International symposium: «Anglada-Camarasa, Picasso and their Contemporaries»

«Materiality, Innovation and Failure Phenomena (c.1890-1930)»

Pablo Picasso, L'espera (Margot), 1901. Museu Picasso, Barcelona. MPB 4.271

Information

Days: Call for abstracts open until 15th October 2026. Symposium: 11th and 12th March 2027

Language: English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish

Place: Auditorium, Museu Picasso. Entrance at Carrer Montcada, 17


Registrations

Call for abstracts open until 15 th October 2026. Proposals should be sent to thestructureofpaintings@gmail.com. Notification of acceptance: 1st November 2026.

Registration for attendees: opens on 1st October.

This international symposium will explore the materiality, techniques, degradation processes, and conservation of paintings produced between 1890 and 1930.

Its aim is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and international collaboration in order to advance research into the materials of modernity and their preservation.

Contents

  • Day 1 — Materiality & Innovation
  • Day 2 — Failure Phenomena & Conservation Challenges

Call for abstracts

Themes, submission guidelines and committees

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Organisers

Universitat Politècnica de València, Fundació "la Caixa", Museu Picasso Barcelona, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, the Royal Danish Academy, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Technical University of Munich and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

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