Workshop of Past Time

The restoration of works of art: in the secret of the workshops!

Initiatory journey in the invisible of a work of art...

Take a trip through the time and matter of cultural heritage objects, and discover them differently.

Enter a restoration workshop specialized in paintings, works on paper, sculptures, atypical objects and frames, located in the heart of Paris in the prestigious setting of the Viaduct of Art.
The professionals of the restoration and conservation of the heritage will take you on an initiatory journey: to discover a wide variety of art objects, allowing you to discover them in all their facets, visible as invisible... Direct white lights, transmitted, tangential, black lights Ultra-Violet, Infra Red, X-rays RX, Spectrometry and microscopies will allow you to go beyond the apparent image to enter the matter. Accompanied by experts, you will discover not only the techniques of creation, but also the history and the adventures crossed, and how the technicians of the heritage can give a new youth to these works of art...

• Is this painting old or new?
• Has it been restored yet?
• Is this drawing an original or a reproduction?
• What is the difference between a watercolor, an ink, a pencil or a pastel?
• Does this sculpture have its original polychrome?
• Does this frame have its original gilding?
• What pigments were used on this painting?
• How to distinguish a paper of the eighteenth century from another of the nineteenth century?
• Is this wooden painting old?
• Can there be a painting hidden under another painting?
• How can I tell a real from a fake?
• How do counterfeiters do it?
• What are the tools that allow you to see in the invisible?
• How to differentiate a drawing from a reproduction?
• What are the different types of reproduction?
  
  
  Enter and put your 5 senses at the service of works of art: see, touch, feel, listen, taste to identify the artistic material: wood, canvases, paper, metals, mediums, glues, resins, pigments, paints, gilding, etc.
  Free visit of the workshop and initiatory itinerary by appointment (about 30 mn) Book your time slot on 01 43 07 72 26 Children welcome