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Tag: Conservation

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chimney Rags Revealed to Be a Rare 17th-Century Map

by Allison Meier December 7, 2016

The National Library of Scotland received a bundle found in a chimney, and six months of conservation revealed the rags to be a rare 17th-century map.

In Historic Move, Obama Designates Part of the Atlantic a Marine National Monument

by Claire Voon September 15, 2016

To explore the United States’s newest national monument, you’re going to need a boat — or at least, some kind of device that keeps you afloat oceanic waters

MFA Boston Publicly Conserves 18th-Century Buddhist Painting Masterpiece

by Claire Voon August 19, 2016August 22, 2016

Starting tomorrow, visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will have a rare opportunity to experience what usually occurs behind the scenes in conservation labs.

Original Winnie-the-Pooh Dolls, All Stuffed with Fluff, Go Back on View

by Allison Meier August 15, 2016August 16, 2016

Before Winnie-the-Pooh was a Disney superstar, before author A. A. Milne even considered the forest adventures of a beloved bumbling bear, he was a gift to a young boy on his first birthday.

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