museum and the specialist institutions of the Parisian Musée du Louvre currently under construction, in terms of its equipment, storage capacity and specialist capabilities alike.
The complex is located close to Városliget (City Park) and was built as part of the Liget Budapest Project. The world-class art warehouses, conservation studios, diagnostic labs and art halls spread across 37,000 square metres, housed in four subterranean and three above-ground buildings. The building complex is surrounded by a 13,000 m2 park accessible to the public during opening hours.
