By Perry Hurt, Associate Paintings Conservator
North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA)

With contributions by:

Kurt Christian, Head Preparator, Saint Louis Art Museum
Kevin Etherton, Installation Coordinator, National Museum of African Art,
Smithsonian Institution
Christine Giuntini, Conservator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kellen Haak, formerly Collections Manager and Head Registrar, Hood Museum of
Art at Dartmouth
Kinsey Katchka, Associate Curator of Modern and African Art, NCMA
Mark Milani, Chief Preparator, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Rachel Raynor, Collections Manager, Fowler Museum at UCLA
Kendra Roth, Conservator of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, Metropolitan
Museum of Art





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Deinstallation of the first hanging: the artwork has been lowered to the floor. The tube/boom is being removed from the lifts, North Carolina Museum of Art


The prepared wall covered with Ethafoam, North Carolina Museum of Art


The artwork in place at the bottom of the wall, the tube/boom beside it the lifts in place ready to attach the tube, North Carolina Museum of Art

The artwork halfway up, folded over the boom,North Carolina Museum of Art

The art handlers are happy with the new hanging process, North Carolina Museum of Art

The installed artwork supported by chopsticks, North Carolina Museum of Art

The artwork before sculpting, North Carolina Museum of Art ...

OK, so this is it - my very favorite PACIN Article ever!
I am not entirely sure what that says about me as an individual but as a result I feel inclined to subject you to a brief (in Ashley terms) intro which you may find is nowhere near brief enough to suit your tastes. Oh well...

The Story-
On the way to the PACIN booth located in the AAM Museum Expo in LA this year, while generally scoping things out - getting the lay of the land (or rippley temporary carpet to be more accurate) ...

We have an article pending on this topic.
In the mean time we have some good current content on the PACIN Forum under the topic "Lighting".
To go there now click HERE.


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It is with great excitement and no small amount of embarrassment that I introduce (some of) you to this truly impressive resource.
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