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I'm a contrarian

Matías Díaz Padrón, Technical Advisor and Head of the Department of Conservation of Flemish Painting and the Northern Schools up to 1700, 1970-2005
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I'm a contrarian

Matías Díaz Padrón, Technical Advisor and Head of the Department of Conservation of Flemish Painting and the Northern Schools up to 1700, 1970-2005

Unfortunately I think times have changed and I'm not one to sit back and do nothing, I've seen how over time the Prado Museum has moved a bit away from the academic world, from universities, academies, etc. It is linked more closely to the world of politics, in other words political decisions have been influential in recent times. There is no longer a strict, academic approach as there was in my time.

Technical Advisor of the Museo del Prado, he joined as a conservator for the Department of Flemish and Dutch Painting. He is also a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at both the Universidad Complutense and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Interview recorded on June 11, 2018

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