According Elaine Velle’s post, “ During Clandestine Performance, Artist Kisses and Licks 30 Pre-Hispanic Objects in Mexico City Museum ”, on the Hyperallergic website, as part of a videotaped work of performance art intended to draw attention to the many auctions of pre-Hispanic objects which...
In the January 3, 2022 issue of The New York Times, in an article titled “ Ancient Sanctuaries, Mystery Repairs, Modern Headaches ”, Nicolas Casey writes about what seems to be yet another botched restoration of a piece of Spanish cultural heritage. In November 2021, the mayor of the Spanish...
On the front page of the Friday November 26 th issue of The New York Times, there is an article by Christopher Flavelle , “ Saving History with Wet-Vacs in Washington ”, which alerts the reader to the fact that, due to being built on former marsh land, the Smithsonian Institution museums--...
The Science Times section of the October 5, 2021 issue of The New York Times contains two articles of particular interest—“ Yale Concludes Its Vineland Map Is a Forgery ” by by Alan Yuhas and “ Marie Antoinette’s Words Grow Clearer ” by Sabrina Imbler. After many years of authentication and...
In an article in the June 29, 2021 “Science Times” section of The New York Times (“ Peering into the Paint ”), Kenneth Chang explains the scientific principles behind hyperspectral imaging and provides examples of how the technique has been applied to the study of a number of famous paintings...
In the “Arts” section of the Saturday June 20, 2021 issue of The New York Times,Carol Pogash published a long article, “ A Fresco’s Relocation is handled with Care ”, about the removal of Diego Rivera’s “Pan American Unity”-- a 30 ton, 70 foot by 22 foot mural --from the wall of the lobby of a...
According to an article by James S. Russell in the February 24, 2021 issue of The New York Times ( “ A Mural at Risk is Remade ”), when Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union moves its headquarters from 310 West 43 rd Street in Manhattan and into a building a few blocks away,...
Could the appearance of such an article in the Style Section rather than the Science Section mark a growing general interest in the technical aspects of the creation of works of art? In the Sunday February 7, 2021, issue of The New York Times , an article by Evan Nicole Brown about the YInMn...
In the January 28, 2021, issue of The New York Times , Liz Alderman wrote about the repair and renovation work carried out by 250 workers in the Louvre every weekday since October when it closed due to the pandemic instead of only on Tuesdays -- the one day of the week it formerly did not allow...
The Saturday January 8, 2021 issue of The New York Times published an article by Sarah Bahr on how in the aftermath of the invasion of the U.S. Capitol Building by rioters on January 6 th , the artworks in the building and the building itself are being examined for damages (“ Curators Scour for...