Museo Picasso Málaga presents "The Future of our Collections" international seminar

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• The Future of our Collections is an international gathering in which we will be analysing the conservation of tangible cultural heritage, over one intense day in which expert guest speakers will include #arturocoloradocastellary, professor and teacher at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Helen Frowe, director of the Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm University, Stockholm, and lawyer #martasuarezmansilla, who specialises in art law.
• The seminar is free to attend either online or in person and will be held on 16^th December. Registration is now open at the Museo Picasso Málaga ticket office and website.

If there is anything that universally affects tangible cultural heritage – architecture, archaeology, painting and sculpture, of any period – it is the many risks to which it is exposed. In the 22 years of this century so far, we have seen historic flooding in cities such as Paris and Venice that has caused damage in several museums: earthquakes that have demolished castles, such as that of Lorca, and in extremis contingency plans to evacuate Ukrainian museums' most important collections during the Russian invasion. Meanwhile, antiques trafficking has increased following the repeated looting of archaeological sites in Iraq, and there have been problems with museum air conditioning systems due to more frequent heatwaves, as in Florence in 2017.
 
The Future of our Collections seminar employs a multi-disciplinary approach with which experts will analyse the issues and problems in the field of conservation. They will look back to the past with paradigmatic case studies, and towards the future, with the application of new technologies and commitment to tackling climate change.
 
The seminar is free to attend online or in person and will take place on 16^th December in the MPM Auditorium. Registration for both formats is now open at the Museo Picasso Málaga ticket office and website.

PROGRAMME
10:30am Welcome
José Lebrero Stals. Artistic director, Museo Picasso Málaga

SESSION 1. HERITAGE AT RISK
11:00am Looking at the Past to Think about the Present (evacuation of the Prado 86 years ago)
Arturo Colorado Castellary. Professor Emeritus, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

11:40am Conserving the Heritage in the Twenty-first Century. Actions to Deal with Climate Change
Javier Rivera Blanco. Professor of Theory and History of Architecture and Restoration, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

12:00pm Heritage Protection and Ethics in War
Helen Frowe. Director, Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm University

12:20pm Break

12:30pm Case studies:
-When Picasso Stole the Mona Lisa: a Belgian Art Thief, Two Red Herrings, and the "Affaire des Statuettes"
Noah Charney. Professor of Art History, University of Ljubljana and Founder, Association for Research into Crimes against Art

-Interventions in Extreme Situations: what Happened in Lorca and what Could Happen Again
Mª del Carmen Martínez Ríos. Architect. Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural. Consejería de Presidencia, Turismo, Cultura y Deportes. Región de Murcia

-Red List of Ukrainian Heritage
Anastasiia Cherednychenko. Vice-chair, ICOM Ukraine

13:00pm Debate

SESSION 2. CONSERVATION POLICIES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
17:00pm Protecting a Private Collection: a Public Responsibility?
Marta Suárez-Mansilla. Lawyer specialized in art law, Artworld Law

17:20pm Technological Study of 3 Picasso Sculptures on Loan to the Picasso Malaga Museum. Contribution of Research and Cross-examination of the Collections
Clara Stagni. Cobalt Conservation, Bruxelles

17:40pm Digital 3D Technology Applied to Conserving the Cultural Heritage
Carlos Bayod Lucini. Project director, Fundación Factum, Madrid

18:00pm Case studies:
-Creating a Replica and Conserving the Original: the Cave of Altamira
Pilar Fatás Monforte. Director, Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira

-The Restoration of the Giraldillo (1999-2005)
Román Fernández-Baca Casares. Former director, Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico; former general director of fine arts, Ministerio de Cultura and alcaide, Real Alcázar de Sevilla

-Dissemination of the Picasso Blue Project. Invisible Heritage and Digital Humanities
Reyes Jiménez-Garnica. Head of preventive conservation and restoration, Museu Picasso de Barcelona.

18:30pm Break

18:40pm Debate