This article features art conservation work by McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, a specialist in art conservation, at the Howard M. Metzenbaum US Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio. The PDF file is here: MILLET MURALS AT METZENBAUM Clem Labine’s Traditional Building…
The McKay Lodge Conservation Lab conserved a mosaic by Barbara Jo Revelle, titled The Alternative History of Fort Myers. The 100 foot wide tile mural is composed of approximately 297,600 colored tiles forming a composite of historical images of Fort…
Early in 2008, the State of Louisiana contracted with McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. to evaluate the feasibility, and design a plan, for the relocation of a large mosaic by Louisiana artist Conrad Albrizio. The state then asked the…
Public Art Conservation: Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory was asked to remove a large, 780 tile mosaic mural from an underground light rail station in Pittsburgh. And to do so very quickly as its station was…
The monumental restoration of Conrad Albrizio's treasured work by the mosaic experts at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory Source: Piece Work - Country Roads Magazine
Albrizio Mural Conservation: Conrad Albrizio’s 1963 mosaic mural has a permanent home in Baton Rouge, marking a happy ending to a story that could have concluded with a wrecking ball in Algiers. Source: Baton Rouge now home to second historic…
Murals Conservation: During September 2014, twelve New Orleans frescoes by Louisiana artist Conrad Albrizio (1894-1973) were treated by Conservator of Paintings, Murals, and Polychromed Surfaces Stefan Dedecek. These Albrizio frescoes represent the twelve Stations of the Cross. They are located…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory is removing and restoring a Pittsburgh Subway Mural by Romare Bearden titled Pittsburgh Recollections. Read more about this tile mural project using the link below. From: The New York Times Tiles designed by the artist Romare Bearden…
In murals conservation (or mural conservation) removals for relocations are sometimes necessary for their survival when the buildings that house them are slated for demolition or for invasive alterations. These removals, as here, can be both extremely difficult and toxic…
Mural Conservation: McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. has been hired by Ely, Inc. of Washington DC to be the consulting and participating mural conservation specialist firm for the removal of N.C. Wyeth’s monumental mural Apotheosis of the Family. The 18…