Studio

 

The conservation and restoration of art demand a high level of professionalism, experience, and precision. Maintaining modern and contemporary art, in particular, requires an in-depth understanding of diverse materials, innovative technologies, and artistic techniques.

Hoffmann Conservation is dedicated to the preservation of modern and contemporary art. Our goal is to find precise and high-quality solutions for various, even unusual, challenges to maintain an artwork's integrity. To achieve this, it is necessary to fully understand the individual artwork before developing a restoration concept. We are guided by our love for art, enthusiasm for challenges, curiosity in working with materials, and respect for the creative process.

In pursuing this goal, Hoffmann Conservation leverages extensive international experience in leadership positions within the conservation of contemporary art.

This expertise, combined with craftsmanship and integration into a multidisciplinary network, fosters creative thinking, a solid knowledge base, and sensitive problem-solving.

Hoffmann Conservation collaborates closely with renowned international galleries, collections, and artists.

Services

  • Examination and condition reports for exhibition, loan and purchase

  • Treatment of modern and contemporary paintings, sculptures, and installations

  • Preventive care to ensure longevity of the art work

  • Insurance condition evaluations and damage reports

  • Consultation for collectors and galleries on maintenance, preservation, storage and transport

  • Collection management

  • Artist consultation on material properties/aging and the technical realization of artworks

  • Research on painting and manufacturing techniques, incorporating scientific investigation methods

  • Loan management and international transport accompaniment

  • Conservation support for exhibition setup and dismantling (museums, institutions)

  • Disaster emergency response

Bio

Johanna Hoffmann (Diplom-Restauratorin) is based in Berlin, where she

established Hoffmann Conservation in 2016. She specializes in the restoration of modern

and contemporary art and works as a conservator and consultant for museums, private

collections and galleries.

From 2005 to 2015 Johanna Hoffmann was Chief Conservator at New York-based

Contemporary Conservation Ltd., founded in 2002 by Christian Scheidemann. Among the

galleries and collections she supported were David Zwirner, Paula Cooper, Friedrich Petzel,

Barbara Gladstone, Matthew Marks, Gagosian, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Hauser & Wirth

and the Marciano Art Collection in Los Angeles.

Hoffmann graduated from the Cologne Technical University’s conservation of paintings and

sculptures program, during which she spent a semester at the Gemäldegalerie of the

Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. After receiving her diploma with thesis on a work by

Joseph Beuys at the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, she worked as a freelance

conservator with, among others, paintings conservator Andreas Hoppmann in Cologne.

In addition to her work for museums and institutions, a further focus of Hoffmann’s activity

is the close cooperation with artists, whom she advises on material and conservation issues

in the realization of works of art. In New York she worked with, among others, Wade

Guyton, Kelley Walker and Seth Price.

Memberships and professional associations

  • Verband der Restauratoren (VDR), working groups on paintings and modern materials

  • International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA)

  • International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC), working

    groups on paintings and modern materials