Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Folk Art Grime Removal
10/17/2018
Our paintings conservator has been removing a thick grime layer from this recently acquired folk art painting.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: New World Views
10/11/2018
The prints for New World Views are now on view, but before they were matted, framed and hung, the prints spent time in the Paper Lab.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Fresh Laundry
10/4/2018
This week in textile conservation we did a load of laundry: doll clothes from the Dollyver family set of dolls currently undergoing conservation treatment.
Making Monsters: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein turns 200
10/2/2018
This year marks the 200th anniversary of when Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Frankenstein, was first published.
Evenings for Educators Recap: Impressive Tiles
10/1/2018
This introductory unit, Impressive Tiles, was a wonderful way to explore slab rolling and textures, as well as communicate a ‘message’.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Eagle Wrestling with Serpent
9/28/2018
Objects conservation is finishing the treatment of the Nabataean limestone sculpture Eagle Wrestling with Serpent, which dates from 50-150 CE.
Art Meets Machine: #YouKnowGreatArtWhenYouSeeIt
9/26/2018
Can you guess the artist or title of these iconic Cincinnati Art Museum works?
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Rubens
9/20/2018
The oil sketch is one of a few paintings in our collection that is framed in a special sealed-environment package.
Evenings for Educators Preview: Zoomorphic Tiles
9/18/2018
Students explored the use of calligraphy and its many uses in the Islamic world in our unit on Zoomorphic Calligraphy.
Notes from Photography Storage: Three Japanese Ambrotypes
9/17/2018
Photography was first introduced to Japan in the 1840s, via the sole government-approved trading port in Nagasaki.
Louis Prang: Lithographer and Art Education Advocate
9/14/2018
Louis Prang, sometimes referred to as “Father of the American Christmas Card,” was born in 1824 in Breslau, Prussian Silesia, present day Poland.
3 must-see fall exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum
9/7/2018
It may be hot outside, but fall is right around the corner!
Cincinnati Art Museum Celebrates Art Education This Week and Every Day of the Year
9/7/2018
The Cincinnati Art Museum is art education.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Doll Transformation
9/6/2018
You may have seen a post about this doll a few weeks ago when her costume was undergoing treatment in the textile conservation lab.
Notes from Photography Storage: Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian
8/27/2018
The work of American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) pervades American culture.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: The Conservation-on-View Retablo returns!
8/23/2018
A few weeks ago our paintings conservator teamed with our expert Installation Department to return Zaragoza’s “Retablo of Saint Peter” to its gallery after conservation.
CAM Visitor Appreciation Week
8/21/2018
As a THANK YOU to the Cincinnati community for your tremendous support this season, the Cincinnati Art Museum is hosting Visitor Appreciation Week (August 25-31).
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Collecting Calligraphy
8/16/2018
This page from a Qur’an was written in the 13th century in Spain.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Miniature Textile Conservation
8/9/2018
A visit to the workbench in textile conservation today might feel a little like visiting a fashion studio--in miniature.
Out from storage: Sheila Hicks’ Untitled Tapestry
8/8/2018
Here at the Cincinnati Art Museum we recently reinstalled our Nancy and David Wolf Gallery, which showcases contemporary decorative arts.
Animals Illustrated
8/6/2018
From early on in our evolution we have been drawn to these living things that exist alongside us. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux to the modernist illustrations of Charley Harper.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Nabataean Shrine
8/2/2018
Our objects conservator has been working with Andy Wolf, an intern from NYU’s graduate training program.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Which solvents are best?
7/26/2018
Our paintings conservator has been examining this little painting by John. H. Twachtman.
Staff Picks: Erin Geideman's CAM Favorites
7/26/2018
This blog series highlights the diverse personalities that make up the art museum’s staff.
Voyages Extraordinaires: The Scientific Romance of Jules Verne
7/20/2018
The French novelist and playwright Jules Verne, the “Father of Science Fiction,” created an elaborate series of adventure novels that became known as Voyages Extraordinaires, which translates literally to Extraordinary Voyages.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Qur’an Paper Repair
7/19/2018
ur paper conservator is spending the summer looking very closely at intriguing documents that will soon be on view in Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World.
Out from storage: French portraits
7/13/2018
About a month ago the Cincinnati Art Museum welcomed two new faces into our nineteenth-century European galleries – a girl with a song book in her lap and young man in uniform.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Mounting Unusual Objects in the Museum
7/12/2018
Take a peek behind the scenes—or under the rug, in this case!
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Train X-ray
7/3/2018
A few weeks ago when we had our GE digital x-ray demo running in the Conservation department, our objects conservator brought in the spectacular Railway Engine Coffeemaker for imaging.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Interpreting x-rays, conservation-style
6/27/2018
Here’s a detail of one of the paintings from Zaragoza’s “Retablo of Saint Peter.” At left is the same detail in normal light, after conservation.
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