In a paper in Macromolecules, researchers at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present detailed insights into the polymerization process of drying oils in paint. Using ...

Jorien Duivenvoorden has been appointed Assistant Professor of Conservation of Historic Interiors in a Socio-material Context at the University of Amsterdam. Her work centers around climate-induced material ...

The Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) of the Faculty of Humanities is looking to fill one PhD position as part of the research team 'Concrete Colonialism: Architecture and Heritage in ...

Chemists at the Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have for the first time established how Rembrandt applied special arsenic sulfide pigments to create a ‘golden’ paint. Using sophisticated ...

How can museums reduce energy consumption and widen indoor climate tolerances safely? How did black woollens quality standards in the 18th-century develop and change over time? With funding from the Dutch Science ...

The UvA Conservation and Restoration Department is excited to announce that it will host a second edition of the masterclass The Dutch Method Unfolded on the wax-resin lining of paintings in January 2025. The Getty ...

Start up a computer that you haven't used in a while and there's a good chance you'll have to run an endless series of updates before you get it working. What about digital art? How do you ensure that that the art ...

Every year the Faculty of Humanities offers a limited number of Finishing Fellowships to PhD candidates who have succeeded in writing an advanced draft of their thesis without the support of structural funding.