Banner image credit: X-radiograph of Portrait of a Girl, 1916-17 by Modigliani, Tate. Photographic credit is Tate Photography.
Tate’s 2017 Modigliani exhibition marked the beginning of an extraordinary collaborative project which involved paintings and sculpture conservators, conservation scientists and curators from international institutions. The collaboration culminated in this exhibition at The Barnes Foundation, led by the conservation research and co-curated by two art historians and two conservators.
The multidisciplinary team are listed below in no particular order:
Barbara Buckley, Senior director of conservation and chief conservator of paintings at the Barnes.
Simonetta Fraquelli, Independent art historian.
Nancy Ireson, Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions & Gund Family Chief Curator at the Barnes.
Annette King, Paintings Conservator at Tate, London.
This talk discusses the process of putting together an exhibition with technical information as its raison d’être and the challenges of cross-disciplinary and international collaboration, especially during the pandemic. It will also highlight the close and fruitful collaboration between the four co-curators in this process.
