Master in Contemporary Art Conservation and Restoration

Programme and institute
Master in Contemporary Art Conservation and Restoration, Fine Arts Faculty (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Museo Reina Sofía in collaboration with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Filmoteca Española (Spanish Film Archives) and Medialab Prado.

Curriculum
The Master in Contemporary Art Conservation and Restoration is a project undertaken jointly by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Museo Reina Sofía with the aim of creating a new educational space in Spain. The Master (Magíster Universitario en Conservación y Restauración) analyses the strategies and criteria that come into play in the conservation and restoration of contemporary art, using a variety of methodologies including the examination of case studies, in which not only restorers participate but also all the other parties involved: artists, conservators, engineers, exhibition set-up teams and experts in different media.

The Master program, in which 60 ECTS credits (600 class hours) must be completed, is divided into two quarters. The first quarter provides students with basic knowledge and skills needed to take on any Contemporary Art conservation-restoration project. The second quarter focuses on direct action in relation to case studies, with much more practical content.

First quarter
(March-June): 124 theoretical class hours and 96 practical class hours

• Module: Theoretical foundations of Contemporary Art Restoration (9 ECTS)
  Contemporary Art as an object of restoration
  The time factor in Contemporary Art
  Contemporary Restoration Theory
  Legal framework
• Module: Restoration strategies in Contemporary Art (13 ECTS)
  Restoration processes
  Methodological foundations of restoration: Case study
  Dynamic conservation

Second quarter
(September-December): 135 theoretical class hours, 145 theoretical-practical class hours at Museo Reina Sofía or the Filmoteca Española

• Intervention in Contemporary Art (25 ECTS)
  Application of scientific methods in the case of contemporary materials
  Intermedia: Conceptual Art and relevant intervention approaches
  New Media Art
  Intervention in paper media
  Intervention in pictorial media
  Intervention in sculpture media
  Intervention in film and sound media
• Managing Contemporary Art restoration projects (3 ECTS)
  Managing Contemporary Art restoration projects

Practicum at Museo Reina Sofía and the Filmoteca Española: final project

Faculty
The Master in Contemporary Art Conservation and Restoration is directed by Alicia Sánchez (Universidad Complutense) and Jorge García (Museo Reina Sofía) and coordinated by Lino García (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Isabel Fornié (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Mayte Ortega and Estrella Serrano (Museo Reina Sofía).
Professors are Beatriz Alonso (Museo Reina Sofía), Antonio Álvarez Fernández-Balbuena (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), María Isabel Báez Aglio (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Paloma Calopa (Museo Reina Sofía), Ana María Calvo Miguel (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Lynne Cooke (Museo Reina Sofía), Alfonso del Amo (guest professor), Aurora Fernández Polanco (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Montaña Galán Caballero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Lino García (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Pilar García (Museo Reina Sofía), Silvia García Fernández-Villa (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Jorge García Gómez-Tejedor, (Museo Reina Sofía), María José García Molina (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Eugenia Gimeno (Museo Reina Sofía), Manuela Gómez (Museo Reina Sofía),Vicente González (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Pilar Hernández (Museo Reina Sofía), Ana Iruretagoyena (Museo Reina Sofía), Josu Larrañaga Altuna (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Aramis López (guest professor), Ana María Macarrón Miguel (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Pilar Montero Vilar (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Jaime Munárriz Ortiz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Salvador Muñoz Viñas (guest professor), Carmen Muro (Museo Reina Sofía), Karin Olenshläger, Mayte Ortega (Museo Reina Sofía), Marta Plaza Beltrán (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Jorge Rivas López, (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Rafael Rodríguez Tranche (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Mercedes Roldán (Museo Reina Sofía), Mikel Rotaeche (Museo Reina Sofía), Juan Antonio Sánchez (Museo Reina Sofía), Sonia Santos Gómez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Margarita San Andrés Moya (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Juan Antonio Sáez (Museo Reina Sofía), Alicia Sánchez Ortiz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Nieves Valentín (guest professor), Arianne Vanrell (Museo Reina Sofía), Daniel Vázquez Molini (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).

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