Global Insights: The 2026 Archive

Follow our workshops, masterclasses, and technical innovations across the globe.

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2026 ACE Newsletter | Issue 1 | April

Focus: Safeguarding Tropical Heritage & Advanced Surface Science Location: Manila & Quezon City, Philippines

Kate Seymour connects with the vibrant Philippine conservation community to address unique environmental challenges. This issue highlights strategic site visits, the high-energy Heritage Without Borders 2026 conference, and critical laboratory masterclasses aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage.

• Collaborative Exchange: Explored risk assessment, disaster protocols, and preventive conservation with major corporate collections, national museums, and academic galleries.

• Surface Science Practice: Hosted intensive, theory-to-practice workshops at the National Library of the Philippines, focusing heavily on the intricate chemistry and ethics of cleaning painted surfaces.

• Technical Applications: Demonstrated practical methodologies using locally sourced materials for rigid gel delivery, solubility testing, and standardizing pH-buffered aqueous systems.

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2026 ACE Newsletter | Issue 2 | May

Focus: Material Science, Custom Formulations & Optical Physics Location: Riga, Latvia

Art Conservation Education partners with the Latvian Society of Restorers and the Art Academy of Latvia for an intensive, four-day technical workshop. The curriculum challenges practicing professionals to look beyond pre-manufactured commercial products and master museum-grade surface reintegration.

• Bespoke Filling Materials: Formulated custom studio fillers using synthetic polymer emulsions and cellulose ethers to tailor properties to specific structural losses.

• Scientific Colour Theory: Mapped complex color trajectories, tints, and shades from pure primary anchors using precise diagnostic templates.

• Aesthetic Reintegration: Evaluated the historical evolution, philosophical merits, and manual execution of Tratteggio—the distinguishable vertical-line retouching system.

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