Rate My Professor Christina Young

Young's research specializations include technical art history, conservation science, and the structural conservation of paintings, with particular emphasis on canvas supports, crack formation and fatigue in painted cultural heritage objects, and photonic imaging strategies. Key projects under her leadership are 'The Power to Transform,' exploring the history and significance of painted stage cloths; IMPASTOW, addressing crack formation in painted wooden heritage; and innovations in structural conservation combining technical art history, conservation, and curatorial practice. Long-term interests encompass conservation of modern and contemporary art, non-invasive monitoring techniques, materials and methods for structural conservation, and the history of painted canvas in fine and decorative arts, theatre, performance, and socio-political contexts. Notable publications include 'The significance of the Citizens Theatre paint frames' in Studies in Conservation (2025), 'Canvas complexity' in Conserving Canvas (2023), 'Examination of gecko-inspired dry adhesives for heritage conservation' in European Physical Journal Plus (2023), 'Gecko-inspired dry adhesives for heritage conservation' in Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (2023), 'History of fabric supports' in Conservation of Easel Paintings (2012), and 'Fabrics for the twenty-first century: As artist canvas and for the structural reinforcement of easel paintings on canvas' in Studies in Conservation (2012). She supervises PhD research in mechanics of painted cultural heritage, development of conservation materials, and advanced optical techniques. Her contributions advance preservation practices for tangible cultural heritage.