News
-
PERCEIVE Talks: a completed webinar series on colour change, conservation, and digital heritage
The PERCEIVE Talks webinar series took place between April 2025 and January 2026 and represented a core component of the PERCEIVE Training Program, developed within Work Package 2 of the PERCEIVE project. Each PERCEIVE Talk focused on a specific topic and adopted a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating contributions from art history, archaeology, physics, chemistry, and digital technologies. Particular attention was given to non-invasive analytical techniques, imaging methodologies, and digital simulations of colour change, which play a crucial role in studying photodegradation and supporting conservation decision-making. All webinars were structured around two speakers, who addressed the same topic from complementary perspectives, followed by an open Q&A session, encouraging interdisciplinary exchange and active engagement among professionals, researchers, and institutions. The complete PERCEIVE Talks series is now available on demand through the dedicated playlist on the project’s YouTube channel, providing a long-term training resource for professionals and researchers interested in colour studies, conservation, and digital technologies applied to cultural heritage. 👉 Check out the PERCEIVE Talks Playlist PERCEIVE Talks – Webinar episodes PERCEIVE Theory
-
New publication: Chromatic Visions Vol. II
Chromatic Visions II is out now! This open access publication explores how colour in cultural heritage can be studied, reconstructed, and communicated through interdisciplinary and reproducible approaches. 🔍 What does the book cover? ➡️ scientific modelling of colour change ➡️ digital tools and services for sharing knowledge ➡️ AI-assisted methods and FAIR data infrastructures ➡️
-
Discover the Mysteries of Pompeii’s Colours — Join Us at “Perceive Isis’ Colours”!
Ancient statues and monuments were once vibrant, dazzling works of art, yet today their colours are slowly disappearing. To uncover this hidden world, PERCEIVE opens the doors of the CNR ISPC laboratories at Manifattura Tabacchi in Florence, for a unique immersive experience. From 1 to 3 December 2025, step inside Perceive Isis’ Colours: an interactive
-
New publication: Colour in Heritage. Perception, Materiality and Digital Reinterpretation
New publication: Colour in Heritage. Perception, Materiality and Digital Reinterpretation Editors: Sofia Pescarin, Cristiana Barandoni, Arthur Clay, George Papadopoulos, and Irina Crina Anca Sandu 📘 This open access book explores the challenges and opportunities of preserving, reconstructing, exhibiting, and communicating colour in cultural heritage through advanced digital technologies. 🌈 Published within the PERCEIVE Horizon Europe
-
Fragile Colours: Perceiving and Experiencing the Autochrome
📅 26 November 2025 – 11 October 2026 🎯 NTNU University Museum, Trondheim (Norway) 🎨 Curated by Catlin Langford In collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Colourlab at NTNU, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD), and the PERCEIVE project. Exploring the fragile
-
PERCEIVE WEBINAR SERIES LAUNCH
PERCEIVE WEBINAR SERIES LAUNCH We’re excited to invite you to a captivating 10-episode webinar series (divided into two parts of five episodes each) exploring the fascinating world of ancient colours! The webinar, “PERCEIVE Theory and Data Acquisition and Use for Colour Change Simulation and Collection Management,” offers a unique opportunity to explore cutting-edge research in