June 29 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the Whitney’s Conservation Department with Executive Coordinator Heather Cox, and Curatorial Fellow and Supervisor of the Works on Paper Study Center, Scout Hutchinson. We will walk through the studios, see artwork in the process of being treated, discuss the role of conservation at the Whitney, and end with a tour of the Works of Art on Paper Study Center. Afterwards, you are welcome to visit the exhibition floors.
Founded in 2001, the Whitney’s conservation department engages in the preservation and long-term care of works of art in the Museum’s collection. Designed with a multi-faceted approach to conservation, the department embraces innovative approaches to the treatment and technical study of works of contemporary and modern art—including historical and scientific research, technical examination, and artist interviews.
Admission:
- ArtTable Members – $10
- Member Guests – $20
- Public – $25
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This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Jacqueline is a leading Auctioneer and auction house specialist, who holds the position of Vice-President, Specialist in the Contemporary Art Department at Sotheby’s New York . She was previously Auctioneer and Vice-President, Director of Post-War & Contemporary Art at Bonhams Auctioneers. In her five year tenure, Jacqueline was involved in some of the company’s most important sales and events, including the previously unseen single-owner sale ‘Kusama: The Collection of the late Dr Teruo Hirose’; the sale of the first mural by Keith Haring to ever come to market; the department’s first curated selling exhibition, and the exhibition of the collection of visual arts patron and hip-hop icon Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest.
Christine Berry and Martha Campbell opened Berry Campbell Gallery in the heart of Chelsea on the ground floor in 2013. The gallery has a fine-tuned program representing artists of post-war American painting that have been overlooked or neglected, particularly women of Abstract Expressionism. Since its inception, the gallery has developed a strong emphasis in research to bring to light artists overlooked due to age, race, gender, or geography. This unique perspective has been increasingly recognized by curators, collectors, and the press.
Dr. Tania Aparicio (she/her) is a full-time lecturer in the Arts Administration Program at Teachers College-Columbia University. Using ethnographic and archival methods, her research has focused on the study of cultural production, cultural organizations, and cultural workers–with particular attention to the dynamics of inequality in art worlds. In particular, she has conducted a comparative investigation of the effects of unionization in arts organizations and how it shapes racialized and gendered relations in the workplace. Her research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, Fulbright Program, Institute for Critical Social Inquiry, and Janey Program in Latin American Studies. At The New School she completed her doctoral degree thanks to a Dean’s fellowship and a dissertation award.
Partner LaKeisha M.A. Caton is a member of Pryor Cashman’s Labor + Employment and Litigation Groups, and combines her comprehensive litigation background with a focus on employment-related matters to bring results to clients across the globe. Having represented both management and executives in discrimination and harassment cases, LaKeisha brings her extensive knowledge of the law as well as her familiarity with the strategies often adopted by the opposition to every engagement. She leverages her comprehensive experience with federal, state, and local discrimination law and her background in litigation and dispute resolution to achieve favorable outcomes on behalf of her clients.
Gillian is a sociologist of inequality, art, and work. In 2018, she received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, where she wrote a dissertation focused on understanding how gender and ethno-racial inequality shape the work experiences of cultural entrepreneurs, especially chefs, under the direction of two of the leading scholars in feminist theory and work. Alongside her dissertation research, Gillian worked closely with several campus offices to conduct program evaluation research related to sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention education on campus. After completing her PhD, she was a Dean’s Fellow at NYU, where she continued her research focused on inequality and artistic labor and completed several consulting projects for the university focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion recruitment and retention efforts at the university.
