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Getty Conservation Institute (GCI)

Behind the scenes with conservation projects and staff, around the world and in the labs.

PODCAST: Damaged de Kooning on Display at Last
Getty paintings conservator Laura Rivers working under a microscope to stabilize the fragile paint surface of Woman-Ochre. Artwork © 2022 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

PODCAST: Damaged de Kooning on Display at Last

Seeing the results of a multi-year conservation project

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PODCAST: The Recovery and Conservation of a Stolen de Kooning
University of Arizona Museum of Art curator Olivia Miller (right) and registrar Kristen Schmidt at the inspection and authentication of the recovered de Kooning painting. Woman-Ochre, 1954–55, Willem de Kooning. Oil on canvas. Artwork © 2019 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bob Demers/UANews

PODCAST: The Recovery and Conservation of a Stolen de Kooning

A tale of the theft and unlikely recovery of Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ochre

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