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9/10/2020
An amazing transformation took place this summer in the Paper Lab.
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.
7/9/2020
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”.
6/18/2020
Staff members have been very active in the museum galleries for the past month. One of the cases that was due for its regular rotation is the hanging scroll case in Gallery 138.
5/14/2020
Our paper conservator has not been in the lab since March, but she is still working on the collection.
3/19/2020
Our paper conservator has been in the darkroom capturing images of watermarks from some of our Old Master prints.
12/5/2019
This drawing recently came to the paper lab to have some old paper remnants removed. The drawing is on the back of a letter, and some of the writing was obscured.
10/31/2019
Oil paintings do not usually come to the Paper Lab, but occasionally the conservators share projects, and that is the case here.
8/8/2019
Sometimes an artist presents us with something that looks good from the front, but when we turn it over we notice that there are problems that can’t be seen when the art is hanging on a wall.
6/13/2019
This month a new group of paintings is on display in the Indian gallery.
5/16/2019
A group of Japanese prints depicting women wearing elaborate garments was recently in the paper lab.
4/18/2019
Between doing conservation treatments for upcoming exhibitions, our paper conservator and her intern are working on a group of documents from the Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives.
3/21/2019
Kenyon Cox was both a student and a teacher at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. His drawing Satyr and Two Children from 1876 passed through the Paper Lab on its way to the exhibition.
11/6/2018
Posted by Conservation
8/16/2018
This page from a Qur’an was written in the 13th century in Spain.
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.
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.
2/7/2018
These early examples of paper lace valentines date back to the late 19th century.
10/5/2017
Posted by: Conservation
9/7/2017
Posted by: Conservation
7/28/2017
Posted by: Sophie Weinstein