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An important milestone for us today: another challenging stage of the Ajanta project completed! Celebrating the team’s hard work with delicious cinnamon buns and coffee at the lovely cafe..

Come and visit us at the @vam_east Storehouse to see us working on the Ajanta painting.

#ajantacaves #arthistory #paintingconservation #london #conservationproject

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We started work on the Ajanta cave painting at the end of April. It is going to be the centrepiece of the South Asia gallery at V&A South Kensington, which opens in 2028. So far, we have removed thick layers of dirt in 2 stages, which has already led to a huge visual improvement. We are carefully reducing old discoloured retouchings after testing many different solvent solutions and gels. By this, we are slowly revealing the delicate details of the original composition.

Visitors to V&A East Storehouse will be able to spot us working on the painting from the Weston Collections hall. It is a very complex project, not only because of its size. But there are many structural and aesthetic elements we need to tackle.

#paintingsconservation #vandaeast #vanda #ajantacaves #southasia

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