Jobs in the Art World:

Art Conservator Luca Bonetti

For the second installment of our monthly series, “Jobs in the Art World,” we interviewed Luca Bonetti, who has been working as an art conservator for nearly half a century. From contemporary paintings by Mark Bradford to older pieces by Joan Miró, Bonetti and his team have collectively worked on thousands of paintings over the years. Conservation is one of the most under-appreciated areas of the visual arts industry, so read on to find out more about this fascinating field from one of the best in the business.

2017

VIDEO

Richard Pousette-Dart:

The Healing Circles

Richard Pousette-Dart painted Presence, Healing Circles for the New York City hospital system in 1973. This film examines the paintings, and follows their conservation and re-installation.

2016

Franz Kline Mural. American legion post carbon county. american legion post 314. leighton. famous mural being removed from carbon county. Luca Bonetti Studio, Luca Bonetti Corp., Luca Bonetti Art Conservation. Luca Bonetti Art Restoration.

VIDEO

Homage to our Hometown

A mural by famed artist Franz Kline that was painted inside an American Legion post in Carbon County nearly 70 years ago is getting a new home. Since the mid-1940s, this mural was the first thing members of American Legion Post 314 in Lehighton would see when walking into the banquet hall.

2016

Allentown Art Museum. Allentown Pennsylvania. Franz Kline Mural. American legion post carbon county. american legion post 314. leighton. famous mural being removed from carbon county. Luca Bonetti Studio, Luca Bonetti Corp., Luca Bonetti Art Conservation. Luca Bonetti Art Restoration.

VIDEO

Franz Kline mural Lehighton restored by Allentown Art Museum

The Allentown Art Museum launched the purchase of Lehighton, a mural done by famed abstract painter Franz Kline in 1946 for American Legion Post 314 in Lehighton, Pennsylvania.

2016

Kozangrodel III. Frank Stella. Frank Stella Polish Village Series. KAM. Krannert Art Museum Luca Bonetti Studio, Luca Bonetti Corp., Luca Bonetti Art Conservation. Luca Bonetti Art Restoration.

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Conservation:

Kozangrodek III (1973) by Frank Stella

Luca Bonetti and Beth Nunan visited KAM from Bonetti’s New York conservation studio to work on the museum’s large sculptural collage by American artist Frank Stella. Kozangrodek III (1973) is part of the Polish Village Series, which Stella produced between 1970 and 1974.

2015

VIDEO

Julie Mehretu:

Painting Conservator Luca Bonetti | Art21 "Extended Play"

Luca Bonetti leads the installation of artist Julie Mehretu's massive painting Mural (2009) at Goldman Sachs, coordinating a team of installers and studio assistants.

2010

The Glass House:

Treatment of The Burial of Phocion

In 2008, the Glass House deinstalled and shipped The Burial of Phocion (attributed to Nicolas Poussin) to New York City for conservation treatment by Luca Bonetti for two months.

2008

The New York Times:

At Future Cornell Campus, the First Step in Restoring Murals, Is Finding Them.

Luca Bonetti restoring the Bolotowsky mural Abstraction

2001