Samuel H. Kress Lecture
The Institute of Fine Arts' Samuel H. Kress Lecture, delivered by a prominent scholar in conservation, presents important issues within the fields of paintings conservation and technical art history. This annual event is made possible through the generosity of the Kress Foundation.
Past Lectures
2022
Larry Keith, The National Gallery, London
"Rubens’ Het Steen: A Restoration in Context"
2021
Sue Ann Chui, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
"New Narratives for Old Masters: Reflections on Works by Gerard David and Ercole de’ Roberti"
2020
Elise Effmann Clifford, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
"Never Assume: Stories of Artistic Idiosyncrasies and Scholarly Biases"
2019
Dorothy Mahon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“On the Conservation of Rembrandt Paintings in New York, 1891–2018”
2018
Rupert Featherstone, Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
“Intervention"
2017
Michael Gallagher, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Brokering Truths”
2016
Laurence Kanter and Irma Passeri, Yale University Art Gallery
"The Conservation of Early Italian Panel Paintings at Yale: Past and Present"
2015
Iris Schaefer, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Fondation Corboud, Cologne
“New Insights into the Genesis of Stefan Lochner's Altarpiece of the Patron Saints of Cologne”
2013
Cecilia Frosinini, Opificio delle Pietre Dure
2013
Claire Barry, Kimbell Art Museum
"Sleight of Hand: Comparing the Painting Techniques in Caravaggio's Cardsharps and La Tour's Cheat with the Ace of Clubs at the Kimbell Art Museum"
2011
Petria Noble, The Mauritshuis
"Reconstructing Original Formats: Technical Examination of Rembrandt paintings in the Mauritshuis"
2009
Jill Dunkerton, The National Gallery, London
"In Search of Verrocchio as a Painter: The Cleaning and Examination of Two Panels at the National Gallery, London"
2008
Mark S. Tucker, Philadelphia Museum of Art
"The Recovery of Pictorial Ideas"
2007
Anne van Grevenstein-Kruse, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL)
"The Restoration of the Oranjezaal, Huis ten Bosch: Restoring a Lost Spatial Unity"
2006
Ashok Roy, The National Gallery, London
"The Re-Emergence of the 'Madonna of the Pinks' and Raphael’s Early Painting Practice"
