Conservation

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Flowers with peacock feathers

Careful conservation treatment has restored the rich, sumptuous colour of Margaret Coen’s gorgeous still-life painting, which now has a new frame befitting the style of this Sydney Modern artist.

Conservation Collection Painting 20th-century galleries

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Advice from the Palace Museum

Experts from the 'Relics Hospital' at Beijing's Palace Museum share their knowledge.

Conservation Support and benefaction

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The ending or endlessness of artworks

If an artwork is missing pieces or it no longer functions as originally intended, would it still be the artwork?

Conservation Collection Time-based art Together in Art

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A world of ideas in miniature

The maquettes of pioneering sculptor Margel Hinder offer a glimpse into a curious world of sculptural ideas.

Conservation Artists Exhibitions Collection Sculpture Support and benefaction Margel Hinder

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A monumental mounting task

Follow the journey as we realise artist Danie Mellor’s drawing installation.

Conservation Exhibitions Drawing Real Worlds

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Anna is a palindrome

Anna is a word that reads the same backwards and forwards, and the name of a painting that Michael Johnson considers a visual palindrome.

Conservation Painting Support and benefaction 20th-century galleries

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The five senses

An important old master has had extensive conservation treatment on the painting and its magnificent frame.

Conservation Painting