Conservation
News and stories about art and heritage conservation at Getty
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Getty Exhibition Shines Light on Luminous Candlelights by Joseph Wright of Derby
A recently rediscovered candlelight painting to be reunited with some of the artist’s most fascinating works
In Search of the Perfect Blue
How a Getty curator helped bring a missing shade of blue to a historic pastel collection
The Colorful Story of Odilon Redon’s Drawing Papers
Getty and LACMA conservators took a closer look at the artist’s paper supports—and how they’ve changed over time
The Surprising History of the Color Green
Becoming Artsy, Episode 506
Unearthing the Buried History of Christiansborg Castle
How a Getty Scholar and Getty Graduate Intern are working to strengthen how we record histories of the transatlantic slave trade
An Investigation of a Self-Portrait by Edgar Degas
Why was the surface of Degas’s painting looking cloudy? Why did he use himself as a model, and what’s that red area along the lower edge of the work? Getty staff wanted answers
Preserving Lacquer One Paper-Thin Layer at a Time
How Getty conservators are working to protect an ancient craft
Harry Gesner’s Buildings “Surf” the California Hillsides
How a modernist architect linked the natural and built environments
Breast Dressed
Restoring one of Getty’s most unique treasures
New Getty Volume Charts the Evolution of Rock Art Conservation
This interdisciplinary anthology highlights global research, Indigenous perspectives, and new technologies shaping conservation today