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The Paintings Conservation department undertook a three-year treatment of François Boucher’s Vertumnus and Pomona.
By Elise Effmann Clifford, Kathryn Harada, and Sarah Kleiner
The history of Bouquets to Art, ikebana, and finding inspiration.
By Cheyenne Tang
Learn about pastels on view in Color into Line: Pastels from the Renaissance to the Present.
By Furio Rinaldi
Artist Enrique Chagoya on his works and the history behind them.
By Enrique Chagoya
Understanding the political and social weight a textile can carry.
By Julieta Fuentes Roll
Learn how Pomo women created and used baskets to gather and prepare native plant foods for themselves and their families.
By Sherrie Smith-Ferri
Explore the key role women played in the development and evolution of pastel.
Learn about Judy Chicago's Birth Hood.
By Jena Hirschbein
Artist Susan Bloomenstein describes working on Judy Chicago's Birth Project (1980–1985).
By Susan Bloomenstein, Janna Keegan, and Laura Camerlengo
A close look at the materials and methods of pastel.
By Furio Rinaldi, with Tamia Anaya, Victoria Binder, and Allison Brewer
Gothic cathedrals, guns, and the details that matter.
By Al Farrow, Jane Williams, and Céline Chrétien
Della Robbia, an Italian family of highly skilled artists in Renaissance Florence, developed ingenious techniques that gave ceramic sculptures a prominent place in public spaces.
By Teresa Jiménez-Millas