Mind’s Eye at the Guggenheim – The Art of Conservation

21 Feb Mind’s Eye at the Guggenheim – The Art of Conservation

During this month’s Mind’s Eye program, visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to meet the team that cares for our collection and learn more about conservation efforts at the Guggenheim Museum, including the extensive research and treatment of Jenny Holzer’s Installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Join museum educators along with Agathe Jarczyk, Associate Time-Based Media Conservator, and Francesca Esmay, The Alfred Flechtheim Director of Engagement, Conservation & Collections Care, for a special program highlighting their work to care for our collection. 

This in-person session, on Wednesday, September 11 from 2:00-4:00pm ET will feature a special visit behind-the-scenes to experience Jenny Holzer’s Installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and learn about its conservation and treatment. 

Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email [email protected].

• Focus: Public Programs
• Target Audience: Other
• Target Audience: Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted
• Program Image Caption: Jenny Holzer, Untitled (Selections from Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, The Living Series, The Survival Series, Under a Rock, Laments, and Child Text) 1989.
 Tricolor L.E.D. electronic-display signboard, dimensions variable. Partial gift of the artist, 1989; Gift, Jay Chiat, 1995; and purchase with funds contributed by the International Director’s Council and Executive Members: Eli Broad, Elaine Terner Cooper, Ronnie Heyman, Dakis Joannou, Peter Norton, Inge Rodenstock, and Thomas Walther, 1996. © 2024 Jenny Holzer/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
• Program Image Description: A view across the Guggenheim’s rotunda, void of visitors. Three levels of yellow text hang along the ramps, facing into the Rotunda’s void.
• Start Date: 09/11/2024
• Start Time: 02:00 pm
• End Date: 09/11/2024
• End Time: 04:00 pm
• Recurrence: None
• Venue Name: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• Contact Name: Laura Sloan
• Phone: 212-360-4355
• Email: [email protected]
• URL: https://www.guggenheim.org/event/minds-eye-the-art-of-conservation
• For Accessibility Requests or Questions Please Contact: [email protected]