These monumental golden gates are thought to be one set of a pair, created by Alexis Timothy Ishchenko, commissioned by Catherine the Great for a Russian Orthodox monastery in Kiev. LACMA conservator John Hirx reveals how this elaborate work of gilded silver was constructed.
From September 2010 to August 2011 visitors were able to observe the conservation of a large eighteenth-century Korean Buddhist painting, Buddha Seokamoni (Shakyamuni) Preaching to the Assembly on Vulture Peak. Work on this delicate painting on silk is taking place in public view, in the newly-installed Korean Art galleries in the Hammer Building at LACMA.
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LACMA conservators talk about ongoing restoration work at Watts Towers.
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