Preserving Photographic Glass Plates:
Conservation and Access in the Digital Age
Panel at ARLIS/NA
April 6, 2022
“Preserving Photographic Glass Plates: Conservation and Access in the Digital Age” brought together an interdisciplinary panel of conservators, historians, and archivists who presented their own preservation and public access strategies and discuss the relevance of these materials to their distinct fields of study.
Cocktails and Conversation: Wildenstein Plattner Institute Discussion on Tom Wesselmann | The Westport Idea
February 17, 2022
As supporting programming for The Westport Idea exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Westport, joined MOCA for a free discussion led by Huffa Frobes-Cross, Tom Wesselmann Catalogue Raisonné project manager.
Bearden Oral Histories The Wildenstein Plattner Institute’s Romare Bearden Oral History Series explores Bearden’s life, career, and legacy through interviews with scholars, collectors, collaborators, and family members. These accounts are a companion to the forthcoming Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné, offering significant insight into Bearden’s personal and professional life. Jerald Melberg Jerald Melberg has owned
The Uses and Limitations of Provenance Research
Virtual event co-sponsored with the Kallir Research Institute
January 11, 2022
Provenance research has become a hot topic for museums, collectors, dealers and others who are keen to identify works that were looted by the Nazis. But definite answers can be elusive after the passage of so much time.
CRSA: Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus in Conversation
October 26, 2021
The featured conversation between WPI colleagues Huffa Frobes-Cross, Project Manager of the Wesselmann Catalogue Raisonné, and Caitlin Sweeney, Director of Digital Publications, took viewers step-by-step through the development of a unique cataloguing system: from the initial considerations that went into choosing the most appropriate format, to the particular challenges of maintaining an online database-in-progress.
Renoir Oral Histories The Pierre-Auguste Renoir Oral History Series explores Renoir’s historical and artistic legacies. Oral histories with Sophie Renoir and Paul Louis Durand-Ruel, respectively the great-granddaughter of Renoir and the great-grandson of Paul Durand-Ruel, Renoir’s art dealer, allow us to better understand the world of the Impressionists and how their descendants are tasked with
