Lectures:
- History of contemporary artistic techniques; methods and materials of works of art created in the period dating from the industrial age to the present day.
- Materials used in contemporary art: atypical supports, commercial ground layers, commercial oil and synthetic based binders, pastels, water-colors, pens and markers, plastics, paper materials of the XX and XXI centuries.
- Artist’s Homes: focus on the collections of Artists homes in the Tuscia area: Bonaria Manca. Alessandro Kokocinski, Serpara Park.
- Critical weaknesses in contemporary and/or poly material works, with regard to their technique of execution: deterioration and conservation. Conservation problems of twentieth and twenty-first century works on paper.
- Introduction to contemporary art conservation: distinction between deterioration foreseen and accepted by the artist and unplanned-for decay. Problems of balance in conservation interventions on contemporary works and the relationship with the artist’s will and intent.
- Consolidants and adhesives for artworks and their methods of application.
- Removal of surface dirt and cleaning of recent works. Sensitivity of synthetic materials to traditional solvents and problems in cleaning.
- Pictorial integration and the use of varnishes in modern and contemporary painting.
- Special problems in the treatment of contemporary works: conserving “the idea” and the conservation of installations.

Technique and conservation of contemporary works: laboratory and on-site projects
- Creation of reproductions of modern and contemporary artworks, researching original procedures and techniques, and applying them in order to learn new methodologies.
- Structural analysis and creation of state of conservation reports on the works which will be conserved during the course (Siveri, Kokocinski,Separa Park, SMA collections).
- Types of endogenous and exogenous damage.
- Digitally supported graphic documentation.
- Removal of surface deposits using current techniques
- Cleaning and removal of repaints and extraneous additions based on cleaning tests
- Disinfection of biological growth and treatment of insect infestations
- Consolidation using various methods and re-creation of missing areas with compatible materials
- Filling and structural integration
- Aesthetic reintegration
- Protection of the artwork
- Designing and developing a conservation report
- Photographic documentation and its place in the conservation report
- Examples of conservation interventions
- Interviews with the artist, or those close to the artist (where possible)

AA.VV., Arte contemporanea, conservazione e restauro, contributi al colloquio sul restauro dell’arte moderna e contemporanea, Firenze, Nardini, 1994
Arte contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dalla fine degli anni '50 ad oggi. A cura di F. Poli, Milano, Electa, 2009 (prima ed. 2003)
Banik G., Cremonesi P., de LA Chapelle A., Montalbano L., Nuove metodologie nel restauro del materiale cartaceo, I Talenti, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2003
Bordini S., Arte contemporanea e tecniche. Materiali, procedimenti, sperimentazioni, Roma, Carocci, 2007
Chiantore O., Rava A., Conservare l’arte contemporanea problemi, metodi, materiali, e ricerche, Milano, Ed. Electa, 2005
Crook J., Learner T., The Impact of Modern Paints, Los Angeles, The Getty Conservation Institute, 2000
M. Daudin-Schotte,H. Van Keulen,K. J. Van den Berg, Analisi e applicazione di materiali per la pulitura a secco di superfici dipinte non verniciate, Ediz. Bilingue, Quaderni del Cesmar7, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2014
Kermes, La rivista del Restauro, Restaurare l'Arte contemporanea? Fascicolo monografico, Anno XXVIII, Numero 98, Torino, Lexis, Aprile-Giugno 2015
Giordano R. C., Il restauro della carta, Teoria e Tecnica, Palermo, L’Epos, 2000
Iazurlo P., Valentini F., Conservazione dell’arte contemporanea temi e problemi. Un’esperienza didattica, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2010
I Materiali cartacei, Le antologie di ‘OPD restauro’, a cura di C. Frosinini, Firenze, Centro Di, 2006
Modern Paints Uncovered: Proceedings from the Modern Paints Uncovered Symposium, May 16–19, London, Tate Modern, 2006
Mundici M.C., Rava A., a cura di, Cosa cambia, teorie e pratiche del restauro nell’arte contemporanea, Milano, Skira, 2012
Sánchez Pons M., Fuster López L., Shank W., Conservation Issues in Modern and Contemporary Murals, Cambridge, Scholars Publishing, 2015
Shashoua, Y., Conservation of Plastics: Materials Science, Degradation and Preservation, Oxford, Butterworth and Heinemann, 2008), p.215
Parco della pace a Ravenna (Il). Esperienze di restauro del mosaico contemporaneo, Ravenna, Centro Internazionale per la Documentazione dei Mosaici, 2009 - banca dati con schede di restauro (http://www.mosaicocidm.it)
Problemi conservativi dei manufatti dell'Ottocento. A cura di M. Fratelli ed E. Signorini. Atti Problemi di restauro - Giornate di studio, Milano 2-8-15-23-30-Maggiio 2006, Spazio Oberdan, Saonara, Il Prato, 2008, pp. 11-88
Pugliese, M., Tecnica mista. Materiali e procedimenti nell'arte del XX secolo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2006
Standeven H., House paints 1900-1960, history and use, Los Angeles, The Getty Conservation Institute, 2011
Verteramo R., The age of plastic, beni artistici e industriali, I Talenti, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2013
Siti Web
https://issuu.com/cesmar7/docs/imp_analisi
https://fondazioneplart.it/ricerca/
Fondazione plart
 Di Pasqua, G., Scardapane, S., Terzini, A., Vico, V., Vito, C., Intervista a Studio Forma Fantasma sulle collezioni Autarchy 2010 e Botanica 2011 - Immagini di accompagnamento
 Martuscelli, E., The chemistry of degradation and conservation of plastic artefacts, Palazzo Spinelli, Edizioni Paideia, Firenze 2010
 Martuscelli, E., Plastics artefacts as part of the cultural heritage: conservation issues related to the molecular structure, processing and composition, II Conference 'Diagnosis for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage, 15-16 Dicember 2011
 Martuscelli, E., Degradation and preservation of artefacts in synthetic plastics, Palazzo Spinelli, Edizioni Paideia, Firenze, 2012
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/science/modcon/
ISCR Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro_ Pubblicazioni
http://www.icr.beniculturali.it/pagina.cfm?usz=2&uid=249&umn=76&smn=141
Interessante indicazione bibliografica consultabile sul sito dell'ISCR

https://www.nga.gov/conservation/publications.html

https://www.tate.org.uk/research/reshaping-the-collectible/research-approach-conservation