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Category Archives: In Lab
Preparing for the Henrietta Berk Retrospective at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University
This article is about preparing newly rediscovered important artwork from the 1960s Post WWII Abstract Expressionist Bay Area for the Henrietta Berk Retrospective at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. Collaborating and consulting experts for the exhibition are Steven … Continue reading
Posted in Consultations, In Lab, Painting on canvas, Professional activities, Travel
Tagged painting conservation
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Orange County Art Conservation Pick Ups and Deliveries Interesting Art Stuff
Pratically, every week or so, I wind my way past downtown LA to Orange County where our lab enjoys a wide variety of professional art conservation activities. I started out my schedule today in South Laguna Beach at The Redfern … Continue reading
Posted in Consultations, In Lab, Professional activities, Research and Authentication
Tagged Orange Country Art Restoration
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Santa Barbara Art Expert Restores Historic Mammoth Mural AIDS Painting Near Hollywood Bowl In Los Angeles
Posted in FACL in the media, In Lab, Murals
Tagged mural restoration
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Treasured Collectibles in a Pile of Stuff… Las Vegas, Art Restoration Testimonial
Busted up Early American Art I couldn’t believe the valuable collectibles I found in a pile of stuff a couple of weeks ago! I was amazed!! Besides the unexpected treasures, I also found neglect and bad judgment of packers and … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster/Emergency Response, In Lab, Insurance, Painting on canvas
Tagged shipping damage of art
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Early Utah Artist Masterpiece Painting Restored
Posted in FACL in the media, In Lab, Painting on canvas
Tagged Minerva Teichert
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Graffiti Art, Public Art, Street Art… Vandalism, Sign of the Times, Valuable Contemporary Art?
Our lab just finished cleaning up the graffiti vandalism defacing a heartfelt public work of art mural painted in 1987 by Russell Carlton, The #BlueMoonTrilogy. The mural was dedicated to the life saving and disease battling efforts of the AIDS … Continue reading
Posted in In Lab, Murals
Tagged mural restoration, mural street art
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Oil and Acrylic Paintings on Canvas Bulls-eye Cracking Patterns – What they tell an Art Collector
What caused it? How long does it take to show up after the artwork has been hit?
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PBS Program on Rare Historic Oil Paintings of Spanish Missions of CA that Survived Horrific Circumstances, Painting Restoration Riverside at Mission Inn
The PBS program “Uncovered in the Archives” Producer called me a month or so ago all excited about something he considered to be super-interesting and important to report on: he heard there was a collection of 19thcentury paintings of the … Continue reading
Posted in Consultations, FACL in the media, In Lab, Professional activities
Tagged art restoration in the media
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Art Conservation Cleaning of Artwork With Saliva Wins Chemistry Harvard’s Ig Nobel Prize
Painting restoration and cleaning artwork is the subject of what we suspect is humor from Harvard. The award was reported in “Chemistry World” which has been given out since 1991 called the “Ig® Nobel Prize”, “For achievements that first make people … Continue reading
Amateur Art Restoration Ruins Artwork… Again!!!
U.S. & WORLD report “Amateur restoration attempt ruins artwork,” ABC reports during Action News on July 1, 2018 as did dozens of other international news sources including U.S. & World Report Their warning and coaching for you? “Recruiting an amateur … Continue reading
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