Can You Spot the Fake Buttons?
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Can You Spot the Fake Buttons?
Oct 25, 2010
… Spot the Fake Buttons? October 25, 2010 Jean Neeman, Senior Conservation Technician Conservation My mission: to recreate missing buttons for an … Dull Coat on top of the painted button forms. 04.M80_60a-b_painting_reproduction_button After curing…
From Ruscha, with Love
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From Ruscha, with Love
Jul 15, 2010
… with Love July 15, 2010 Meghan Moran, Graphic Designer Conservation Want to find out what’s behind the curtain inside EATLACMA?     Ed Ruscha had been painting single words onto canvas using a trompe l’oieil … his catalogue Raisonné, “I felt for awhile there that…
Installing India's Fabled City
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Installing India's Fabled City
Dec 06, 2010
… India's Fabled City December 6, 2010 Scott Tennent Conservation India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow … massive show. The exhibition features roughly 200 objects--paintings, costumes, jewelry, weapons, decorative arts, … we're ready.…
Installation of Children of the Plumed Serpent
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Installation of Children of the Plumed Serpent
Mar 28, 2012
… of Children of the Plumed Serpent March 28, 2012 Conservation LACMA’s newest exhibition, Children of the … Yosi A. R-PozeilovEditor: Yosi A. R-PozeilovDepartment: Conservation Photo Studio These pair of monumental feet come … Yosi A. R-PozeilovEditor: Yosi A. R-…
The Collaboration Behind Revealing Creation: The Science and Art of Ancient Maya Ceramics
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The Collaboration Behind Revealing Creation: The Science and Art of Ancient Maya Ceramics
Nov 16, 2016
… by a multi-year collaborative research project by LACMA’s Conservation Center and the Art of the Ancient Americas … We also chose a cluster of ones with stucco and post-fire painting, particularly because I was interested in cultural … also because it would play…
Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” Is Getting a Refresh
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Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” Is Getting a Refresh
Nov 07, 2025
… November 7, 2025 Alexander Schneider, Associate Editor Conservation When it was installed at LACMA along Wilshire … from the environment, so Urban Light periodically requires conservation work to keep it looking fresh. It's been nearly … clean, and will now…
An Interview with Diana Magaloni
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An Interview with Diana Magaloni
Jan 28, 2020
… Ancient Americas, and Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth Conservation Center Director—joined the museum as Program … I had my first experiences working on pre-Columbian mural paintings. Then I spent a year in Switzerland focusing on … that analysis to…
Frank Stella at the Whitney
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Frank Stella at the Whitney
Jan 06, 2016
… 6, 2016 Mark Gilberg, Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth Conservation Center Director Conservation In December 2014, when the Whitney Museum of … turned away from Minimalism, and the deep reliefs of his paintings gave way to monumental multi-…