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.

Articles Conservation of Contemporary Art Reconstructing a 1972’s Neon Light Installation at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto by Filipe Duarte   A 1972’s neon light installation from the artist António Quadros Ferreira was investigated and reconstructed 35 years after its original presentation, under a pilot project on Conservation of Contemporary Art at the Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP). The reconstruction of the artwork was carried out in close communication with the artist without whom this project would not have been possible to be accomplished - such was the lack of information available on the artwork. This article aims to describe the whole process behind the reconstruction of Quadros Ferreira’s installation, from the identification of what was left from the original components at FBAUP’s Museum depot until its reinstallation and public exhibition in April 2007.

Case Study The Church of "The Beheading of St. John the Baptist" from Arbore Previous Interventions from the Perspective of Derestoration by Anca Dina and Oliviu Boldura   The painting from the church “The Beheading of St. John the Baptist” from Arbore, Romania, can be described as vivid in chromatic harmonies, often using the dialog between green and pale-red and spontaneous by its graceful and beautifully modulated drawing. Dynamic in the interaction between the characters’ gestures and attitudes, the painting is minutely elaborated in the smallest detail and compositionally determined with blocks of architecture carefully distributed. These qualities, the stylistic and chromatic particularities, made the church become part of the UNESCO World Heritage.