News 2007 Worksites Medieval Values Discovered at the Assumption Church, Cepari Village, Arges, Romania (1752) by Mihail Gabriel Birhala   The conservation works of the mural paintings from the church of Cepari Village brought to light the existence of a valuable ensemble of Romanian medieval paintings from 1752. The discovered frescoes were entirely covered by oil paintings executed between 1889 and 1890. Unexpected evidences of older painting beneath the new one were found during the preliminary research performed for the submission of the conservation project.

News Events Review Lecture on Preventive Conservation of Contemporary Art 30 November 2007, Sintra, Portugal e-conservationline Organiser: The Leal da Câmara Museum The Leal da Câmara Museum is a small institution dedicated to the life and work of the Portuguese master Leal da Câmara. Among several artistic activities, the museum promotes regular talks on several subjects including museology and conservation. On this context, on November 30th Nuno Moreira, conservator and adviser of the Portuguese Museum Network, gave a talk on Preventive Conservation of Contemporary Art.

News Events Review Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development of Historical Cities in Asia 4-5 December 2007, Berlin, Germany by André Alexander   "Safeguarding traditions & ancient knowledge to promote development" This was the motto of a project planned and carried out by the two NGOs ASIA Onlus (Rome) and Tibet Heritage Fund (Berlin). Both organizations have been working for over a decade on development projects in Tibet that include the preservation of Tibet's unique cultural heritage. With support from the EU, a program to investigate the issues of sustainable preservation of the heritage of Tibet seeks to evaluate adequate methodologies to preserve aspects such as Tibet’s ancient architecture, its traditional cities and its monastic art was launched.

Project Cultural Project The Sibiel Cultural Centre, Ecomuseum – Contemporary Art Gallery by Ovidiu Danes DALA Cultural Foundation The project of the DALA Foundation started from the idea of restoring the dialogue between two cultures, rural and urban. The setting of the Sibiel village provides, through the dynamic of changes, interesting documenting - research - experimenting material. The Sibiu outskirts, currently going through a transformation process that can be followed along several lines (image, human composition, and oral tradition), provide their journey of identity development up to present times.

Articles Material Studies An Alteration Phenomenon of Cinnabar Red Pigment in the Mural Paintings from Sucevita by Ioan Istudor, Anca Dina, Geanina Rosu, Doina Seclaman and Gheorghe Niculescu   The mural paintings from northern Moldavia have always been a point of interest for specialists in conservation, due to their technical qualities that assured their preservation over the years in the severe climate of this region in Romania. Over the years, both exterior and interior paintings showed colour alterations caused by environmental factors like atmospheric deposits, humidity and light among others. Through physical, chemical or biological processes, these factors induced superficial chromatic alterations of the colours, modifying the artistic expression of the paintings. These alterations are generally considered as patina.