Conservation Spotlight Series
Venue:Dallas Museum of Art – Adult Programming
Event Begin Date:Thursday, September 30, 2021 7:00:00 PM Event End Date:Thursday, November 18, 2021 7:00:00 PMAs part of a three-talk series, DMA paintings conservator Laura Hartman will discuss her work on paintings featured in the exhibitions Focus On: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Slip Zone: A New Look at Postwar Abstraction in the Americas and East Asia, and Van Gogh and the Olive Groves.
$5 per talk; $10 for all three talks; FREE for DMA Members
Conservation Spotlight: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Thursday, September 2
7:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
Laura Eva Hartman, DMA Paintings Conservator, will share details about her work conserving The Thankful Poor by Henry Ossawa Tanner, including the discovery of an underpainting using x-ray technology. The Thankful Poor is featured in Focus On: Henry Ossawa Tanner on view until January 2, 2022.
Conservation Spotlight: Slip Zone
Thursday, September 30
7:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
Laura Eva Hartman the DMA Paintings Conservator, Elena Torok the DMA Associate Objects Conservator, and Lance Lander the DMA Manager of Gallery Technology and Innovation will present a behind-the-scenes look into the preparation of various objects for the exhibition Slip Zone: A New Look at Postwar Abstraction in the Americas and East Asia on view until July 10, 2022. The presentation will include discussions of conservation treatments, including the treatments of a modern painting by Maria Luisa Pacheco, including repairing a tear in the canvas, and an installation by Atsuko Tanaka. Q+A to follow.
Conservation Spotlight: Vincent Van Gogh
Thursday, November 18
7:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
Laura Eva Hartman, DMA Paintings Conservator, will share details about her work studying several paintings by Van Gogh featured in Van Gogh and the Olive Groves, including what was discovered about the original paint color Van Gogh used and what was found embedded in the surface of the paintings. Van Gogh and the Olive Groves is on view until February 6, 2022.