History of Art Career Symposium lecture:
Considering a career in paintings conservation
Matthew Hayes
9.20.22, 4:45pm, History of Art Gallery
Goldwin Smith Hall B30
This informal talk will discuss my career trajectory as a paintings conservator following undergraduate study of art history at Cornell (BA ’99), including recent scholarship and graduate teaching. A discussion of selected conservation treatments will introduce a few of a conservator’s typical activities and concerns. I will also offer observations on the material nature of works of art and their implications for the practice of art history.
Matthew Hayes is a paintings conservator based in New York, NY, where he directs the Pietro Edwards Society for Art Conservation and is Kress Postdoctoral Associate in Paintings Conservation and Institute Lecturer at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He has published on conservation theory, philosophy, and history and on the painting technique of Italian Renaissance artists.
