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westernartgirlAn Old/New Mural Reemerges
For more than a decade, it sat in an abandoned former sanatorium for tubercular patients near Bakersfield, waiting for new eyes to notice it again. No one knew what kind of state it was in. So as artist Barbara Carrasco, creator of the mural L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, and a small entourage of museum … Read more
Artists and Lawyers in the Struggle for Free Expression
The third artist panel discussion around the work of the muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros last Friday, titled “Freedom of Speech and Censorship,” included a distinctly non-artist speaker: Tom Saenz, president and general counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). The previous two speaker panels — sponsored, like this one, by the … Read more
Conserve or Restore? Whether in History, Art, or Popular Culture, It’s a Curator’s Quandary
How far should a curator go when trying to preserve a great masterpiece or historical artifact for future audiences? That question is key to the raison-d’être of museums today. And the answer to it has changed over the years. “The policy (that is) really universally accepted in conservation is to stabilize, not to try to … Read more
