Crossroads of Art and Science at the Harvard Art Museums

Crossroads of Art and Science at the Harvard Art Museums

A lecture and reception hosted by the Harvard Art Museums

 

Narayan Khandekar

 Senior Conservation Scientist

 Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums

 

Introduction by Thomas W. Lentz

Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director

Harvard Art Museums

 

Monday, 27 February 2012

 

As 20th-century artists introduced untraditional materials and methods, the need arose to establish protocols to authenticate, preserve, and care for new kinds of work.  The Harvard Art Museums’ Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art (CTSMA) applies cutting-edge science and technology to investigate artists’ materials and techniques and, through interviews, documents their processes and intentions for the future of their work.  Whether determining the authenticity of paintings thought to be by Jackson Pollock, searching for Harley-Davidson paint to restore an aluminum sculpture by Donald Judd, or interviewing Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, or Kiki Smith about their working methods, Narayan Khandekar will share these and other stories that reveal the exciting union of art and science at CTSMA – and sometimes cast those involved as art detectives. 

 

Members of the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom are cordially invited to join the London Fellows of the Harvard Art Museums for this special evening of art at The Travellers Club in London.

 

6:30pm 
Illustrated talk


7:30pm
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres

The Travellers Club
106 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5EP
*Please note that jacket and tie are required by The Travellers Club.

 

£ 10 per person

*When responding, please provide credit card details (by phone or fax only) or indicate that you will bring payment that night.

 

RSVP by February 17

jeannie_ingram@harvard.edu or tel (617) 495-2851 or fax (617) 496-1606

 

The Fellows program is a membership organization that brings together alumni and others interested in art and supporting the teaching and research mission of the Harvard Art Museums.  Founded in 1978, there are over 200 Fellows worldwide with particular concentrations in Boston/Cambridge, New York, and London.  

 

Fellows are invited to regular events in each of these cities led by the curators of the Harvard Art Museums, along with local scholars, collectors, artists, and patrons.  The events are designed to offer unique access and intimate engagement with works of art, and to allow Fellows to benefit from the insights and expertise of the Harvard Art Museums’ curators and conservators.  Events include visits to private collections, artists’ studios, and behind-the-scenes programs at galleries, museums, and other arts organizations. 

 

If you would like further information about joining the London Fellows, please be in touch with Ann Starnbach at ann_starnbach@harvard.edu or (617) 495-0350.  All are welcome!

 

 



Image: Mark Rothko, Untitled (detail), 1947. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.467.