8-11 October 2024
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

8 October, Tuesday

WORKING SESSION NO.1.0

Italian mosaicists in France - Between restoration and creation
Véronique Blanc-Bijon¹ – Patrick Blanc²

¹ Researcher, CNRS Centre National de Recherche Scientifique – Aix Marseille Université, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France
² Restorer, Musée départemental Arles antique, Arles, France

The Alternate History – A Fresh View of the Kosančićev Venac Mosaic in Belgrade, Serbia
Maja Franković¹, Nemanja Smičiklas², Dunja Davidović Gnjatović³, Milena Jovanović⁴

¹PhD, conservator/restorer, counselor
National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade
²associate professor
University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Applied Arts, Serbia
^3,4 conservator technicians
National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade

From making to faking ... are some so-called 'Late Roman' mosaics really old?
Peter Berzobohaty
conservator/restorer of mural paintings & mosaic

Gruppo Mosaicisti Ravenna: Mosaic after the Twentieth Century between Art, Conservation, and Sociality
Marco Santi¹ - Anna Caterino²

¹ Dott., Cultural heritage restorer
Gruppo Mosaicisti Ravenna di Marco Santi
² Dott.ssa., Cultural heritage conservator
Gruppo Mosaicisti Ravenna di Marco Santi

Traditional vs. modern artefacts – traditional vs. modern conservation?
Eszter Tóth
metal and goldsmith conservator
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
Head of Specialization of Metal and Goldsmith Objects Conservation
DLA student
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest

Industrial materials in restoration and mosaic art in the light of decisions about principles of compatibility and re-restorability
Brigitta Maria Kürtösi
DLA, painting conservator, monument conservator expert, assistant professor
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Conservation Department, Budapest

WORKING SESSION NO.2.

Art Nouveau funerary architecture with mosaic decoration in the cemeteries of Budapest
Tamás Csáki
PhD, art historian, historian, curator
ELTE University, Budapest, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Art History; Budapest
BHM History Museum, Kiscell Museum, Modern Urban History Department

Reflecting History: The Mosaics of the Culture Palace in Marosvásárhely
Eszter Kiss¹ – Brigitta Maria Kürtösi²

¹painting-restorer
Imago Picta, Tirgu Mures, Romania
²DLA, painting conservator, monument conservator expert, assistant professor
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Conservation Department, Budapest

Conservation and reconstruction of the fire-damaged glass mosaic decoration of the interior of the Art Nouveau palace in Bratislava, Slovakia
Barbora Viková¹ - Petr Hampl²

¹MgA^, restorer, assistant, PhD student
University of Pardubice, Faculty of Restoration, Studio of Restoration and Conservation of Wall Paintings, Sgraffito and Mosaics Litomyšl, Czech Republic
Atelier mozaiky
²visual artist, restorer
hamplpetr.cz

9 October, Wednesday

WORKING SESSION NO.3.

Linseed oil – its role and identification in mosaic mortars

Pavla Bauerová¹, Magdalena Kracík Štorkánová², Petra Mácová³, Dita Frankeová⁴, Zuzana Slížková⁵, Martin Keppert⁶

¹Mgr. PhD Mosaic material researcher, geologist
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9,
Czech Republic
²Mga. PhD Mosaic restorer
Art & Craft MOZAIKA z.s., Kapitulní 262/21, 252 62 Únětice, Czech Republic
^3,4,5 Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic
⁶ Department of Materials Engineering and Chemistry, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Typology of glass tesserae used for mosaic production in the territory of the former Czechoslovakia during the 20th century
Irena Kučerová
Chemists of monument conservation - chemical technology, lecturer
University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Department of Chemical Technology of Monument Conservation

Use of plastic materials in mosaic art. The dilemmas and challenges in conservation
Miklós Ernő Balázs
Dr. habil, mosaic artist, monument conservator expert
Freelance

WORKING SESSION NO.4.

A Neoavantgard innovation, the „Photomosaics” of Miklós Erdély
Kinga Veress¹ – Brigitta Maria Kürtösi²

¹ art historian-museologist
Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism, Budapest
²DLA, painting conservator, monument conservator expert, assistant professor
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Conservation Department, Budapest

Research and protective procedures carried out on the mosaic by Edo Murtić in front of the "Kockica" in Zagreb
Toni Šaina
MA, senior conservator-restorer
Croatian Conservation Institute, Division for Branch Departments 3, Department for Wall Paintings and Mosaics, Rijeka, Croatia

Relocation of modern wall mosaics
Malu Storch
mosaicist
Mosaik Spechte

Planning the conservation-restoration project – contemporary wall mosaic from the Clinical Hospital Centre in Split, Croatia
Antonija Gluhan¹ - Ivana Jerković²

¹ PhD, conservator-restorer
Croatian Conservation Institute
² conservator-restorer
Croatian Conservation Institute

POSTER SESSION

Lost treasure found
Marijana Protić

The memorial “Glavnjača” case study: Modern mosaic restoration amidst the construction site
Dunja Davidović Gnjatović, Maja Franković, Dušan Maksimović

Preservation vs. Profit: The Battle Over 'Beogradjanka' Mosaic and Cultural Heritage in Belgrade
Nemanja Smičiklas, Marijana Protić, Miloš Djuran

Restoration of a glass mosaic from a private collection by the artist Edo Murtić
Matko Kezele

Restoration of mosaics using modern materials
Filip Janković, Marijana Protić, Nemanja Smičiklas

The reconstruction of “Panik”
Emír Kapetanovic

Preventive conservation of mosaics and columns in the assembly of the Roman villa at Košljun hill in Novalja, Croatia
Martina Rajzl

Mosaics of Felix Romuliana, Galerius’s Palace, the end of 3rd- the beginning of 4th Century AD
Maja Zivić

Contemporary approaches in the protection of mosaics as an important segment of cultural heritage
Dobrila Vlahovic

Fabulous Mosaics - The Palace Mosaic of Constantinople...and other Amazing Mosaics
Peter Berzobohaty

10 October, Thursday

WORKING SESSION NO.5.

“The New Heritage”: a preservation attempt for the façade monumental art (1960s-1989) from Bulgaria
Alessandro Lugari¹, Elena Kantareva Decheva², Angela Pencheva³

¹ PhD, conservator of marble and mosaics
Archaeological Park of Colosseum, Rome, Italy
² PhD conservator, associate professor
Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
³ PhD, archaeologist
Balkan Heritage Foundation

Analysis of the state of conservation and endangerment of mosaics from the socialist era (1945-1990) in Slovenia
Blaž Šeme
PhD, conservator-restorer, assistant professor
University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design ALUO, Department of Restoration

Blue or red? Decision making in conservation of 1980’s glass mosaic on aluminium support
Jan Vojtěchovský
Mgr. art, PhD, restorer, assistant professor, Vice-dean of Foreign Affairs
University of Pardubice, faculty of restoration, Studio of Restoration and Conservation of Wall Paintings, Sgraffito and Mosaics Litomyšl, Czech Republic

WORKING SESSION NO.6.

20th-century mosaics in Georgia: Policies & Practices for Preservation
Nini Palavandishvili
Curator, researcher
Independent scholar

Czechoslovak mosaics and the growing interest in their preservation
Magdalena Kracík-Storkánová¹ - Pavla Bauerová²

¹Mga. PhD Mosaic restorer
Art & Craft MOZAIKA z.s., Kapitulní 262/21, 252 62 Únětice, Czech Republic
²Mgr. PhD Mosaic material researcher, geologist
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9,
Czech Republic

Restoration of the mosaics on the monument to the fallen soldiers and victims of fascism in Plovanija, Croatia
Matko Kezele¹ - Tea Trumbić²

¹mosaic artist and restorer
Mozaikart
²conservator/restorer
Croatian Conservation Institute

Ukrainian Soviet monumental mosaics under double threat of destruction
Yevheniia Moliar
PhD, art-historian
Technische Universität Berlin

The story of SEE Mosaics
Branislava Lazarević Tošović¹ – Maja Franković²

¹ Archaeologist conservator
Kulturall
²PhD, conservator/restorer, counselor
National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade