The Kimbell Art Museum announces an art conservation panel discussion, “The Past, Present, and Future of Conservation at the Kimbell,” on Saturday, April 22, at 10 a.m. To mark the 50th anniversary of the museum, Kimbell conservators past and present will look back at memorable research and treatments, discuss the vital role of the conservation program within the museum and reflect on changes in the profession.
The program will begin with a welcome from Eric M. Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum, and the panel will include Claire Barry, director of conservation emerita, Kimbell Art Museum; Michael Gallagher, Sherman Fairchild Chairman of the Department of Paintings Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Elise Effmann Clifford, head of paintings conservation, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Bart J.C. Devolder, chief conservator, Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey; and Peter Van de Moortel, chief conservator, Kimbell Art Museum.
“The Kimbell has had a distinguished history in conservation, and many leading conservators have been associated with its department,” said Eric M. Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum. “The panel will be a reunion of sorts, with current and former Kimbell conservators looking at where the department and field of conservation has been, where it is now and where it is going.”
Admission is free and no reservation is required, but seating is limited. The discussion will take place in the Pavilion Auditorium and be simulcast in the Kahn Auditorium.
