The Harvard Gazette

David Rodowick

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Paper conservators at the Weissman Preservation Center Adam Novak (left) and Christopher Sokolowski recently helped assess, repair, and reframe six Le Corbusier lithographs and one proof print from a Joan Miró etching. The artworks, most of them about 50 years old, came from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.

The art of saving art

Weissman conservators repair Le Corbusier, Miró works for Carpenter Center

Arts|

DateOctober 16, 2012May 6, 2019

Edward Lloyd, exhibitions manager at the Carpenter Center, checks the lighting on a series of works by Josef Albers, "Homage to the Square," which are included in "circa 1963." The exhibit features works by 15 artists in vogue during the years of vinyl dinette sets, the Kennedy White House, and airplanes with ashtrays.

At 50, a building still dares

A year of artistry will celebrate Le Corbusier’s Carpenter Center

Arts|

DateAugust 31, 2012June 21, 2019

Lisa Randall, a Harvard theoretical physicist, curated the show with artist Lia Halloran, asking contributors to develop works that examined scale. The resulting exhibition features contemporary works that include a video installation, photography, and a social experiment involving cupcakes.

Scaling up, and down

Physicist, artists team up for offbeat Carpenter Center show

Arts|

DateNovember 10, 2011April 16, 2019