Indianapolis Museum of Art: Dashboard Topic Art

Total Treatment Hours = 2748 hours

sdupuis — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:15:16 -0400

DESCRIPTION
The number of hours spent by a team of 13 IMA conservators treating works of art, after examination, to alter and improve their condition.

EXPLANATION
As explained in Total Examination Hours, examinations must occur prior to the treatment of works of art to determine the best method of improvement or preservation.

Total Examination Hours = 1599.5 hours

sdupuis — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:14:47 -0400

DESCRIPTION
The number of hours spent by a team of 13 IMA conservators examining art for acquisitions, surveys, loans out, loans in and pre-treatments.

EXPLANATION
Examinations are vital for the longevity and conservation of work of arts. Each reason for examination is explained in depth below:

Acquisition: Works being considered for purchase or acceptance as gifts are examined to determine their condition and overall stability. Damage, restorations and infestation problems are noted and in some cases the authenticity of a work is confirmed.

New Works on View = 124 works of art

mtucker — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:45:24 -0400

DESCRIPTION
The IMA rotates different works of art in an effort to display the breadth of the Museum’s collection.

EXPLANATION

Number of Works with gaps in WWII-Era Provenance = 418 works of art

aschlagenhauff — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:29:43 -0400

DESCRIPTION
While the IMA maintains a listing of 3,328 works of art in its collection for which provenance information is currently available, 418 works are currently listed on AAM's Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal – a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that changed hands in Continental Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945).

New Works on View = 42 works of art

npulliam — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:11:55 -0500

The IMA's galleries are constantly being refreshed with different works of art. This statistic represents how many new works have been installed in the permanent galleries this month.

For a peek at some of the works on view today at the IMA, please follow the link to:

IMA's Galleries on the museum's web site.