What is the relationship of ART CONSERVATION AND THE COLLECTOR?
Art has always been patronized and collected for motives of both love and money (investment). If art is truly worth anything in a material, cultural or aesthetic sense, the roles of the dealer, museum, owner/collector and art conservator all tend to become the same. We are all only temporary custodians of works of art. This attitude has begun to pervade modern art conservation and that is one of the reasons that minimal intervention is a primary goal. Along with this approach there has been almost universal acceptance that preventive conservation is extremely important.
