Conserving Art Coast to Coast
The Conservation Center
(02/24/2012):
Holland Sentinel
(09/24/2011):
Historic Trust Collection Back at Holland Armory
Chicago Ideas Week
(08/03/2011):
About the Lab: The Marriage of Art and Science
Claims Journal
(07/26/2011):
How to Evaluate Fine Art & Collectible Claims
Private Wealth Magazine
(07/01/2011):
Artistry At Risk
Today’s Chicago Women
(07/01/2011):
100 Women Making a Difference
Adjuster Insights
(04/22/2011):
Handling Fine Art Claims
Chicago Sun-Times
(04/04/2011):
Landmarks Group Celebrates Saving Great Building for 40 Years
Claims Advisor
(04/04/2011):
The Fine Points of Artwork Claims
Portoluz
(03/02/2011):
WPA 2.0: A Brand New Deal
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The Conservation Center often assists museums, institutions, foundations and non-profit organizations with the presentation and care of their collections. Aside from providing a wide array of conservation services, The Center's experts are always on hand to consult on long-term preservation planning, on the display, packing, transport and long-term storage of collections, or to help formulate Disaster Response plans. Our conservators are also brought in on projects to provide courier services and condition reports for lending institutions, or to help with the final stages of exhibition preparation.
The Conservation Center’s CEO, Heather Becker, serves on the board of several fantastic organizations such as Landmarks Illinois, The Redmoon Theater, The Chicago Network and The Glessner House Museum. In the next few months they have important events you may want to consider attending. We hope to see you there!
The Conservation Center is the conservation sponsor for The International Exposition of Contemporary/Modern Art and Design that will be held on September 20-23, 2012. The five-day event at Navy Pier’s Festival Hallwill establish Chicago as a pre-eminent art fair location and cultural destination. Throughout the event, The Center will have a booth on-site with conservators working on pieces as they would in our laboratory.
Recently, a Modern Charles (1907-1978) and Ray (1912-1988) Eames chair and an antique Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) style chair were brought separately to The Conservation Center, for review. Both chairs are examples of influential furniture designs. We received some interesting background information from the collectors and an explanation from our associate furniture conservator, Michael Young about the various challenges faced when conserving 18th century versus mid-20th century furniture.
A private collector brought this print to The Center several months ago. To a critical eye, the print was in poor condition: the sheet was soiled and distorted, and there were two tears that were barely visible except upon close inspection (see figs. 1-3). The tears required intricate repair work to realign the edges and provide necessary structural support to the compromised sheet, while keeping the repair as discreet as possible. After the piece was safely returned in its improved condition, the collector wrote the following testimonial for us to share:
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