World Science Festival—Worlds within Worlds: The New Science of Digital Attribution

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When: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.

212-535-7710
Price: Free with Museum admission

Discover how powerful techniques of twenty-first-century science are revealing hidden works beneath the surfaces of existing masterpieces by artists such as Van Gogh and Rembrandt. Joris Dik, historian, chemist, and materials scientist, joins Walter Liedtke, curator, Department of European Paintings, MMA, and Francesca Casadio, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist, The Art Institute of Chicago, for a provocative discussion about the new collaboration between scientists, curators, and conservators. Moderated by Garrick Utley, senior fellow, Levin Institute, State University of New York, and broadcast journalist. Part of Sunday at the Met—World Science Festival: Worlds within Worlds.



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