Contemporary Art in the Museum: How to Preserve the Ephemeral. The Preservation Strategy and Methods of the Contemporary Art Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia

The Preservation Strategy and Methods of the Contemporary Art Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia is the full title of the doctoral thesis that Hilkka Hiiop defended at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, December 2012. It is a practical oriented dissertation based on the author’s personal experience as the conservator responsible for the contemporary art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia. The result is a richly illustrated book, a DVD with artist interviews, and an exhibition to demonstrate the conservation strategies for the six main case studies.