Salerno Province seeks free restorers (or rather: let them pay for the work!)

Singular exploratory notice published March 26 by the Province of Salerno, which is seeking restorers “with whom to carry out one or more restoration projects of works of art owned by the Province of Salerno.” The provincial administration, Strategic Planning and Cultural Systems Sector, the notice says, “intends to proceed to verify the interest of one or more restorers with whom to design and carry out the restoration, free of charge, of some works of art constituting the vast and rich heritage of the Authority.” Free of charge, as can be well read in the notice. Restorers must, of course, be enrolled in the appropriate register and qualified to practice the profession according to Article 29 of the Cultural Heritage Code, with specialization in Painted artifacts on wooden and textile support.

But here’s what we read in the next few lines, which is quoted as it is in the notice: “The design proposals and the implementation of the interventions shall not entail charges for the Entity and therefore will be carried out at the care and expense of the restorer.” Incredible but true, the restorers will not only have to work for free, but they will also have to take on the burden of the intervention they are going to carry out. The Province of Salerno, in return, “in addition to issuing an award of merit, undertakes to mention the name of the entrusted restorer, as indicated by the professional, in any publications and captions accompanying the paintings.”

For the wealthy who can afford the restorationhobby, the deadline for applications is April 24. For professionals who make a living from their work as restorers, however, there will be other opportunities.

Photo: Phoebus Foundation

Salerno Province seeks free restorers (or rather: let them pay for the work!)

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