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Conservators Aren’t Happy That Kim Kardashian Wore Marilyn’s Dress to the Met Gala

by Elaine Velie May 4, 2022May 5, 2022

“Wearing historic clothing damages it. Full stop,” said the former head of conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, Sarah Scaturro.

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Wupatki National Monument, Home to 5,000 Indigenous Sites, Will Be Conserved

by Lauren Moya Ford September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

With $1.3 million granted by the Getty, teams hope to develop innovative solutions to address Wupatki’s challenges that can also be applied to other climate-vulnerable heritage sites.

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How Does Plastic Age? Conservators Are Taking a Closer Look

by Karen Chernick May 24, 2021May 24, 2021

A new project is researching how Soviet-era plastics were made and used.

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To Preserve Ancient Mosaics, Experts Are Burying Them Underground

by Valentina Di Liscia May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

The Getty Conservation Institute has undertaken numerous mosaic reburials in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Cyprus over the years.

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A Black-and-White World Beneath the Ocean

by Deepa Bhasthi August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

“The images in this book are a reflection of what I hear beneath the waves,” photographer Christian Vizl writes in Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves, his stunning book of undersea photography.

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The Restoration of the Tomb of Tutankhamen Is Complete

by Carey Dunne January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

The Getty Conservation Institute and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities have completed a nearly decade-long restoration project of the 3,000-year-old tomb.

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A New Online Project Rethinks How We Learn About Artists and Archive Their Life and Work

by Zachary Small July 31, 2018August 1, 2018

Now working at New York University, Glenn Wharton is responsible for the comprehensive David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base. Joan Jonas is next.

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How Smell Tests Can Help Museums Conserve Art and Artifacts

by Daniel A. Gross March 12, 2018

UK chemists even followed their noses to the Tate, where they tested three decades-old plastic sculptures.

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Eritrean Modernism, a Brazilian Slave Port, and More Join UNESCO World Heritage Site List

by Allison Meier July 11, 2017

This year’s session of the World Heritage Committee has resulted in 21 new sites, from the controversial Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, to a men-only island in Japan.

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A Conservator Talks About the Challenges of Preserving Plastic in Art

by Elisa Wouk Almino March 6, 2017March 8, 2017

On March 8, art conservator Thea van Oosten will give a talk at the Institute of Fine Arts on the obstacles in preserving plastic art and design objects.

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Conserving America’s Longest Painting, a 19th-Century Whaling Panorama

by Allison Meier February 13, 2017February 10, 2017

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is working to put the 1,275-foot “Whaling Voyage Round the World” panorama back on view.

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An Audio Tour of the Museum of Modern Art’s Dust

by Allison Meier December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

Artist Nina Katchadourian spent two years exploring the dustiest realms of New York’s Museum of Modern Art for a new audio tour.

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