Welcome to Julia Nagle ACR Conservation

I am accredited by ICON (Institute for Conservation) and have 2 million GBP professional indemnity insurance.

I gained my Master of Arts in Conservation and Restoration of Fine Art, specialising in easel paintings, in 1992.  ‘Easel paintings’ are paintings on canvas, wood, and metal.  Since graduating I have been an independent easel paintings conservator/restorer. I run a private practice in a fully-equipped and secure studio in Shoreditch, just North of the City of London, where I restore and conserve paintings for private collectors, art insurers, picture dealers and Museums. I combine this with regular  freelance work for public institutions such as Tate, The Ashmolean in Oxford, Compton Verney House Trust, Warwickshire, and The National Gallery of Australia.

From 1993 to 2003 I was a paintings conservator at The Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. Part of The Fitzwilliam Museum, The Hamilton Kerr Institute runs a post-graduate course in the conservation and restoration of easel paintings.  I undertook all aspects of painting restoration including re-lining torn canvases, repairing splits in paintings on wood panel, cleaning, filling and retouching.  I restored paintings alongside students and interns, supervising their work and teaching techniques such as egg tempera retouching.  Working in this international centre of excellence provided the opportunity to work on high quality paintings from public collections such as The Royal Collection and the National Trust; carry out scientific and art historical research; keep up-to-date with new developments in conservation and restoration, and build contacts with other professionals in training institutions and museums, both nationally and internationally.

Since 2003 I regularly work as a freelance paintings conservator at Tate and private galleries around London and have built on my ability to work with Modern paintings, post 1900.  I am experienced in the workings of a large national museum with a busy loans programme and can advise on care of collections, preventive conservation, framing, packing, transport, hanging and lighting.  I have escorted large paintings to exhibitions and undertaken courier trips with numerous works including two large paintings from London to the National Gallery of Australia.

I regularly check paintings en route to exhibitions and provide condition reports for them. I have restored a wide range of pictures, from early medieval panels to twentieth-century paintings on aluminium, and gained my experience in recognised international centres of excellence.

If you have any enquiries please feel free to Contact Me

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