art conservation

Getty to Conserve Jackson Pollock’s Watershed Work “Mural”

It’s official—abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock’s seminal work Mural (1943) will be undergoing technical study and conservation at the Getty Center as part of... Read More

Melissa Abraham | June 26, 2012

Looking Under Judy Chicago’s Car Hood

Chicago was one of several California artists in the 1960’s who adopted techniques and materials from L.A.’s car culture.

Art with an On-Off Switch: Restoring Stephan von Huene’s Tap Dancer

Art with an On-Off Switch: Restoring Stephan von Huene's Tap Dancer

Conservation Comes Outdoors for Henry Moore’s “Bronze Form”

What’s inside this tent? Henry Moore’s monumental sculpture Bronze Form 5/6—normally the first artwork visitors see when arriving at the Getty Center—is undergoing a... Read More

Katrina Posner | May 22, 2012

Preserving the Photographic Heritage of the Middle East

We treasure our family photos because they are reminders of meaningful memories. The same can be said of the photographic collections held by institutions,... Read More

Tram Vo and Anna Zagorski | May 7, 2012

A Big Lift for América Tropical

Construction for the shelter, viewing platform, and interpretive center that will surround América Tropical, the only surviving public mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros in... Read More

Melissa Abraham | April 26, 2012

Modern Architecture Under the Conservation Microscope

Despite the increased recognition that works of modern architecture such as the Sydney Opera House, Le Corbusier’s Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in... Read More

Melissa Abraham | March 22, 2012

Looking at Apulian Vases in a New Light

Since 2008, the antiquities conservation and curatorial departments at the J. Paul Getty Museum have been working with colleagues at the Antikensammlung in Berlin... Read More

David Saunders and Marie Svoboda | January 30, 2012

Looking Inside a Reconstructed Roman God

The J. Paul Getty Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale de France are collaborating on the research and conservation treatment of the Berthouville Treasure, the... Read More

Susan Lansing Maish and Eduardo P. Sánchez | January 19, 2012

Welcoming the Berthouville Treasure to the Getty Villa

The J. Paul Getty Museum and Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibilotheque nationale de France (the department of coins, medals, and antiques of the National... Read More

Susan Lansing Maish and Eduardo P. Sánchez | October 18, 2011

Seeing Art’s Bones: X-Raying Plant Fiber Objects at the Getty Villa

We’re all familiar with the X-rays used to take images of people’s bones and teeth at medical and dental facilities. But did you know... Read More

Dawn Lohnas | September 21, 2011

Seeing Artwork in a New Light

Jim Druzik is obsessed with light. More particularly, he’s concerned with the destructive power of light on priceless museum treasures, and it’s his pioneering... Read More

Melissa Abraham | September 19, 2011