Sometimes we plan and execute ASK-related projects on a long timeline, but occasionally a project will happen organically and almost take us by surprise. Using…
Read MoreOne of the questions we’ve had since the beginning of the project was if ASK is appropriate for a mounted kiosk of some kind. We…
Read MoreIn a recent conversation with colleagues from the Peabody Essex Museum, Sara and I fielded a question that frequently arises: which works of art do…
Read MoreMy first exposure to the world of 3D printing took place in 2009 approximately 500 feet under the Earth’s surface in a former missile silo…
Read MoreWhen most of us think about the roaring twenties, we envision scenes of flappers cutting loose on the dance floor, bustling cities filling with new…
Read MoreOne of the projects I’ve been working on is Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum, an exhibition of about 100 of our pre-1945…
Read MoreThis portrait by the British painter Thomas Hudson has just been added to American Identities, the installation of the Museum’s world-renowned collections of American art….
Read MoreNew York history buffs will be interested to know that this month, September 2010, marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of Penn Station. No,…
Read MoreOn June 19, Coney Island will celebrate the beginning of summer with the annual Mermaid Parade, a colorful and highly unique procession of costumed mermaids,…
Read MoreValerie Hegarty’s evocation of Asher B. Durand’s 1855 painting The First Harvest in the Wilderness in her benefit print for the 1stfans program adds another…
Read MoreToday we’re launching the next installment in the Brooklyn Museum Collection on the Web—more than 4,000 images from the Libraries and Archives will join the…
Read MoreValerie Hegarty (American, born 1967). Fallen Bierstadt, 2007. Foamcore, paint, paper, glue, gel medium, canvas, wire, and wood. Gift of Campari, USA , 2008.9a–b. Photo…
Read MoreThe history of Coney Island from the 1890s and through the first decade of the 20th century is very much the history of three successful…
Read MoreConey Island has a long history as a place for entertainment. Even before the creation of the three great amusement parks around 1900, the area…
Read MoreThe next time you enter the Grand Lobby of the museum, make sure you cast your eyes upwards. In one of the openings in the…
Read MoreLast week we finished the installation of the small photography show Goodbye Coney Island? in the Luce Alcove on the fifth floor of the Museum….
Read MoreA major factor influencing Brushed with Light‘s design was due to the delicate nature of watercolors themselves. Because the works are light sensitive it is…
Read MoreIn my previous post, I discussed how an adhesive introduced with an ultrasonic mister can be used to stabilize paint layers. Now you can see…
Read MoreIn preparation for the Museum’s current exhibition, Brushed With Light, conservators in the Paper Conservation Department examined over ninety watercolors. It was great to work…
Read MoreJook Leung from 360VR came in today to shoot a few panoramas of our Luce Visible Storage area. These should be on our website within…
Read MoreOver a few days each summer the object conservators and the conservation summer interns get to venture out to the sculpture garden to treat the…
Read MoreLisa is on vacation this week, so I’ll be updating the blog in her absence. We apologize to everyone who came out to see our…
Read MoreThe primer is complete. See the video! It is too humid today to apply the topcoat, and thundershowers are expected later this evening. Tomorrow is…
Read MoreThe painting continues. The sculpture has approximately 250 square feet of surface to paint. The progress is good. The winds are less strong today and…
Read MoreNow that the repairs to the metal skin are complete, the team from UHP Projects. Inc. (Ultra High Pressure Projects) is back and have started…
Read MoreMany of the multiple layers of failing paint found on the statue contained heavy metals, such as lead, which was a common ingredient in paint…
Read MoreLisa has been giving you a wonderful overview of the on going process. I will confine myself to details specific to the work. Works of…
Read MoreThe repairs to the skin are working. The newly galvanized steel patches are riveted, and then welded in place. It’s not raining today, enabling the…
Read MoreIt is not fun working in the rain. The team from Conservation Solutions continue the work on the statue, despite the numerous, and often heavy…
Read MoreNow that the exterior paint removal is complete, the more tedious, but very important work of prepping the interior surface of the statue has begun….
Read MoreThe staff at Conservation Solutions, Inc. are beginning to make the structural repairs to the metal skin. Most of the holes in the object are…
Read MoreAs of this past weekend, the layers of flaking paint were removed, making it possible to finally see the underlying structure and methods of manufacture….
Read MoreThe paint removal is complete on the exterior. This has revealed how the fabricators overcame the difficulties of working with sheet steel in forming intricate…
Read MoreAs the paint is removed, the artistry that went into the fabrication of the sculpture becomes more apparent. One can not discern the effort that…
Read MoreThe paint layers on the statue are unstable, making it necessary to remove them entirely, for the preservation of the object. The surface has always…
Read MoreThe Museum’s replica of the Statue of Liberty had been on top of the Liberty Warehouse on 64th, and Broadway since it was made around…
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