The Getty Foundation awarded Icon(Institute of Conservation, UK) a grant to provide participants from countries with emerging economies an opportunity to attend a professional development programme in London and Icon’s 2019 Triennial Conference that took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The joys of working closely with the art of great masters, often with the ageing-withering material remains the high point for any conservator as each artwork tends to reveal a different story of its own. As much as we enjoy working on these artworks, it is also important to be aware of the ever-changing priorities in the field with clearly shifting focus from treatment based conservation to preventive conservation.
For the Indian Art Fair that takes place annually, in 2017, one of country’s leading art galleries, the Delhi Art Gallery decided to install Laxma Goud’s rendition of a ceremonial gateway. This mammoth work titled ‘Torana’, weighed over 2000 kg and was composed of 20 individual pieces in ceramic clay depicting men, women, sun, moon and elements of everyday life.
