Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker emphasize the importance of preservation framing, stating, "When we started in the framing industry in 2006, the idea of archival and conservation framing was still fairly new..."
The restoration by ChatGPT of Niépce's oldest photograph was met with criticism for its inaccuracies, showing AI's limitation in understanding historical context.
"A lot of people say that the varnish should never be removed, that that's a patina that is on the surface of the painting and that it adds to the painting's quality: it makes the painting look better, it makes it look more serious," says Baumgartner.
"What's really important is that this is a historic building but embedded in a working hospital. We've got this incredible opportunity to open the door and for it to become part of hospital life but also to open it to the public."