Anna Vila is trained as a conservator and she holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry, both from the University of Barcelona (Spain). Vila has been working in the conservation science field at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and at the Centre for Art Technological Studies in Conservation (CATS) at the National Gallery of Denmark where she established the scientific laboratory. She has also worked as a research technician at the Scientific and Technological Centers from the University of Barcelona where she also worked on a technical position at its conservation program. Since 2019 Vila is in charge of the Conservation Department at the Contemporary Art Collection of la Caixa Foundation in Barcelona. She has closely collaborated, published, and lectured with conservators, curators, and scientists. The IVAM collection and “la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art were both established in the 1980s. The IVAM collection is structured around the historical avant-garde of the early twentieth century and leading also into artworks from the second half of that century and onward. The original nucleus of the “la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art consisted of works created in the 1980s, the period when the Collection was established with the later acquisition of works by major artists of the 1960s and 1970s to progressively reconstruct to the present a broader frame of reference. Both collections have a national and international orientation containing similar works that are notable for their impact and significance. Recently, a set of Saura’s paintings from “la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art were studied by the team behind this project proposal. The joint studies published until now lay the foundation to continue investigating Saura’s paintings at IVAM collection.