Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Stockholm,
Sweden. October 24, 2018
– In an inauguration ceremony presided over by the King and Queen of Sweden, the country’s
Nationalmuseum reopened after a five-year $132 million renovation. ArtRatio (
www.artratio.co.uk
), in collaboration with
VariGuard SmartGlass (a business unit of Research Frontiers Inc.: Nasdaq: REFR), was selected as part of this initiative to protect
priceless books and objects from damage as a result of exposure to light.
The
Nationalmuseum selected ArtRatio’s display case, engineered using VariGuard SmartGlass, to allow visitors to experience
these objects while at the same time providing unprecedented protection against irreversible damage from exposure to light.
Some
of the works being protected by the ArtRatio display case include:
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Book
of Hours, St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child, watercolour and gold on parchment,
Spain, c1400.
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Book
of Hours, Arrest of Christ, watercolour and gold on parchment, France, c1500.
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Ivory
object, Christ on the Cross, France, c1350.
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Book
of Hours, St. Catherine and Kneeling Donor, watercolour and gold on parchment, Netherlands,
c1430.
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Book,
The Hours of Giraldi-Guicciardini: The Rising of Lazarus; Death Carrying a Scythe; 1500-1525,
Watercolour, gold on parchment, Italy.
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Many
objects in the collection date from the Middle Ages and are highly susceptible to permanent damage from exposure to UV, visible
and infrared light. To exhibit the selected items, the Nationalmuseum collaborated with ArtRatio to design a display case which
uses VariGuard’s SmartGlass instead of traditional conservation glass.
Nationalmuseum
Comments
“The
ArtRatio smart glass table works wonderfully, does its job of protecting our manuscripts and looks great in the room as well!”
Carina
Pia Fryklund – Curator, Department of Prints and Drawings, Nationalmuseum
“With
VariGuard SmartGlass we can now show very light sensitive illuminations in a gallery where we also let daylight coming in.”
Joakim
Werning – Exhibition Designer, Nationalmuseum
VariGuard
SmartGlass vs Traditional Conservation Glass
The
exhibition of these highly-sensitive works would not have been possible, or the exhibition duration would have been severely limited,
were they not protected by ArtRatio’s display case using VariGuard SmartGlass. Traditional conservation glass protects against
UV, but not against damage due to visible or infrared light. This does not provide optimal protection since UV accounts for less
than half of the fading (often only one tenth). VariGuard’s SmartGlass not only protects against UV, it also protects against
damage from visible and infrared light by silently, instantly and automatically switching from clear to over 99% light-blocking
(whenever the books and objects are not being viewed) to provide maximum protection against fading and structural breakdown.
About
The Nationalmuseum of Sweden
The
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm is Sweden’s largest museum of art and design, and its collections comprise more than 700,000
objects, paintings, sculpture, and drawings. Following the renovation, the museum offers larger display spaces across three floors
that will showcase 5,200 objects (compared with about 1,700 before the renovation).
Details
are noted in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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places on the internet.
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