In this one we talk to Professor Aviva Burnstock about what paintings can be and we chat with Polly Saltmarsh about communicating conservation and the joys of sticky toffee pudding sauce. Also tune in for a review of ‘On Canvas: Preserving the Structure of Paintings’ by Stephen Hackney from Kloe.

03:48 When is a painting a painting?10:05 On the nature of painted surfaces13:13 How students might approach a painting 16:20 A chat about varnish 27:39 The joy of microscopy28:39 Gut feelings and forgeries34:06 Interview with Polly Saltmarsh48:03 Review: On Canvas52:28 Patreon appeal

Show Notes:- The Courtauld Institute of Art: https://courtauld.ac.uk/ - Art and Artifice fakes exhibition: https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/art-and-artifice-fakes-from-the-collection/ - Fake or Fortune: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mxxz6 - Polly’s website: https://www.paintingsconservation.co.uk/- Reopening the National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/blog/road-to-reopening - On Canvas: https://shop.getty.edu/products/on-canvas-preserving-the-structure-of-paintings-978-1606066263?variant=29175364157517

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Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Aviva Burnstock.

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A Wooden Dice production, 2023.