The contemporary art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo has formed a collaboration between her Turin-based foundation and the Italian city’s conservation and restoration school, housed in the Baroque Venaria Reale palace. Sandretto is offering a number of works from her collection for individual study by the school’s undergraduates so that, in collaboration with the artists, they can learn about handling newer materials. She cites a sculpture by the Scottish artist Martin Boyce, who wants the work to rust—but not too much. “Materials change. They are not necessarily damaged, but are under pressure. We can offer them for study to a new generation of restorers,” Sandretto says.
