NYU frame conference scheduled for March.(plans)(Brief Article)

NEW YORK -- The third New York University frame conference--titled "From Classicism to Expressionism: A Synthetic Approach to the Frame"--will examine the history and evolution of frame design, from the Renaissance onward. Experts will discuss subjects ranging from Italian panel paintings--which were carved with their frames from single pieces of wood--to the emergence of mouldings with mitered corners and the frame as a unique and separate entity. There will also be discussions on regional materials, tools and framing techniques through the ages.

In addition to daytime sessions, the conference will offer special evening receptions at The Hispanic Society of America, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Dahesh Museum of Art.

Presenters and panelists include Lisa Koenigsberg, director, programs in the arts at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies; Hubert Baija, senior conservator of frames at the Rijks museum in Amsterdam; Jared Bark, founder of Bark Frameworks; Giovanni Bucchi, master guilder and owner of Ennio Restorations; Brian Considine, a conservator at the J. Paul Getty Museum; Elizabeth Easton, chair of the Department of European Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Tracy Gill, frame scholar, consultant and co-owner of Gill & Lagodich Fine Period Frames & Restoration; Marco Grassi, conservator, consultant, and many others.

The conference will be held March 18 through 20th at New York University and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. the fee for the conference is $355.

For a complete conference schedule, a list of presenters and registration information, visit www.scps.nvu.edu/frames.

NYU frame conference scheduled for March.(plans)(Brief Article)

NEW YORK -- The third New York University frame conference--titled "From Classicism to Expressionism: A Synthetic Approach to the Frame"--will examine the history and evolution of frame design, from the Renaissance onward. Experts will discuss subjects ranging from Italian panel paintings--which were carved with their frames from single pieces of wood--to the emergence of mouldings with mitered corners and the frame as a unique and separate entity. There will also be discussions on regional materials, tools and framing techniques through the ages.

In addition to daytime sessions, the conference will offer special evening receptions at The Hispanic Society of America, …