Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota urges art galleries to turn down the heating

"Galleries and museums are guilty of boosting global warming and paying too much for heating and air conditioning, according to Tate galleries director Sir Nicholas Serota. The influential art expert is leading a backroom campaign to urge fellow art gallery chiefs across the world to drop stringent rules about the temperature and humidity levels inside their buildings.
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Today, alongside improvements in technology, the understanding of how artworks are damaged has deepened. Behind the scenes Serota, along with Mark Jones, former head of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is now calling for a radical rethink. 'We need to establish a new dialogue between professionals and empower them to consider fresh options,' Serota told an international conference, before setting up a working group and looking into how to make changes at the Tate. 'We need to devise imaginative new solutions to resolve the dichotomy between long-term collections care and expensive environmental conditions,' he said."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  The Guardian
On:  11/13/11
Website:  http://www.guardian.co.uk

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