Dear all

I would like to seek advise on the 2 following cases:

An artist had recently requested to touch up one of his work in our
possession.
I had wanted the curator to check with the artist and understand the
sentiment (for his request) on why he felt that there is a need to touch up
the work. The artist explained that the cheeks of the character depicted in
the work should be of a more vibrant gold and now he found the right 'gold'
(which he was not able to when the work was executed about 10 years ago).
Thus he would like to touch up the work now that he found the right colour.
The question is, should our museum (which owns the work) and conservation
allow the artist to do the touch up?
Should this decision be a curatorial or conservation responsibility?

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Another case was of a work, recently acquired with its face damaged with
bubble wrap imprints. The artist is coming in to 'repair' the work.
Again, should this be a curatorial or conservation responsibility in
allowing the artist to do the 'repair'? I supposed the technical inputs can
come from conservation but in the first place, how as museum professionals
would you approach such cases?

Would like to seek views from any museum ppl. (preferbably conservators/
curators) to gather your perspective.

Thanks!

Regards,
an Asst Registrar

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