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To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Laboratoires Filorga Italia joins forces with the “La Venaria Reale” Conservation and Restoration Center Foundation. After the presentation of the innovative Premium Global-Repair line in the spaces of the centre, the collaboration between the two entities continues with a training course for the restoration of works of art offered by the brand which offers a scholarship for recent graduates in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, which involves a period of 8 months to be carried out at the Center from September 2024 to April 2025.
It is possible to send the application by May 30th via the dedicated form.
The winner of the scholarship will have the opportunity to try their hand at Nene Martelli’s painting on canvas, “Portrait of a Girl with a Pink Coat” from 1952, from a private collection. In the laboratories of the Foundation led by Sara Abram, general secretary, equipped with cutting-edge tools and technologies, he will work closely with restorers, art historians, diagnosticians and conservation scientists, teachers and technical staff who take care of artefacts on a daily basis artists from all over the world.
«We are happy to have found in Laboratoires Filorga a partner who supports young people who embark on their careers in the field of cultural heritage conservation – comments Abram -. Today, the restorer is a figure who embraces the idea of creativity and art while maintaining his own very clear and recognized scientific identity. Above all he is a figure of great responsibility in preserving the heritage of beauty. A philosophy that the art of conservation shares with modern skincare and that we share with this brand.”