Friday, November 8, 2024

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Ana Caldeira and Isabel Vicente, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal Two Collections Registrars Experiences How different collections from the same institution deal with today's sustainability challenges. Will the challenge be the same for a contemporary art museum as for an ancient art museum? The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, based in Portugal (1957), with delegations in Paris and London, includes Museum, a Modern Art Centre, an Orchestra and Choir, an Art Library, and a Scientific Research Institute. The Foundation promotes the development of individuals and organizations, through art, science, education, and charity, for a more equitable and sustainable society. Collection Registrar in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum: managing movements and loans of 6000 objects collected in life by Mr. Calouste Gulbenkian, covering 5000 years of history and being one of the most important private collections of international art, ranging from Ancient Egypt to the beginning of the 20th century. Collection Registrar in CAM-Gulbenkian Modern Art Centre: managing movements and loans of more than 11000 works of art acquired by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since 1958. Often described as the most important collection of Portuguese modern art from the 20th century, it includes one of the most significant collections of post-World War II British art held outside the UK. How two different collections from the same institution deal with today's sustainability challenges? Will the challenge be the same for a contemporary art museum as for an ancient art museum? With more than 250 loans and almost 800 movements per year, what is the impact of sustainability criteria and what is best for the works of art? (reuse of packaging; online couriers...). New challenges for Registrars and collections in an institution that has embraced Sustainability as one of its goals.

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