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property="content:encoded"><p class="lead">Our team of conservators and conservation technicians plays a vital role at the National Gallery of Canada.</p> <p>Each year in the Restoration and Conservation Laboratory, our team examines nearly 2,000 items in various media, ranging from paintings and sculptures to frames, decorative art and much more.</p> <p>This essential work ensures that objects are preserved for the benefit of present and future generations. 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class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight/why-we-like-to-touch-art-and-why-we-shouldnt">Why We Like to Touch Art, and Why We Shouldn’t</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">The Gallery is continually assessing ways of bringing visitors closer to the art, while ensuring the safety of the works in its care.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-08-20T00:00:00-04:00">August 20, 2020</span></div></div></div></div> </div><div class="col-sm-4"><div 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property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Your Collection</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/your-collection/philips-wouwerman-quiet-reflection-and-scientific-investigation">Philips Wouwerman: Quiet Reflection and Scientific Investigation</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Changes to an old master work of art can be difficult to assess, but recent conservation work on Wouwerman's painting was aided by the existence of a French print.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" 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early 16th century, Quinten Massys’ painting of the Crucifixion is being given a new frame that is contemporary to the period when the Flemish master created it.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-05-27T00:00:00-04:00">May 27, 2020</span></div></div></div></div> </div><div class="col-sm-4"><div about="https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/exhibitions/ngc/gauguins-bust-of-meijer-de-haan-uncovering-groundbreaking-new-knowledge" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-article view-mode-related clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-content-media field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-related clearfix"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859im_/https://www.gallery.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ngc_crop_4x3_480/public/thumbnail_11.jpg?itok=Km7uT6TJ" width="480" height="280" alt=""/></div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/exhibitions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Exhibitions</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/exhibitions/ngc/gauguins-bust-of-meijer-de-haan-uncovering-groundbreaking-new-knowledge">Gauguin’s Bust of Meijer de Haan: Uncovering Groundbreaking New Knowledge </a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Technical research conducted on Paul Gauguin’s portrait bust of his artist friend Meijer de Haan has revealed significant new information about the artist's use of materials, paint and methods of working.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-07-25T00:00:00-04:00">July 25, 2019</span></div></div></div></div> </div><div class="col-sm-4"><div about="https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight/fascinating-relationship-two-still-lifes-by-william-nicholson" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-article view-mode-related clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-content-media field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-related clearfix"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859im_/https://www.gallery.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ngc_crop_4x3_480/public/thumbnailnicholson.jpg?itok=TslUCy9-" width="480" height="280" alt=""/></div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">In the Spotlight</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201859/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight/fascinating-relationship-two-still-lifes-by-william-nicholson">Fascinating Relationship: Two Still lifes by William Nicholson</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">The comparative study of a still life by William Nicholson with a painting in the BBC's "Fake or Fortune" series enabled new insights into both works and their genesis.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-04-26T00:00:00-04:00">April 26, 2019</span></div></div></div></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </section> 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