Lecture series at Winterthur addresses conservation issues

Stone conservation, the history of glass and white-collar crime in museums will be some of the topics investigated in a seminar series sponsored by the Winterthur Museum and the Department of Art Conservation. The free public seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on selected Wednesdays through May 15, in Winterthur's Rotunda, unless otherwise noted.

The series will include:

"Stone Conservation at the Cloisters," Michele Marincola, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Feb. 20;

"Lessons Learned About the Rothko Chapel and Other Issues in the Conservation of Contemporary Art," Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, Whitney Museum of Art and Straus Center, Harvard, Feb. 27 (cosponsored by the Visiting Women Scholars Fund);

"The History of Glass," Jennifer Mass, Winterthur/UD Program in Conservation, March 13;

"Overcoming Obstacles," Bruno Pouliot, Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation, March 20;

"Techniques of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock," Susan Lake, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, April 10 (cosponsored, in part, by the Visiting Women Scholars Fund);

"The Tiepolo Project at the Walters Art Museum," Eric Gordon, Walters Art Gallery, April 17;

"Conservation of Paintings in Russia," Cynthia Luk, Williamstown Art Conservation Center, April 24;

"White-Collar Crime in Museums," Charles Hummel, Winterthur Museum, May 1;

"Hand Colored Old Master Prints," Tome Primeau, Baltimore Museum of Art, May 8; and

"Preventive Conservation in Small and Remote Museums," Toby Raphael, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry, May 15.

For additional information, call Susan Behrens at 831-8236.