Posts tagged “art removal”
West Wind Comes off View for Conservation Treatment
Tom Thomson’s The West Wind will not be on display for the next few months as it undergoes conservation treatment to address its aging varnish. The AGO’s Conservation and Curatorial team will examine and treat the painting. The varnish was applied some 40 years ago, and will need to be removed and replaced with a stable varnish that […]
Temporary Closing of the David Milne Study Centre for Floor Repair (anticipated reopening: no later than December 21, 2012)
What is happening? We are closing the Milne Study Centre to the public today – December 6 – so that we can re-level flooring near the vertical art storage cabinet. When will it reopen? We anticipate reopening no later than Friday, December 21. Why is the floor being redone if it is relatively new? A […]
Between Exhibitions
An exhibition closes. The doors close behind it. The notice goes up. Weeks and weeks go by. What are they doing in there? A lot, as it happens. And, on average, we still open the next show five to six weeks sooner than comparable art institutions, offering comparable exhibitions. That comparison comes from someone well-placed […]