Heidi Hirschl Orley on Séraphine Louis’s Tree of Paradise
A long-overdue cleaning reveals a world of vibrant color in a painting from the late 1920s.
Jun 18, 2021
In the online edition of MoMA’s ArtSpeaks program, a member of our staff shares personal impressions of an artwork in the galleries. Here, Heidi Hirschl Orley, assistant director of Curatorial Affairs, talks about the conservation effort that brought new life to Séraphine Louis’s painting Tree of Paradise.
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