Forum for Art Handling 2020 will be held online 2-3 November in collaboration with the Gothenburg Art Museum and the Röhsska Museum. This year’s theme is logistics and mobility. Art and objects are moved in connection with loans and exhibitions. Many museums are in the process of relocating their museum storages. The daily work on collections and public art also involves movement. What does all this mean for the objects and how does it affect the art handlers? How do different parties collaborate on the mobility of art and cultural heritage? If you work with installation, packing, moving and handling of art and objects, this is the forum for you! The talks will be held in Swedish. Location: Online in Zoom. Time: November 2-3, 2020 Program and registration : https://www.raa.se/evenemang-och-upplevelser/vara-andra-seminarier-och-konferenser/branschforum-for-konsthantering/forum-for-art-handling-2020/

Hi. I'm a ceramics and glass conservator and am looking for a material that I can use as a dowel for the arm of this broken chandelier and wondered if anyone from the mount makers forum had any clever ideas. I have specialist resins that I can use to bond the sections but wanted something that would act as an internal support to give additional strength. The arm is hollow and has a cavity that it approximately 4mm wide. I'm considering using a carbon fibre rod but ideally I would like something that I can shape to follow the curve of the arm which would give a more aesthetic finish. The material would have to be inert, not corrode and would not be too expensive - am I asking too much! Thanks p.s I heard about your forum via a talk that Phil Jell from the British Museum gave to ICON.

I'm working on a new project and the designer drawings are specifying a desiccant paper in between paper object and the backing board?! Has anyone worked with desiccant paper? I found a product called Drikette but I'm not sure about it's archival quality. Any thoughts on why they are asking to put desiccant paper between the object and back surface? Answers greatly appreciated!