Conservation Cart Talk | Protecting Art on Display
How do museums keep art safe while it is on display? Join exhibitions conservator Jenifer Bosworth to explore the environmental and physical risks that can affect artworks in the gallery. Learn how conservators monitor conditions, evaluate exhibition materials, and reduce threats from humidity, pollutants, and other agents of deterioration. Check out conservation tools and material samples up close and discover the behind-the-scenes work that helps preserve art for future generations. Image credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Venue: Asian Art Museum. Building: West Building. Event Location: Mall Entrance. Cost: Free. Registration optional. Get Tickets/Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994691771785?aff=oddtdtcreator. Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Demonstrations. Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible. Assisted listening devices.
Friday, August 21, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Virtual Artist Talk: Bingyi
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Hear internationally recognized painter Bingyi discuss her artistic process creating the painting Omnibrilliance: Peach Blossom Spring in this online talk. This work features in our exhibition Into the Waters with Senju and Bingyi: Two Contemporary Paintings.
Bingyi is known for painting her monochrome ink works outdoors—this one on the beach in Shenzhen, southern China—and finishing them in her studio. She worked on Omnibrilliance for four years, layering ink and suffusing it with water to create a distinctive style. She harnesses environmental forces like weather and humidity in shaping her work. Her works are collected globally, including by several major US museums, but each is unique.
After the talk, Melvin R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art Jan Stuart joins Bingyi for a conversation and Zoom audience Q&A. Image: Bingyi (b. 1975); Omnibrilliance: Peach Blossom Spring (detail); China, Shenzhen, Guangdong province and Beijing municipality, 2018–2022; triptych (three hanging…
Event Location: Zoom. Cost: Free. Register in advance (required). Get Tickets/Register: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nu-rJOemSkCg6EOuj_Z7GA. Categories: Webcasts & Online. Lectures & Discussions.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.