In May 2025 our Director Carolina Izzo will again be teaching short art conservation courses at the Institute for Art and Restoration - Palazzo Spinelli in Florence.

With the largest number of masterpieces and conservators of artistic heritage in the world, Florence offers the best opportunities to acquire and perfect the skills and knowledge for the protection of cultural heritage. For 35 years, the Institute for Art and Restoration - Palazzo Spinelli  has opened its laboratories in July, August and September to students from all over the world who are interested in joining practical courses run by the same teachers as the three-year academic courses. And now, they are offering short introductory courses throughout the year.

Carolina will be teaching courses including:

Introduction to Painting Conservation

The preliminary course is an introduction to the final phase of the conservation & restoration of paintings, the retouching of paint losses. The theoretical and practical workshop is intended for non-professionals in the sector and nor is it to be considered as complete training for future professional art conservators. Please find more information here

Relining Techniques on Paintings

The course is addressed to conservators who are interested in working in a practical hands on way to understand how the relining has been used over the centuries and is still in use. Many paintings belonging to museum’s collections are made on Florentine paste re-lining. The course will focus on this methodology and application of new linen canvas to painting. The theoretical and practical workshop is intended for professionals in the sector only. Please find more information here