Large-scale installation of corncob piñatas.

Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.

Anna Nielsen

Conservation Program Coordinator

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Caring for an American Art Treasure
A peek into the world of conservation and the meticulous care of James Hampton’s The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly.
Technology Catches Up: A Conservation Story About Morris Louis’s Painting Beta Upsilon
The development of a new laser technology allowed for the successful conservation treatment and return of this important color field painting to public view

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