Melissa Huddleston and Elyse Driscoll: Inside the Getty Research Institute Conservation Lab

Welcome to the conservation lab! Kim and Patricia bring on two art conservators from the Getty Research Institute, Melissa Huddleston and Elyse Driscoll, to discuss their paths to becoming conservators, the excitements and challenges of conservation work, and some of their favorite objects in the Getty's collection. Melissa and Elyse offer fascinating insight into the intricacies of the art conservation field and the exiting projects they're working on now.

Mentions:

The Getty Museum;

The Getty Research Institute;

Fluxus;

The Brooklyn Museum;

The Waitresses;

Anne Gauldin;

Andrea Bowers;

Barbara T. Smith;

Pietro Rigolo;

Elisar von Kupffer;

Robert Mapplethorpe;

Brian Tripp;

The Getty Conservation Institute;

The Studio Museum;

Mavis Pusey;

Ed Ruscha;

Robert Rauschenberg.