Gallery Talk

Conservators in Action

Thursday, April 18, 2024
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Conservation Center
Included with General Admission

Disassembly, after natural weakening over time of previous joins, and reconstruction of this fragmentary Etruscan jug by associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu. Q and A session from 2–2:30 pm.

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Watch conservators in action as they clean, stabilize, and prepare artworks for display. Learn how conservators care for the MFA’s collections by viewing work in progress through the glass windows of the furniture and frame conservation lab. At select times listed below, conservators will also be available to talk to visitors, introduce projects, explain the work, and field questions.

Free with general admission. No advance registration or tickets required. Assistive listening devices available upon request.

Meet in the Conservation Center

Take the elevator outside the Bookstore and Shop in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art to the third floor.

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Assistive listening system

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Wheelchair accessible

Past Dates and Times

Friday, November 1, 2024

Removal of yellowed varnish and retouching for a series of allegorical paintings by 17th-century Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier depicting the five senses as young boys, by Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training. Q and A session from 2:30–3:00 pm.

Removal of yellowed varnish and retouching for a series of allegorical paintings by 17th-century Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier depicting the five senses as young boys, by Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training. Q and A session from 11:30 am–12:00 pm.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid.

Monday, October 14, 2024

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, by associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.

Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, by associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu.

Sponsors

Supported by the Jane Mayer and Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Fund.