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Matthew Hayes
Assistant Professor of Paintings Conservation
Matthew Hayes is a paintings conservator based in New York, where currently he is Kress Postdoctoral Associate in Paintings Conservation and Institute Lecturer at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and directs the Pietro Edwards Society for Art Conservation. He previously worked at the Atelier Gerhard Walde and the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein and was a fellow at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, all in Vienna. Hayes holds a BA in art history from Cornell University, and MA and PhD degrees in art history and an Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts. He has published on conservation theory, philosophy, history, and the painting technique of Italian Renaissance artists. His book The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-century Europe appeared in 2021.
