Registration is now open for the seminar ’Permanence in Contemporary Art – Checking Reality’

A seminar to be held in Copenhagen the 3rd and 4th of November 2008, organised by the Conservation and Curatorial Departments at Statens Museum for Kunst in collaboration with The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark and supported by the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art - INCCA

The seminar will address various critical issues surrounding the preservation and exhibition of contemporary artworks, and will encourage interdisciplinary exchange between museum professionals including conservators, art historians, artists and others. The aim is to contribute to the growing international professionalism and awareness associated with the preservation, installation, documentation and exhibition of contemporary artworks as well as to provide a forum for discussing crucial questions regarding authenticity, permanence/impermanence, artistic intent, reproducibility, and longevity of artworks.

Registration for the seminar is now open at www.smk.dk/seminar