2021 Praemium Imperiale Grant for Young Artists ICR

2021 Grant for Young Artists. The Advanced Training School of the Central Institute for Restoration (Italy) The Central Institute for Restoration (ICR) was founded in 1939 with the aim of conserving and restoring Italy's vast cultural and artistic heritage, threatened at the time by the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1941, the first specialist course in Europe for the training of professionals in restoration was created in ICR, subsequently leading to the development of the Advanced Training School (SAF), creating professional restorers for works of art, who could work in all conditions, wherever needed. photo © The Japan Art Association / Archivio Paola Ghirotti