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Ready for Their Close-Ups: Photographing the Collection

Ready for Their Close-Ups: Photographing the Collection

The Museum has been investing in photography to document its collections since its founding. The oldest artwork images originate from the 35 mm slides and three-by-five-inch transparencies (typically a positive image on a transparent support of glass or plastic film) produced between the 1970s and early 2000s and then scanned for digital use. These important archival records are still in use as illustrations in museum catalogues and online collections pages.

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An Anniversary Logo to Celebrate
An Anniversary Logo to Celebrate
Building for Our Future: The Norton Simon Museum’s Exterior Improvement Project
Exterior Improvement Project
Message from Emily Talbot, Chief Curator
Message from Emily Talbot, Chief Curator
Conserving Lucas Cranach’s Adam and Eve
Conserving Lucas Cranach’s Adam and Eve
New Installation in the 20th-Century Galleries
New Installation in the 20th-Century Galleries
Barbara Hepworth’s "Rock Form (Porthcurno)" in the Main Entrance Gallery
Barbara Hepworth’s "Rock Form (Porthcurno)" in the Main Entrance Gallery
Plant Identification Guide: Frans Snyders, "Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables"
Plant Identification Guide: Frans Snyders, "Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables"
An Interview with Conservator Kari Rayner
An Interview with Conservator Kari Rayner
An Interview with Lakshika Senarath Gamage, Assistant Curator
An Interview with Lakshika Senarath Gamage, Assistant Curator
A Conversation with Artist Richard Hunt
A Conversation with Artist Richard Hunt
An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator
An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator
A Look Back at Whistler’s Mother
A Look Back at Whistler’s Mother
Meditative Moments
Meditative Moments
Judy Dater and the Photographic Portrait
Judy Dater and the Photographic Portrait
Fostering Experiences with Art for Students
Fostering Experiences with Art for Students
Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” Soars Again
Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” Soars Again
Solace through Sculpture: Uncovering the History of a Plague Saint
Solace through Sculpture: Uncovering the History of a Plague Saint
Parsing Picasso’s 1932 Retrospective
Parsing Picasso’s 1932 Retrospective
Assemblage as Poetry
Assemblage as Poetry
The Colors of Van Gogh’s “Mother”
The Colors of Van Gogh’s “Mother”
Monitoring Bodhisattva Maitreya
Monitoring Bodhisattva Maitreya
Caring for Clodion’s "Bacchante"
Caring for Clodion’s "Bacchante"
A Fascination with Tulips
A Fascination with Tulips
Paint Surfaces & Dutch Paintings
Paint Surfaces & Dutch Paintings
Seismic Safety of Sculptures
Seismic Safety of Sculptures
LED Lighting and Blue Pigments
LED Lighting and Blue Pigments
Looking Is Not Seeing
Looking Is Not Seeing
Indigo or Is it?
Indigo or Is it?
In Their Own Words: Letters by 19th-Century Artists in the Norton Simon Museum
In Their Own Words
Caring for the Museum's Pastels
Caring for the Museum's Pastels
Art from a Distance
Art from a Distance
Women Artists in the Collection
Women Artists in the Collection
Reframing Raphael
Reframing Raphael
Matisse’s Homage to Catherine Viviano
Matisse’s Homage to Catherine Viviano
A Conversation with Sara Campbell, Senior Curator
A Conversation with Sara Campbell, Senior Curator
A Conversation with John Sudolcan, Director of Operations
A Conversation with John Sudolcan, Director of Operations
Conservation of Jack Youngerman’s "Red-Vermillion"
Conservation of Jack Youngerman’s "Red-Vermillion"
Conservation of "Death of Dido" Tapestry
Conservation of "Death of Dido" Tapestry
A Conversation with Tim Street-Porter, Photographer
A Conversation with Tim Street-Porter, Photographer
Ready for Their Close-Ups: Photographing the Collection
Ready for Their Close-Ups: Photographing the Collection