Brandi and the restoration of contemporary art. One side and the other the Teoria

The theorization of contemporary art is often presented as a recent phenomenon, and refractory to the so-called “classical” approach, inspired by Brandi. This article shows that on the contrary, since Althöfer, Brandi 's theory has underpinned many exploratory approaches, and that a careful re-reading of entire parts of his work, often neglected, is able to inform the interventions of contemporary conservation