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Antinous 2.0: The New Face of an Old Favorite

A series of fortunate events leads to insights about the tilt and gaze of a ancient portrait sculpture.
In the Lab
The Virtue of Patience: Bringing Malangatana to the Galleries

A conservator describes the rewarding process of preparing Malangatana’s paintings to hang in the exhibition.

Conservation Files
Protecting Art in an Empty Museum
July 9, 2020
In the (Portable) Lab
The Traveling Conservator: Visiting Malangatana’s Studio in Mozambique
May 21, 2020
Perspectives
A Life Beyond: A Sculpture and Its Progeny
April 23, 2020
In the Lab
The Secrets of a Mummy Emerge
April 20, 2020
In the Lab (at Home)
It Broke: Dispatch from a Homeschooling Conservator
April 9, 2020
In the Lab
Moth Seeks Wool: A Tale of Desire, Pheromones, and All That Frass
February 7, 2020
In the Lab
Further Tales of Saving Digital Media
January 16, 2020
Behind the Scenes
The Tao of Stretching Mao
December 19, 2019
In the Lab
Egyptian Blue: The Mysterious Color in Mummy Portraits
November 27, 2019
In the Lab
Preserving the Rabbit’s Frolic
November 15, 2019

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