Allison Langley

Allison Langley is Director of Paintings and Frames Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago. Since she joined the museum in 2002, her treatments and research projects have focused primarily on modern paintings, and she has published and lectured on the artwork of René Magritte, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, and Mark Rothko, among others. Prior to arriving in Chicago, Allison worked for three years as the William R. Leisher Fellow for Research and Treatment of Modern Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. She holds a master’s diploma in the conservation of easel paintings from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Leslie Carlson, Director of Art Preparation and Logistics, Collections and Loans

With trust, communication, and “just the right amount of nerves,” she leads the museum’s team of art handlers, getting works from here to there and on the gallery walls.

Leslie Carlson and Allison Langley
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X-Rays: Peering over the Artist’s Shoulder

Conservators Allison Langley and Kim Muir share insights and secrets revealed by looking through the surfaces of four paintings.

Allison Langley and Kimberley Muir

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