Episode No. 717 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Erin Shirreff, curator Davide Gasparotto, and conservator Ulrich Birkmaier.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is presenting “Erin Shirreff: Permanent Drafts” through September 1. Across 40 recent collages, photographs, sculptures, and videos, the exhibition reveals Shirreff’s interest in the space between images and the objects they picture. The exhibition was curated by Kristen Gaylord. Among the museums that have presented solo exhibitions of Shirreff’s work are SITE Santa Fe, the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., SFMOMA, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
“Artemisia’s Strong Women: Rescuing a Masterpiece” is at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles through September 14. The exhibition reveals conservation work done on Gentileschi’s ~1635-37 Hercules and Omphale, a significant painting damaged in a massive explosion in Beirut in 2020. Birkmaier led the conservation of the work, which Gasparotto joined to four other Gentileschis in this exhibition, which particularly highlights Gentileschi’s focus on strong women from the classical and Biblical traditions.
Instagram: Davide Gasparotto, Tyler Green.
Air date: July 31, 2025.
Erin Shirreff, Surface Capital, 2022.
Erin Shirreff, Sculpture for Snow, 2011.
Erin Shirreff, Fig. 4, 2017.
Erin Shirreff, Cuttings, 2018.
Erin Shirreff, Maquette (split circle), 2021.
Erin Shirreff, Paper sculpture, 2024.
Erin Shirreff, Maquette (standing curve), 2024.
Robert Morris, Untitled, 1970.
Installation view of Artemisia Gentileschi, Hercules and Omphale, ca. 1635-37.
Close up of the damage to Gentileschi’s Hercules and Omphale.
Getty conservator Ulrich Birkmaier sorts through glass, debris, and paint chips found in the back of the Gentileschi’s canvas.
Artemisia Gentileschi, Allegory of Inclination, ca. 1615-16.
Artemisia Gentileschi, The Birth of St. John the Baptist, ca. 1635.
Artemisia Gentileschi, Tarquin and Lucretia, ca. 1645-50.
Artemisia Gentileschi, Bathsheba in the Bath, ca. 1645-50.
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