Collection Insights

Location: Museum, ground floor

Who looks after the artworks in the collection? How are the different materials conserved and what are the challenges? In this guided tour, participants will learn about the background of the collection works on display with Francisca Silva e Sousa, Head of Collection Care. She will provide a deeper insight into some procedures in preventive care, the handling and transporting of artworks and address issues that defy traditional conservation standards.

This tour explores conservation from the standpoint of the curatorial thread of the exhibition: Uriel Orlow's focus is mainly on artistic explorations of 'wilful non-knowledge' (agnotology). What knowledge is permitted in the course of global power relations, what is suppressed or hidden? What knowledge is unlawfully acquired? How is knowledge lost? During the visit, we will discuss how recent theoretical developments within the conservation field mirror ideas that deeply challenge 'global North's' notions of preservation.

Francisca Silva e Sousa is a conservator specialized in modern materials and time-based media art. Her main interest lays within conservation ethics and how contemporary art challenges classical museological frameworks.

– Free of charge
– In English