2/14/2019
Special guests are arriving at the Cincinnati Art Museum this week as we work on installation of Paris 1900: City of Entertainment!
2/7/2019
This pair of 12th-13th C Chinese funerary jar are currently in the objects conservation lab.
1/31/2019
One of the many examination techniques used when planning a paintings conservation treatment is raking light, where a light placed at one side of the painting and the light “rakes” across the surface.
1/24/2019
Benn Pitman’s Design for a Circular Plate is an example of a preparatory drawing the artist created for a carving.
1/10/2019
In December our objects conservator traveled to Baker Hughes GE Inspection Technologies to get an in-depth look at some of our cuneiform tablets.
12/20/2018
This little dish of rusty tacks shows why paintings conservators should keep their tetanus shots up to date!
12/13/2018
Conservation treatments of the fans for the new installation The Lady’s Adviser: Love and Courting on Folding Fans is complete.
12/6/2018
It's the holidays and a special delivery came for the Fashion and Textile Arts Collection!
11/15/2018
This little painting measures around 5 by 8 inches.
11/6/2018
Posted by Conservation
10/31/2018
This object, a talismanic shirt (India, 15th-16th century), was conserved by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
10/25/2018
This 5th C Greek alabastron made of alabaster, has been in the objects conservation lab for repair.
10/17/2018
Our paintings conservator has been removing a thick grime layer from this recently acquired folk art painting.
10/11/2018
The prints for New World Views are now on view, but before they were matted, framed and hung, the prints spent time in the Paper Lab.
10/4/2018
This week in textile conservation we did a load of laundry: doll clothes from the Dollyver family set of dolls currently undergoing conservation treatment.
9/20/2018
The oil sketch is one of a few paintings in our collection that is framed in a special sealed-environment package.
9/6/2018
You may have seen a post about this doll a few weeks ago when her costume was undergoing treatment in the textile conservation lab.
8/23/2018
A few weeks ago our paintings conservator teamed with our expert Installation Department to return Zaragoza’s “Retablo of Saint Peter” to its gallery after conservation.
8/16/2018
This page from a Qur’an was written in the 13th century in Spain.
8/9/2018
A visit to the workbench in textile conservation today might feel a little like visiting a fashion studio--in miniature.
8/2/2018
Our objects conservator has been working with Andy Wolf, an intern from NYU’s graduate training program.
7/26/2018
Our paintings conservator has been examining this little painting by John. H. Twachtman.
7/19/2018
ur paper conservator is spending the summer looking very closely at intriguing documents that will soon be on view in Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World.
7/12/2018
Take a peek behind the scenes—or under the rug, in this case!
7/3/2018
A few weeks ago when we had our GE digital x-ray demo running in the Conservation department, our objects conservator brought in the spectacular Railway Engine Coffeemaker for imaging.
6/27/2018
Here’s a detail of one of the paintings from Zaragoza’s “Retablo of Saint Peter.” At left is the same detail in normal light, after conservation.
6/21/2018
While in Houston for the annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), our paper conservator had the opportunity to use her expertise to help a small museum.
6/14/2018
Last week, Conservation was lucky enough to have an on-site demonstration of digital x-ray by Cory Morriss from GE and Scott Hunley of RCON NDT.
5/31/2018
There was a mysterious alteration in this painting. This is a detail of the bottom (also no pun intended) right corner of a nude study by Frank Duveneck, taken while the painting was being cleaned.
5/24/2018
This spring in paper conservation, we’re looking at a print of Cincinnati, a view of the city from across the river in Kentucky.