Before conservation (Frans Schwartz (1850-1917), Annunciation, 1899, etching, 8 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 2014.) (Photo courtesy of Christina Thomas) After ...

Painters paint. Drawers draw. Artists create. But who preserves art so it reaches future generations? At the Ackland Art Museum, Grace White is the woman behind it all – well, at least all things ...

Before arriving at WUDPAC to learn paper conservation, Sam Callanta constructed and painted sets as a scenic artist in the theater world. The work made her curious: “Why was I using latex versus ...

Wrapping paper by famous American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is being flattened in the photo room at McGlinchey Sexton Conservation. On a table a few feet away rests a 50-pound paper sculpture ...

The work of an art conservator requires patience, concentration, and the willingness to spend extended periods of time absorbed in a delicate task, said Mark Aronson, chief conservator at the Yale ...

The Guggenheim’s conservation team restores fragile art works by Heinrich Campendonk. What does it take to restore a fragile 100-year-old watercolor? For years, Heinrich Campendonk’s “Farmer with ...

This weekend, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate the opening of its new, state-of-the-art conservation center. Visitors will be able to tour the center and speak directly with conservators ...

Crystal Maitland (she/her) has a Master of Art Conservation (Paper) as well as a B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from Queen’s University. Prior to joining Winterthur in the summer of 2024, Crystal was the ...

On the top floors of the Harvard Art Museums at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, a dedicated team of conservators care for approximately 250,000 pieces in the museum’s ...