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Rustin recently attended a Conservation Adhesives Masterclass in Maastricht, Netherlands. Fourteen conservators of all specialties, from countries around the world, gathered to learn the latest on polymer adhesives from conservation consultant, Velson Horie. http://www.horie.co.uk/

Associates Ralph Augsburger and Jean Dommermuth make good use of the excellent morning light as they perform ongoing treatments of paintings which are part of a nearby major museum collection.

                    The future of fine art conservation is assured with Rustin Levenson's programs to educate the next generation of fine art historians and conservators. Here Rusty is speaking at a graduate level exhibition seminar. The class was a collaboration between the Zimmerli Museum and the Department of Art History at Rutgers, The State University.

      Rustin examining a collection of paintings by Purvis Young at the Frost Museum of Art on the Florida International University Campus. An outsider artist, Purvis Young is a special challenge to conservators because he used materials found on the streets of Miami as supports for his paintings.

              In 1989, legendary activist/pop artist Keith Haring completed his mural Once Upon A Time in one of his favorite spaces: the men's room at the LGBT Community Center in New York City's Greenwich Village. Through the generous support of Mark Fletcher and Tobias Meyer, the 23 year old mural surface was stabilized and restored.

Photo courtesy of the LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

                     Rustin Levenson examines the reverse of a large painting at the Dali Museum. In the spring eight conservators from our studios will treat the four large masterwork paintings.