The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: A Free Scholarly Publication in English and Spanish
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The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: A Free Scholarly Publication in English and Spanish
Nov 14, 2022
… Ancient Americas, and Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth Conservation Center Director, and Dr. Megan E. O’Neil, … result of an ambitious collaboration between the museum’s Conservation Center and Art of the Ancient America’s … and artistic processes involved in…
Q&A with Artist Alison Saar about Her Connection to Watts Towers
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Q&A with Artist Alison Saar about Her Connection to Watts Towers
Feb 13, 2012
… to Alison’s children. After discussing LACMA’s Watts Towers conservation efforts, we got around to talking about … The Towers are a coming together of histories by using the objects and refuse from the community, and probably also … Associates/LACMA LC: As an…
Behind the Scenes in the Pavilion for Japanese Art: Where Did the Art Go?
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Behind the Scenes in the Pavilion for Japanese Art: Where Did the Art Go?
Dec 17, 2018
… allows for the viewing of Japanese scrolls, screens, and objects under natural light conditions. Now entering its … The vault in the Pavilion held nearly 5,000 Japanese objects, paintings, and works on paper. As the two-year … bins which could accommodate the…
One of a Kind: Re-examining a Unique George Bellows Artwork (Part 1)
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One of a Kind: Re-examining a Unique George Bellows Artwork (Part 1)
Dec 02, 2019
… 2, 2019 Madison Brockman, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation How closely do you look at a work of art? Detailed examination of an object can sometimes completely change our identification of … on a particular grouping of people. Bellows’s political…
2019 Mellon Summer Academy at LACMA—Call for Applications
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2019 Mellon Summer Academy at LACMA—Call for Applications
Jan 07, 2019
… invites students to co-organize a virtual rotation of objects from the permanent collection around a theme, research the objects, write object labels and gallery text, determine the layout of the …
Uncovering the History of an Edo-Period Japanese Chest
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Uncovering the History of an Edo-Period Japanese Chest
Oct 01, 2021
… and the Politics of Possession. I specifically conducted object research on various Asian exports which were made for … are the differences in aesthetics and production between objects made for export and those made for domestic markets? … I met with scientists…
Damascus Room Completed at Last
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Damascus Room Completed at Last
Sep 21, 2015
… stones; installation (approx) 240 x 180 x 144 in. Conservation of the room was organized in partnership with … and to install only the lower elements of its tall arch. Objects of the type that might have been displayed on the … Turkey, Iran, and North Africa as…
Fashioning Fashion Debuts in Paris at Les Arts Décoratifs
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Fashioning Fashion Debuts in Paris at Les Arts Décoratifs
Jan 30, 2013
… Esguerra and Nancy Lawson Carcione, Costume and Textiles Conservation Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, … in this video. [wpvideo yi92JwgT] After uncrating, all objects were examined for condition and then installation … from gray shipping crates,…