Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
Events of the year 2010
IRPA/KIK participates in CHARISMA (Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures), an ambitious research infrastructure project funded by the European Commission. May 28 2010 - Study day on stone heritage IRPA/KIK is hosting a study day on repair mortar and artificial stone for the restoration of monuments. All communications will be in Dutch.
IRPA/KIK participates in CHARISMA
May 8-October 3 - Exhibition of tapestries
IRPA/KIK has completed the conservation treatment of eight tapestries from the collection of the Museu de Lleida (Spain). After nearly ten years of painstaking work, these sixteenth-century Brussels masterpieces are ready to leave their city of origin again. From May 8 until October 3 2010 they will be shown in the exhibition Els tapissos de la Seu Vella in Lleida cathedral.
April 25 2010 - Open Day at IRPA/KIK
On the occasion of the ‘Erfgoeddag' (cultural heritage day) 2010 ‘Fake?', the Davidsfonds and the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage are hosting a unique event on the theme of counterfeit art.
March 2010 - The restoration of a Manet
Edouard Manet's painting Chez le père Lathuille from 1879 recently underwent conservation-restoration treatment at IRPA/KIK.
March 2010 - Publication of Bulletin IRPA/KIK 32
IRPA/KIK is pleased to announce the publication of issue 32 of its Bulletin. The broad range of articles are a selection of studies and restoration treatments carried out by the Institute between 2006 and 2008, as well as articles on art history and restoration. It is available at the Institute or can be ordered. Price: 45 euros. See table of contents
March 26 2010 - Waterwerende behandelingen
IRPA/KIK and the Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI) are organising a study day on water repellent treatments for monuments. Our survey of the evolution of hydrophobe agents and their long-term properties, resulting from a decennia-long cooperation between both institutes, assumes an objective approach towards this controversial subject. The invitation of speakers from both the public and the commercial sector as well as from the academic world, should serve the goal of stimulating a constructive dialogue between the different actors.
February 10-12 2010 - Tree rings, art and archaeology: inscriptions opened
The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (IRPA/KIK), with the collaboration of the Université de Liège, the Vrije Universtiteit Brussel, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Association du Patrimoine Artistique, organises a conference concerning the contribution of dendrochronology to human sciences. It will take place in Brussels on February 10-12 2010.