New Acropolis Study Center
I was informed that I would actually be able to visit the New Acropolis Study Center. I was really excited to do this, however I soon found out that the center is not yet open. I don’t know what the problem is – the center was scheduled to open for the olympics – the last one in 2004.
Color Field Painting Conservation
I met an art conservationist (on Hydra, the island I was on) who is well versed in restoring color field paintings, I thought that was interesting – because what little bit I do know about conservation tends to rely on the method of deconstructing the layers of traditionally painted objects. Color field art with its emphasis on staining of raw canvas has always struck me as impossible to truly clean. Believe it of not, he has developed a method that uses bread to lightly scrub the surface. I’m in the process of finding out more and will share as soon as I can.
Guernica Pronounced Too Fragile to Move
Fiona Govan reports in the Daily Telegraph that art experts, after an exhaustive study, have concluded that Pablo Picasso’s famous masterpiece, Guernica, is in “stable but serious” condition. The monochrome canvas that epitomizes the horror of modern warfare had “suffered a lot and requires special care,” said the head of restoration at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid.