SimonGillespieStudio

ICON Accredited Fine Art Conservation and Restoration

[SimonGillespieStudio @GillespieStudio]

🚨 Big News! 🚨
We are thrilled to announce that Simon Gillespie Studio has moved to new premises: our new address is Simon Gillespie Studio, Offley Works, 1 Pickle Mews, London SW9 0FJ. More information on our website and Instagram!🖼️ ✨🎨

#ArtConservation #NewBeginnings

[Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 @arthistorynews]

This week on the podcast* I discuss the magic of art restoration with Simon Gillespie, including some of his triumphs from the BBC series Britain's Lost Masterpieces.

*(Waldy and Bendy's Adventures in Art, available on all the usual platforms).

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

Some of the most visually striking conservation results are achieved by removing old discoloured varnishes. @GillespieStudio explains: https://t.co/WFDmZIqUHB

'Portrait of an Unknown Lady', before and after treatment by Joan Carlile (c.1606–1679). @Tate 📸 Simon Gillespie Studio

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

How do art conservators mend tears and flatten undulations? @GillespieStudio explains: https://t.co/cA6DbLx5Vv

'Dr Mead' by Allan Ramsay (1713–1784), before and after conservation. @angusalive 📸 Simon Gillespie Studio

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

An art conservator can never return an artwork to the exact same condition as when it left the artist's studio. But how do they treat works on panel?

Find out 👉 https://t.co/jnib83yUMB

📸 @GillespieStudio

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

From dating paintings that use Prussian blue to studying the layers of paint like an archaeologist digging a site, @GillespieStudio tells us how conservators analyse paint: https://t.co/6gFaWv6eSZ

'Olivia Boteler Porter (d.1663)' by Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) @TheBowesMuseum

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

How can x-rays help identify a lost Rubens? And how can infrared prove a painting is an original? Read on: https://t.co/nyu5mdR0fy

'Autumn', detail in normal and infrared light, by Joos de Momper the younger and workshop of Jan Brueghel the elder 📸 @GillespieStudio. @BM_AG

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

See art in a new light — Simon Gillespie explores the different lights used by art conservators: https://t.co/YdBrKvLKcj

'Portrait of an Unknown Young Cardinal' in raking light & normal light, before treatment, attributed to Titian (c.1488–1576), @PetworthNT 📸 @GillespieStudio

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

An art conservator's best tools? @GillespieStudio tells us it's their eyes 👀

Find out how a conservator can tell a Rubens by the eyelashes and a Joseph Wright of Derby by the effects of ripples in the water: https://t.co/BakT7BRYJE

👨‍🎨 Joseph Wright of Derby
📸 @derbymuseums

[SimonGillespieStudio @GillespieStudio]

I've written some articles for ArtUK , sharing some insights into the world of art conservation. Here is the first, I hope you enjoy it and the rest!

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

What is art conservation? @GillespieStudio conservator on the BBC Four programme Britain's Lost Masterpieces, takes you behind the scenes: https://t.co/IPIU55YLJV

Simon Gillespie working on a picture. Photo credit: Simon Gillespie Studio

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

What is art conservation? @GillespieStudio conservator on the BBC Four programme Britain's Lost Masterpieces, takes you behind the scenes: https://t.co/IPIU55YLJV

Simon Gillespie working on a picture. Photo credit: Simon Gillespie Studio

[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum @KelvingroveArt]

‘Britain’s Lost Masterpieces’ tonight, BBC4 9pm, explores the artist and sitter behind this enigmatic Glasgow Museums portrait. Essential viewing. #BritainsLostMasterpieces

[Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 @arthistorynews]

So lucky to make 16 #BritainsLostMasterpieces with the dazzlingly talented @EmmaDabiri, the clever folk @TernTelevision, the magician @GillespieStudio, my lovely producer @IshbelGrosvenor 😍, and the man who made it all happen, the Maestro @PlanetSpike. Oh, and you, our audience.

[TernTV @TernTelevision]

New from Tern! Britain's Lost Masterpieces - Monday 7th February at 9pm on BBC Four.

[Derby Museums @derbymuseums]

This painting has returned to the Joseph Wright Gallery, does anyone recognise it? 🤔

Hint: it featured on an episode of Britain’s Lost Masterpieces with @arthistorynews 👨‍🎨

[Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 @arthistorynews]

Visiting an old friend @KelvingroveArt. #BritainsLostMasterpieces

[SimonGillespieStudio @GillespieStudio]

If you were intrigued by this portrait we posted on our Instagram recently, here is your chance to find out more about the sitter in a fascinating podcast by Dr Lisa Gee: https://t.co/OoJ8PyQ8at

[Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 @arthistorynews]

Simon loves a dirty picture. Clip from new Britain's Lost Masterpieces (tomorrow 9pm @BBCFOUR).
https://t.co/WN7ZcYCWeG

[SimonGillespieStudio @GillespieStudio]

Drumroll: the new series of Britain's Lost Masterpieces will be on
@BBCFOUR
Monday 1st & Monday 8th Feb at 9pm. Here's the trailer! https://t.co/DHWdljsUUk

[WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK @JANUSZCZAK]

There's been lots of stuff in the papers about people dreaming more than they usual during the Great Lockdown. I certainly have. Over the centuries, art has seen plenty of attempts to capture the sensation of dreaming. Here are my Top Ten dream pictures. In ascending order...