Baroque Stucco Marble Altars: Materials, Conservation and Meaning
15–16 September 2026 | National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana
The international conference Baroque Stucco Marble Altars: Materials, Conservation and Meaning will take place at the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana on 15 and 16 September 2026.
The conference will examine Baroque stucco marble altars from different perspectives, focusing on their materiality, workshop practices, artistic exchanges and the mobility of craftsmen, as well as questions of their conservation and restoration. By bringing together specialists from different fields, it will provide a platform for the exchange of art-historical, archival, scientific and conservation-restoration approaches, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of these works, their artistic and cultural significance, material composition, and the circumstances of their production and preservation.
Organisers: Restoration Centre, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia; Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana; Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana; Slovenian Society for Conservation-Restoration; National Gallery of Slovenia.
The event is organised within the framework of the research project Stucco Marble Altars in Slovenia: Materials, Conservation, Meaning (J7-50093), funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) from the state budget.