Treating Cracks on a Piet Mondrian Painting
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Treating Cracks on a Piet Mondrian Painting
Dec 15, 2021
… Painting This summer, LACMA launched the YouTube series ART + WORK , which shows the care that museum conservators put into preserving a wide range of artworks from our permanent collection.  Blog Entry Date … This summer, LACMA launched the YouTube series…
Behind the Scenes: Conservation of Power of Pattern
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Behind the Scenes: Conservation of Power of Pattern
Feb 25, 2019
… Reisbord Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 3–July 28, 2019, photo © Museum … from Central Asia, a geographic region which encompasses modern day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, … Overall condition diagram of the front…
LACMA Acquires a Major Work by the Bolivian Painter Melchor Pérez Holguín
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LACMA Acquires a Major Work by the Bolivian Painter Melchor Pérez Holguín
Dec 10, 2019
… Pérez Holguín Forming our collection of Spanish colonial art has been one of my greatest passions and privileges. … Forming our collection of Spanish colonial art has been one of my greatest passions and privileges. … of the connection between global cultures in…
The Written Image: Books and Portfolios from the Rifkind Center
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The Written Image: Books and Portfolios from the Rifkind Center
Jul 28, 2014
… the written word, the book itself became also a medium for artistic creativity—from the cover, dust jackets, and … pages, and endpapers. The original graphics created by artists to adorn the book became works of art in their own right. Blog Entry…
Installing California Design: Q&A with Architects Hodgetts + Fung
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Installing California Design: Q&A with Architects Hodgetts + Fung
Sep 29, 2011
… Architects Hodgetts + Fung September 29, 2011 Decorative arts and design For the ambitious installation of California … design? The unique look pioneered by California’s modern designers was a direct inspiration for our design. Starting with a…
Two Giants of Silver-Screen Fashion
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Two Giants of Silver-Screen Fashion
Jan 13, 2014
… of Silver-Screen Fashion On the third floor of LACMA’s Art of the Americas Building, in a pair of glass cases, are … On the third floor of LACMA’s Art of the Americas Building, in a pair of glass cases, are … extended context as the world of fashion became truly…
Claes Oldenburg’s L.A. "Notes"
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Claes Oldenburg’s L.A. "Notes"
Dec 27, 2016
… and 12 accompanying text pages created and written by the artist during a nine-month stay in Los Angeles in 1968. As … occur on any handy fragment of paper during the day.” The artist’s sketches and collected snippets, like postcards, … ears or arms” to a tractor…
Lighting with Lasers: Conservation uses lasers to Illuminate Bruce Nauman Holograms
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Lighting with Lasers: Conservation uses lasers to Illuminate Bruce Nauman Holograms
Aug 21, 2020
… and magazines all boasted holographic improvements. The art field was no exception. Blog Entry Date Fri, 08/21/2020 … and magazines all boasted holographic improvements. The art field was no exception. … County Museum of Art, organized by Senior…