A "little bird" told us it needed some conservation in Indiana, so the McKay Lodge Conservation Team recently traveled to perform outdoor sculpture maintenance in Indianapolis. “Littlebird” is one part of two outdoor sculptures thinmanlittlebird by Peter Shelton installed in…
Sculpture Conservation & Gilding Conservation: While this unusual sculpture conservation treatment was completed in 2014, it is not until now that we can report, with some confidence, its success. This is due to needing a period of years to determine…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: The Jaume Plensa sculpture, TALE TELLER VI, recently required a little "rescuing" by Senior Conservator of Sculpture, Thomas Podnar. The sculpture is a part of the of the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park at the Snite Museum…
Sculpture Conservation, Light Sculpture: Rockne Krebs, creator of The White Tornado, is one of the pioneers of electronic and technology-based artworks or sculptures, has created some of the largest public art installations in the world. Krebs was widely recognized for his…
Public Art Conservation: Inside the Old Post Office Building at 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, DC hangs one of the great Public Art commissions in the United States: Robert Irwin's SHADOW PLANES. It was commissioned for the building, to…
Objects Conservation, Artifact Conservation: In May of 2017, The National Park Service awarded a contract to McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory for the stabilization of two severely corroded but significant artifacts and for the training of local National Park Service personnel…
Architectural Conservation: A team of our architectural materials conservation professionals employees recently completed an Architectural Conservation project at the The Sidney R. Yates Federal Building located at 201 14th Street, SW Washington, DC 20250, next to the National Mall. For…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation, Public Art Conservation: Here’s one work of Public Art Clevelanders may want to know more about. What must be the most controversial outdoor sculpture work of Public Art in Cleveland, Ohio if not the largest, the heaviest,…
Outdoor Painted Sculpture, Painted Outdoor Sculpture Conservation, Public Art Conservation: The colorful glass fiber painted outdoor sculpture by Luis A. Jiménez, FIESTA JARABE, was reinstalled by Cleveland area McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory in mid-August 2017 in scorching heat at…
Public Art Conservation, Mural Conservation: During August of 2017, McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory completed one of our several 2017 District of Columbia (DC) Public Art conservation projects - a mural titled COMMUNITY by mural artist Anne Marchand (2002). The public…