Julia Nagle Conservation provides specialist knowledge of twentieth century and contemporary art, conserving and restoring paintings from Bacon to Banksy. We bring museum style conservation services to private collectors, insurers, commercial galleries and public institutions worldwide, and are the official conservators for Frieze Masters and Frieze London Art Fairs.
We are authorised to receive artworks into the studio under Inward Processing Relief (IPR).
Accredited members
Julia Nagle ACR
A Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic works, Julia is an experienced conservator who has worked at Tate, English Heritage and UCL, in addition to ten years at the Hamilton Kerr Institute at Cambridge University. She opened her own studio in 2009, one of the few in London recognised for its specialist expertise in modern and contemporary conservation. Julia is an ICON accredited conservator and an assessor for Professional Accreditation of Conservation Professionals across all disciplines. She is a member of the Advisory Council for The Hamilton Kerr Institute and the selection committee for the Plowden Medal. She is also an external advisor on the advisory committee for The Tate GREENART project.
Olympia Diamond ACR
Olympia completed the Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings at The Courtauld Institute of Art in 2014. During this time she was a Research Associate Scholar for the Courtauld Gallery and began investigating the treatment of water stains on acrylic paintings, leading to a publication and presentation at the AIC Conference in Chicago in 2017. Since qualifying Olympia has worked for the Guildhall Art Gallery and English Heritage. Before joining JNC in 2017, Olympia was Assistant Paintings Conservator at the National Museums Liverpool, where she led the conservation treatment and technical investigation of the Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) altarpiece, Virgin and Child in Glory, c. 1673 and its related oil sketch. Olympia became an Accredited Member of Icon in 2021.
Client testimonials
Julia Nagle first began work at the Serpentine Gallery on an exhibition of paintings by Ellsworth Kelly in 2006. Since then she has become the paintings conservator of choice. During this period she has worked on exhibitions at the Serpentine by Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Alex Katz amongst others. More recent exhibitions where she has been closely involved include Tomma Abts, Luchita Hurtado, Faith Ringgold, and Albert Oehlen. The primary focus of her work has been to examine the artworks on their arrival at the gallery and before their departure. In addition to this, we have also relied on her conservation skills to deal with inherent problems with some works restoring paintings to their original condition. She is a highly skilled practitioner, very thorough, measured and considered in her approach to dealing with problems. She has been incredibly good at responding rapidly to requests for her services at short notice. Since we first started working with her, she has developed her studio-based practice and has assembled a team who share the same set of high standards. Finally, it is always a great pleasure to work with her and I plan to continue doing so for many years.
Serpentine Gallery, London
It has been our ongoing privilege to work with Julia and the team at Julia Nagle Conservation Limited. As we are physically distanced from UK based collections activities, we rely on her professional advice, detailed documentation and hands-on service – including condition reporting, movement management and pre-transit treatments – to assist us in crucial decision-making through to final delivery. This is always done in a highly professional, generous and timely manner.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa