ArtBabble: Conservation

Daniel Silva - Arts & Letters Live

Dallas Museum of Art — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:16:45 +0000

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Author Daniel Silva in conversation with Dr Maxwell L Anderson, the Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art. Arts and Letters Live July 21, 2012

Paul Messier: A Photograph, a Camera, and the Cultural Moment

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:01:03 +0000

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Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

What can we tell about a photograph by knowing about the camera used to make it? The painters featured in the IMA exhibition Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard were experimenting with the newest technology of their era; the photos they made were created in a highly charged creative atmosphere, buoyed by the democratization of the camera and the birth of amateur photography.

Numbers

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:55:18 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Richard McCoy, Conservator of Objects and Variable Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, discusses the restoration of Robert Indiana's /Numbers/, including completely refinishing the sculptures with the original coating system. You can see all 10 /Numbers/ at the IMA's Alliance Sculpture Court.

Conservation and Installation of a Cosmological Painting

Asian Art Museum — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:27:10 +0000

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Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past

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Asian Art Museum

View the conservation and installation of the large Cosmological Painting for the "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" exhibition (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012).

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914: Picasso's Metal Guitar (1914)

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:21:36 +0000

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Behind the Scenes at MoMA

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914
The Museum of Modern Art, February 13-June 6, 2011

Produced by CK Studios, Inc.

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914: Picasso's Cardboard Guitar (1912)

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:42:48 +0000

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Behind the Scenes at MoMA

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914
The Museum of Modern Art, February 13-June 6, 2011

Produced by CK Studios, Inc.

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914: Picasso's Collage Materials

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:42:47 +0000

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Behind the Scenes at MoMA

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914
The Museum of Modern Art, February 13-June 6, 2011

Produced by CK Studios, Inc.

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914: History and Conservation of Still Life with Guitar

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:42:45 +0000

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Behind the Scenes at MoMA

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914
The Museum of Modern Art, February 13-June 6, 2011

Produced by CK Studios, Inc.

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914: Picasso's Two Guitars

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:21:10 +0000

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Behind the Scenes at MoMA

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914
The Museum of Modern Art, February 13-June 6, 2011

Produced by CK Studios, Inc.

Evidence of Lost Wax Casting

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:36:39 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Technically and visually the artworks of ancient Ife are among the most remarkable in the world, including near life-size heads and figures of humans. Dynasty and Divinity: Ife in Ancient Nigeria features the artistic accomplishments of this unique civilization in what is today southwestern Nigeria, and examines how factors of dynastic power and divine authority shaped the exceptional arts from Ife.

In this video, conservator Richard McCoy discusses lost wax casting, and how certain markings on the heads show that the Yoruba used this method when they created the sculptures.