Name: Art Talks: Conservation
Start: 2020-02-19T13:00
Location: Theater 3

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Held on Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Mezzanine, Theater 3

The Celeste Bartos Theater

Recommended for families with kids ages seven to 14

MoMA object conservators treating a Frank Lloyd Wright sculpture. Shown: Frank Lloyd Wright. Sprite from Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL. 1913–14. Cast concrete, 58 × 15 1/2 × 15" (147.3 × 39.4 × 38.1 cm). The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York). © 2020 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Pictured: Joe Militello, Trey Mosely, Jessica Betz, Ellen Moody, John Wood, and Megan Randall. Photo: Joy Bloser

From snakeskin to bronze, oil paint to digital code, MoMA’s conservators study, protect, and repair art made with a range of materials. Hear from chief conservator Kate Lewis and assistant sculpture conservator Megan Randall, as they describe what conservators do and the often painstaking processes they go through to save and protect works.

Admission is free. Preregistration is required.

Registration opens online on February 9 at 10:30 a.m.

Artists and designers share their creative process, sources of inspiration, and tools and techniques in these interactive online presentations. Free.

This event is part of Art Talks.

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