“ Harsh Weather and Economics Imperil Land Ar t”, an article by Julia Halperin in the January 23, 2024 issue of The New York Times , notes that the Des Moines Art Center will be dismantling Mary Miss’ “Greenwood Pond: Double Site”, a work of land art in its collection because it no longer...
The 800 tightly rolled papyrus scrolls found in a room in a villa in Pompeii which likely comprise the personal library of a philosopher employed by the villa’s owner were carbonized in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and cannot be opened to read without crumbling apart. “ Survivors of...
It is always interesting to see what the outside world thinks conservation is about. In an October 7-8, 2023 Wall Street Journal review of the book The Boy from Kiev , a biography of the choreographer Alexi Ratmansky, the reviewer Moira Hodgson quotes author Marina Harss saying that...
According to” Why a Painter’s Yellows Aren’t So Yellow Anymore ”, a short piece by Katherine Kornei in the "Observatory" column of the Science Times section of the October 3, 2023 issue of The New York Times , paint fades. Even modern paint fades-- and particularly cadmium yellow paint....
The front page of the August 14, 2023 issue of the New York Times contains an article by Alexandra Eaton titled, “ The Story of an Enslaved Youth Emerges From behind the Paint ”. The painting Eaton discusses, “Belizaire and the Frey Children” , now in the collection of the Metropolitan...
“ Lacking Heads, Sculptures Keep Experts on Their Toes ”, a front page article by Graham Bowley in the June 14, 2023 issue of The New York Times focuses on the bronze head of Septimus Severus in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Denmark) and the bronze body formerly in the Metropolitan...
“ An Ancient Cup’s Bit-By-Bit Rebirth and The Story That’s Behind It ”, an article by Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg in the Sunday, April 23, 2023, issue of The New York Times discusses a very significant and complete terra cotta kylix in the Metropolitan Museum that entered the museum’s...
“ A holistic view on the role of egg yolk in Old Masters’ oil paints ”, an unassuming article published on March 28, 2023 in Nature Communications , has gained widespread publicity in the popular press under titles as silly as “ Yolk proteins in oil paints make art egg-cellent” or as...
The Review Section of the February 18-19, 2023 issue of The Wall Street Journal published an article by Kelly Crow titled , “I s This Painting A Raphael Or Not? ”, which tracks the attempts of Anthony Ayers to have a painting he found in an antique shop in England be declared by...
The article, “ Racing to Protect Books from Climate Change ” by Emmett Lindner in the January 9, 2023 issue of The New York Times discusses the growing threats to library collections posed by extreme weather events and shifts in temperature and humidity brought on by climate change. It also...