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As artists have increasingly utilised modern materials and techniques, it has presented the conservator with a host of new and complex problems that need to be addressed. As such, this is a subject of great interest to conservators, many of whom had expressed an interest in an event that could supplement their existing knowledge in this field. In response to this, the Institute of Conservation's Paintings Group decided that this would be an appropriate theme for a conference that could provide a platform for contributors to disseminate their research on a number of topics relating to the conservation of contemporary art works. In addition, a call was put out for contributors who might be developing new and innovative techniques and materials to address conservation problems, or who might be utilising well-known materials that are already in the conservator's toolkit in a new capacity. The papers in this volume were presented at the Paintings Group's conference Modern Conservation: What's New? held at The Wallace Collection in London in October 2014. It covered a variety of topics including: consolidants and flake laying; the possible use of sports injury tape as a temporary means of support during structural conservation treatments; rigid inserts to stretchers to reduce vibrations; auxiliary supports for modern paintings; the problem of softening and weeping paints in modern works of art and methods of treatment; wet surface cleaning treatments for contemporary paintings; and ethical considerations when dealing with conceptual artists' wishes.

This collection of papers from the ICON Paintings Group Conference: 'Modern Conservation: What's new?' (2014) discusses various aspects of modern conservation including: the deterioration and conservation of contemporary works of art and problems posed by it; appraisal of new conservation materials and their properties; new and innovative techniques that are being developed and used to address conservation problems; or new and novel ways of using traditional or well-known materials already in the conservator's tool kit. Authors consider recent developments in wet cleaning systems for unvarnished modern and contemporary painted surfaces; the treating of and removal of liquefying paint; an evaluation of adhesives, consolidants and retouching media for the conservation and treatment of paintings on transparent plastic supports; and a review of rigid stretcher insert systems, their materials and applications. Papers include a number of case studies, exploring modern conservation materials and complex ethical issues. Contents: In search of a solution for softening and weeping paints in contemporary paintings by Tal R and Frank van Hemert - Ida Bronken Kinesio tape: conservation science meets sports medicine - Anna Krez Lascaux Acrylic Dispersion 498HV and Medium for Consolidation 4176 used as Consolidants in Two Very Different Practical Case Studies - Jim Dimond Laropal A81 as an alternative to MS2A and other resins: a practical discussion - Sophie Reddington A summary of recent developments in wet surface cleaning systems: unvarnished modern and contemporary painted surfaces - Bronwyn Ormsby Using a categorisation framework to simplify a complex approach to the conservation of modern art - Taeeun Kim Vibration Management for Canvas Paintings: A Review of Rigid Stretcher Insert Systems, their Materials and Applications - Laura Hinde Cleaning Off Liquefying Paint - Line Blomsterberg Andersen Consultancy, Assistance and Participation: Ethical Consequences of Conservation and Artistic Team Transgressions - Miroslaw Wachiwiak Conservation Issues Related to the use of Auxiliary Supports in Treatment of Modern Paintings of Untypical Technical Structure on the Example of Works from the Series Hors Cadre by Aleksander Kobzdej - Slawomir Kaminski