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CTS FOCUS - Alberto Burri reloaded and beyond

The restoration intervention on the painting Nero con punti (jute, synthetic polymer varnish, vinyl glue, fine-weave canvas support, 200 × 128 cm), created...
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CTS FOCUS - Mom, my amphora has come unglued!

An interesting article published in Studies in Conservation describes a phenomenon that may also have occurred in Italian laboratories and museums: the...
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CTS FOCUS 08 - The Future of Cleaning is Called Nevek®

The extracting and supporting properties of Agar-Agar have been known for several years and have been exploited to perform cleaning treatments on all kinds...
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CTS FOCUS - DBE, the greenest solvent

As introduced in the previous issue of the CTS Bulletin (56.2_ Leaning towards green), CTS is renewing its product price list, removing some toxic solvents...
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CTS FOCUS - The Deposition and the Fluoline Family

Fluoline HY, a little-known fixative that has proven extremely useful due to its low chromatic impact and ease of removal, was the subject of recent research...
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CTS FOCUS - When maps are also murals…

We inaugurate with this article a new section of the CTS Bulletin, dedicated to major restoration works, not necessarily for the importance of the artworks...
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CTS FOCUS - Tending Towards Green

If in one of those rare moments of self-care you wanted to dedicate a few minutes to reviewing your own solvent collection, in addition to discarding that...
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CTS FOCUS - Peeling Issue

The assessment of the effectiveness of consolidating products applied to degraded stones or mortars is one of the most discussed and controversial topics...
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CTS FOCUS - Microchemical Tests on Paper

At the laboratories of the Centro di Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale” (CCR), an operational protocol was established for the diagnostics of paper...
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CTS FOCUS - Invisible but Useful

One of the legacies left to us by Professor Gustav Berger, little known but extremely useful, is the GUSTAV BERGER’S ORIGINAL FORMULA® ISOLATING PVA SPRAY...
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