50 Works 50 Weeks: Fra’ Bartolomeo’s “Holy Family”
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50 Works 50 Weeks: Fra’ Bartolomeo’s “Holy Family”
Jul 22, 2025
… Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA Recent conservation treatments conducted prior to the opening of …
The Art of Transparency: Reiko Sudō’s Textile Innovation for LACMA
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The Art of Transparency: Reiko Sudō’s Textile Innovation for LACMA
May 05, 2026
One of the most distinctive features of the David Geffen Galleries is its perimeter wrapped by floor-to-ceiling glass windows, framing panoramic…
What Is Collotype Printing? Learning from Japan’s Benrido Studio
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What Is Collotype Printing? Learning from Japan’s Benrido Studio
Mar 07, 2025
Knowing how elaborate this technique is and how much expertise is required, why have artists, makers, and publishers used the collotype process?
Art and Ambiguity; or, Why I Like the Museum of Jurassic Technology
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Art and Ambiguity; or, Why I Like the Museum of Jurassic Technology
May 27, 2009
… Durability Test  PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB Questions? Call Conservation Ah. One local institution trades in such …
New Acquisitions in Spanish Colonial Art
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New Acquisitions in Spanish Colonial Art
Mar 17, 2009
View of the Port of Sète (El puerto de Sète), Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz, 1771
Installing The Obama Portraits Tour and Black American Portraits: Notes from Two Groundbreaking Exhibitions
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Installing The Obama Portraits Tour and Black American Portraits: Notes from Two Groundbreaking Exhibitions
Dec 22, 2021
… Kathryn Harada, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Paintings Conservation It was such an honor to be involved with the …
Sam Durant and the Art of Dialogue
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Sam Durant and the Art of Dialogue
Jul 13, 2017
… anniversary, © Sam Durant, photo by Yosi Pozeilov, LACMA Conservation Center Sam Durant and the Art of Dialogue July …
A Closer Look at the Great Charter
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A Closer Look at the Great Charter
Apr 26, 2011
Drafted nearly 800 years ago, Magna Carta subjected the king of England’s authority to the rule of law and asserted important individual rights.