from David Phillips in art gallery and museum studies, history of art dept, university of manchester uk re: Megan Weiler-Hill's query about articles on conservation problems posed by unstable materials in recent works. Megan, try: Kimberley-Davenport, - impossible liberties: contemporary artists on the life of their work over time - Art Journal, vol 54, no.2 (summer 1995), 40-52 (terrific article) Jackie Heumann (Ed) - From marble to chocolate: the conservation of modern sculpture - (London: Archetype Publications, 1995) (papers from a seminar at the Tate Gallery, London, 18th - 20th sept 1995) I would be very interested to hear of other refs - so thanks for mentioning the Art in America piece.