Given the increasing numbers of academically qualified artists, some educated even to PhD level - there now exist Doctors of Art - an Art Surgery based on the idea of a Medical Doctor's Surgery, treating paintings and artefacts as patients, has become a real possibility. The first significant initiative of this type which took place in May 2010 is documented below. 'Open Art Surgery' © The Doomsbury Set (Mocksim and Huw Bartlett) here with Dr. Jonathan Gilhooly, All Rights Reserved.
