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4/8/2021
Precision dyeing and color-matching is an important part of textile conservation and this week, we have a dyed-to-match success to report for this silk Argentine flag from the Elizabeth Hawes Flag Dress.
4/1/2021
This week we have an 18thC Islamic ceramic vessel with beautiful underglaze decoration.
3/11/2021
Conservation of the 24 “Dollyver” family member is finally complete!
3/4/2021
This week in objects conservation: this 16th century Iznik plate is in the lab receiving treatment.
2/11/2021
22 pairs of women’s shoes from the 1950s are being prepared for an appearance in the galleries.
2/4/2021
The lab is full of architectural stones as we get ready to reinstall our Nabataean galleries.
1/21/2021
Last week our paper conservator visited the Contemporary Arts Center downtown to deinstall the museum’s Panorama of the Procession.
1/15/2021
It was laundry day in textile conservation again! This length of Korean silk is part of a sculpture by Nam June Paik (1936-2006).
1/7/2021
This bowl, from Iraq, is a beautiful example of lusterware. Luster is an iridescent effect produced by metallic oxides in the overglaze.
12/29/2020
For the past several years, the Cincinnati Art Museum has been a host site for the Ohio History Service Corps (OHSC), an AmeriCorps program dedicated to preserving local history across the state of Ohio.
12/17/2020
We’re still unearthing treasures as we unpack and settle back into our renovated Paintings/Object lab.
12/10/2020
Soon to move from the paper lab to the gallery is a box decorated with ink and gouache by Elizabeth Boott Duveneck.
12/3/2020
This bedspread is getting "ready for her close-up."
11/25/2020
The Green Team was founded in early 2019 by an interdepartmental team of museum staff dedicated to creating sustainable practices within the museum.
11/19/2020
This stone relief dates to 883-859 BCE and depicts a divine figure wearing a horned headdress.
11/2/2020
Born in Clayton, Alabama in 1898, Ann Lowe was an African American fashion designer, but few know her name.
10/29/2020
As we prepare for Halloween this week, here's a scary story from textile conservation!
10/22/2020
This week in objects conservation we return to the 1920’s Paul Theodore Frankl mirror. The aluminum leaf on the base and frame is easily abraded and during its use, suffered from normal wear and tear.
10/15/2020
While the paintings conservation studio is under renovation, we thought you might like a look at an example of the choices that conservators can face.
10/8/2020
In September the light sensitive objects that had been on display in the Women Breaking Boundaries exhibit were returned to storage.
10/1/2020
In textile conservation this week, we are carrying out condition checks for a checklist of 27 pairs of women's shoes from the 1950s.
9/17/2020
Along with many other areas of research, conservation scientists test the materials that conservators use in treating works of art.
9/3/2020
This huge quilt and its neighbors in CAM’s new exhibition "Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal" are lit up brighter than you might be accustomed to seeing museum textiles.
8/20/2020
This large decorative mirror was designed by Paul Theodore Frankl in the late 1920’s.
8/13/2020
Conservation of “The Swing” by Nicolas Lancret is moving along.
8/6/2020
In celebration of his 133rd birthday, let’s take a closer look at Duchamp’s intaglio print of a cubist-style coffee grinder currently undergoing conservation in the Paper Lab.
7/30/2020
A bird's eye view in the textile conservation lab workbench this week brings us these pajama bottoms and a little of the mid-conservation chaos that goes into making them look their best.
7/22/2020
The objects conservation lab is happy to welcome summer intern Nicole Schmidt, a graduate student from the Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State in her third year of training.
7/16/2020
These days, our paintings conservator is working on a painting that, as you can see, is long overdue for cleaning.
7/9/2020
This year the Cincinnati Art Museum is again supporting the Contemporary Arts Center by lending a book to their newly opened exhibit, “Tania Candiani: Sounding Labor, Silent Bodies”.