Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.

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Mara Guglielmi - Paper/Photo Senior Conservator in private practice
Major clients:
• Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
• Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York USA
• Soprintendenza per il Polo Museale Veneziano. Venice.
• Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico e Demoetnoantropologico del
Veneto, Venice.
• Giorgio Cini Foundation, Isola di san Giorgio Maggiore. Istituto di Storia
dell’Arte, Venice.
• Musei Civici Foundation, Venice.
• Fondazione Archivi Luigi Nono, Venice.
• Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice.
• MART. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto.
EXPERIENCE
2013
55th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia. Giardini.
U.S.A. Pavilion: Sarah Sze “Triple Point”. Sarah Sze Studio, New York.
Responsible for the maintenance of the entire installation. May 2013 November 2013.
55th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia. Arsenale
“Untitled (Learning from that Person's Work: Room 4)” di Matt
MULLICAN, collage on paper on cotton sheets, 12 parts, each 280 x 220 cm
(110 1/4 x 86 5/8 in.). Conservative treatment on panel n. 39/IV, damaged
during the exhibition by a visitor. Leal Rios Foundation, Lisboa. Portugal.
55. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia. Giardini,
Padiglione Centrale. Urgent conservation treatment regarding an
architectural model by Oliver Croy, Oliver Elser, The 387 houses of Peter
Fritz (1916–1992), insurance clerk from Vienna (selection of 176 models),
1993–2008 Cardboard, paper, various materials, dimensions variable. N. 176
models. Museen der Stadt Wien, Wissenschaftliche Anstalt öffentlichen
Rechts, 1040 Wien, Austria.
Museum of Oriental Art, Venice. Soprintendenza per il Polo Museale
Veneziano. Major conservation treatment of n. 4 Kakemono (Japanese
painting scroll), with a realization of a climate controlled frame prototype
regarding one of historical museum frame.
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal. Quebec, Canada.
Conservation treatment of 5 Folio from Antonio Maria Zanetti Album, belong
to the Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice: 15 ink’s drawings caricatures
requested for the “Pageant of Venice. Art and Music in the Golden Age of the
Serenissima”. Two venues exhibition: Montreal, October 7th 2013 – February
9th 2014; Portland Art Museum, Marc 7th 2014 – June 8th 2014.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
Conservation treatment of n.3 works on paper from the Schulhof Donation.
Artist: Agnes Martin, Sebastian Matta.
2012
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
Conservation treatment of Carlo Carrà drawing, Study for The Galleria in
Milan, 1912; charcoal and pencil on paper, cm. 37 x 21. Giovanni Mattioli
Collection. Long-term loan: n. X.2010.258.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
Conservation treatment of n.18 works on paper from the Schulhof Donation.
Artist: Afro, Bissier, Chillida, Diebenkorn, Dubuffet, Gottlieb, Guston, Jasper
Johns, Kline, Marden, Newman B., Oldemburg, Tobey, Twombley.
Musee du Louvre, Paris. France.
New conservative mounting e condition reports of five original drawings by
Leonardo da Vinci owned by Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice, on loan to
the Louvre Museum during the “La Sainte Anne” exhibition.
Fondazione Musei Civici Veneziani, Venice.
Conservation treatment of n.4 prints belonged to the Museum Correr, on loan
to the Giovanbattista Tiepolo e l’arte di Paolo Veronese” Musei Civici di
Udine, November 16, 2012 – April 1, 2013.
Opera Laboratori Fiorentini S.P.A. Firenze
Conservation treatment: one Japanese box “Kaioke”, and seven painted
shells (n. inv. 11055), Museum of Oriental Art of Venice on loan to the “Di
linea e di Colore” exhibition.
Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona.
Conservation treatment: 10 antique drawings from XVI century.
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2011
Istituto per i Beni Artistici, Culturali e Naturali Emilia Romagna, Servizio
Musei e Beni Culturali – Settore Conservazione e Restauro. Conservation
treatment: large work on paper by Germano Sartelli “Senza Titolo”, 1979
(measurements 146 x 368 cm). Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Stoppioni,
Santa Sofia (Forlì – Cesena). Responsabile lavori dott.sa Laura Carlini.
Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono. Giudecca,Venice. Conservation treatment
of the original score “Intolleranza, 1960” by Luigi Nono. Heliographic copy
with original annotation by the Maestro. Sponsorship “Amici della Fenice”,
Venice. The opera has performed after 50 years from the first playing at the
Teatro la Fenice in Venice in 1960.
Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York USA – Torino, Italy
External consultant. Overseeing final transfer of Panza’s gifts to the SRGM in
New York City. Artists: C. Andre; D. Judd; R. Morris; B. Nauman; J. Turrel.
Responsible for supervising, checking and documenting containers for the
oversea shipment from Geodis Zust Ambrosetti’s in Turin, to the new storage
facility in New York City, USA.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia.
Consulenza esterna e restauro conservativo di numerose opere su carta della
collezione Peggy Guggenheim in esposizione presso la Mostra “Carte
rivelatrici. I tesori nascostidella collezione Peggy Gugghenim” Lucca, Centre
of Contemporary Art, 18 Settembre 2011 – 15 Gennaio 2012.
54. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia. Eventi
esterni. Palazzo Papadopoli. Per la Victor Pinchuk Foundation Kiev,
intervento d’urgenza riguardante lo smontaggio, rimontaggio e messa in
sicurezza di 6 grandi opere su carta di Jorinde Voigt " International Nexus
II”, Berlin 2010.
54. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia. Corderie,
Padiglione Indiano. Intervento d’urgenza per la messa in sicurezza di una
delicata opera su carta a foglia d’oro dell’artista indiana Zarina Hasmi,
“Blinding Light” di proprietà della galleria d’arte Luring Augustine, New
York City.
MART. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto.
Intervento di restauro conservativo urgente dell’opera (pastello su carta,
foderato su tela) “La bohemienne” del 1905, di Gino Severini, in
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preparazione dell’ esposizione presso il Museo MART di Rovereto: “Gino
Severini 1883 – 1966”, 17 Settembre 2011 – 8 Gennaio 2012
Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona. Affidamento di un intervento di restauro
conservativo di un gruppo di 10 disegni su carta (XVI- XVII sec.)
appartenenti alla collezione del Museo.
2010
Soprintendenza per il Polo Museale Veneziano – Gallerie dell’Accademia,
Venezia. Restauro conservativo di 16 disegni di Scuola Fiamminga del XVII
sec. (autori vari), in previsione della loro esposizione in una mostra
temporanea dei disegni fiamminghi delle Gallerie dell’Accademia, mostra
che si terrà presso il Museo Cà D’Oro di Venezia.
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di san Giorgio Maggiore. “Le Arti di
Piranesi, architetto, incisore, antiquario, vedutista designer”. Intervento
conservativo e montaggio in passe-partout di oltre 300 incisioni originali di
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Madrid, Caixa Forum Fino al 9 settembre
2012.Barcellona, Caixa Forum 5 ottobre 2012 - 20 gennaio 2013.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia
Consulente esterna. Collaborazione per il montaggio delle opere su carta
della mostra “Utopia Matters” a cura di Vivian Green, curatrice del Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum di New York.
2009
53. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia. US
Pavilion. Urgent and special treatment on Bruce Nauman’s installation
“Three Heads Fountain (Juliet, Andrew, Rinde)” 2005 Resin and fiberglass,
Owner: Donald Young Gallery/ 933 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL and
Francois Pinault Foundation “Three Heads Fountain (Three Andrews)” 2005
Resin, fiberglass, wire. Maintenance of the entire installation trough the end
of the exhibition.
Soprintendenza
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Demoetnoantropologico del Veneto, Venezia, palazzo Cappello. Urgent
treatment at the Museo Civico di Santa Caterina in Treviso regarding an
architectural drawing (large size) “Per Ignem” dated 1927 created by an
anonymous architect to participate at the public competition for the
realization of Victory Memory Monument.
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2008
MART. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Trento-Rovereto. For
the years 2008-2009, external consultant/conservator, responsible for the
treatments of works of art belong to the collection and for the drowning up
conservation reports (new entries). Treatments and installation of more than
40 Depero work’s on paper in the re-news Museum-Casa Depero in Rovereto.
Giorgio Cini Foundation, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy.
External consultant. Treatment of 10 Antonio Basoli drawings for the
exibition:
“Antonio Basoli. Il viaggiatore che resta a casa”
15 March - 31 May 2008 Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
External consultant. De-installation of the original photographic works by
Medardo Rosso for the exhibition: “Rosso. La forma instabile”. Peggy
Guggenheim Collection – September 22, 2007/Jenuary 6, 2008. Curators:
Paola Mola and Fabio Vittucci.
Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York USA – Milan, Italy.
External consultant. Overseeing transfer of Panza works in Milan. Artists: C.
Andre; D. Judd; R. Morris; B. Nauman; J. Turrel.
Responsible for documenting the loading of our materials at Geodis Zust
Ambrosetti’s current warehouse and the subsequent offloading and placement
of those materials at their new location. The work entails checking off the
crates and pieces, as well as the complete photo documentation.
2007
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy.
External consultant. Preparation and installation of the original photographic
works by Medardo Rosso for the exhibition: “Rosso. La forma instabile”.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection – September 22, 2007/Jenuary 6, 2008.
Curators: Paola Mola and Fabio Vittucci.
52. International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy. "Pensa con i sensi - senti
con la mente. L'arte al presente" / "Think with the Senses - Feel with the
Mind. Art in the Present Tense”. External consultant.
. Professional expertise regarding the work: “Untitled (HARRY TRUMAN),
2005” Bourgeois Louise.
. Urgent treatment on a paper collage work of Murray Elizabeth “O.K., 2006”
. In collaboration with Giulio Bono (private painting conservator, Venice),
special treatment (marble floor) at the Italian Pavilion, Arsenale. Artist:
Giuseppe Penone, installation titled: “Sculture di Linfa”.
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy.
External consultant. Conservation treatment of a group of six works on paper
owned by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Artist: Robert Motherwell,
Frantisek Kupka, Max Ernest e Pablo Picasso
2006
Giorgio Cini Foundation, Institute of Art History, Isola di San Giorgio
Maggiore, Venice, Italy.
External consultant. Conservation treatment of 11 drawings from the 17th
Century (Certani’s group) owned by the Cini Foundation Institute. Artists
(among others): Giambattista Piazzetta, Gianbattista Tiepolo, Simone
Cantarini, Carracci, Francesco Francia. Antonio Maria Zaneti.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy.
External consultant. Conservation treatment of a group of 7 works of art
owned by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Artists: Pablo Picasso, Paul
Klee, Juan Gris, A. Calder, William De Kooning.
1999-2005
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A.
Paper Conservator in charge of artworks on paper and photographs in the
Museum Collection, as well as of works temporarily loaned for exhibitions.
Organized and assembled the new 300-foot square paper laboratory of the
Guggenheim Museum Conservation Department.
[See attached List of Responsibilities, List of Major Exhibitions and
Major Treatments]
Nancy Rosen Art Gallery; Exit Art Gallery (among others), New York
City. Freelance Conservator.
2003/2004
Fundation Museo Picasso de Malaga, Spain.
External consultant. Organized and assembled the new paper laboratory
and storage spaces. Conducted the survey of all the works on paper owned
by the collection and enacted treatment on 40 drawings and prints by
Pablo Picasso.
2002
Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Veneziano, Venice, Italy.
Photograph's archive: Survey of the entire photographic archive collection
(approximately 1,000 historic photographs). Organized them by
techniques, condition and treatment priorities.
Compiled detailed
instructions for proper conservation, list of storage materials and
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environmental control guidelines. Created a multi-year plan with budget
for ongoing and future conservation projects.
1989 to 1998 Museum of Oriental Art, Soprintendenza ai Beni Storici ed Artistici,
Venice, Italy
Paper Conservator in charge of the Collection of Japanese and Chinese
works of art on paper (17th to 20th century). Organized and assembled the
new paper laboratory. Completed survey, inventory and list of treatment
priorities of the entire collection. Organized and furnished the museum
storage. Supervised all the conservation treatments by external contractors.
1998
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA. External consultant. Treatment
and preparation for installation of two works by Robert Ryman (Unit IV
and Unit V)
ISFID, Venice, Italy
Lecturer in the graduate course on Conservation and Museum
Management
1997
Istituto Nazionale per la Patologia del libro, Rome, Italy
Lecture on "Restoration of six Japanese paintings on paper" (published)
1985 to 1998 Freelance conservator for the following institutions (among others):
§ Museo Correr, Venice: restoration of drawings by Tiepolo, Longhi,
Strozzi, etc.
§ Archivio Storico delle Arti Contemporanee, Venice.
§ Palazzo Grassi, Venice: conservator in charge of 374 drawings on
paper by Amedeo Modigliani in the Paul Alexandre collection.
§ Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea, Venice: restoration of six b/w largesize photographs in the Scandinavian Pavilion.
§ Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland: external
consultant for the restoration of 30 engravings by Karl Bodmer.
§ Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa, Treviso, Italy. External
consultant. Analysis, scientific research and final treatment of a large
group of waxed-paper negatives, part of the Museum Collection.
1983-89
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Soprintendenza ai Beni Storici e Artistici,
Venice, Italy
Paper Conservator in the Drawings Laboratory. Organized and assembled
the new paper laboratory of the Museum (see also “Publications”)
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1984-86
Art International University, Venice, Italy
Organized, taught and directed the laboratory in the "Techniques of paper
restoration" classes.
1981-83
Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Drawings and Prints Laboratory,
Villa della Farnesina Rome, Italy
Assistant conservator; restored drawings and engravings for various
exhibitions and works of art on paper in the Collection. Freelance
conservator for numerous private laboratories in Rome.
EDUCATION & APPRENTICESHIPS
2010
ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group. Congress “Modern
Photographic Materials. Athen, 19 -22 ottobre 2010.
2009
Regione Veneto and Cesare Brandi Association. Venice, Italy. Three days
of seminar on “Conservation of Contemporary Art: subjects and
problems”. Part of educational seminars for Museum ‘s Directors and
Conservators that work in the region of Veneto and other Cultural and
Scientific Institutions Verona-Venice. April-June.
2008
Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Veneziano. Venice, Italy.
Participant in the Seminar; “New cleaning systems for polychrome
surfaces: new techniques and materials in conserving and restoring stone
manufactories, metallic objects, and paper supports”.
2006
The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Participant in the Symposium: “Understanding 20th Century Photographs:
The Baryta Layer Symposium”
2003
George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and
Film, Rochester, NY-USA.
Participant in the Seminar: “Preserving Photographs in a Digital World”
1993
ICCROM and Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural
Properties, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
Participant at the 4 weeks workshop seminar
"Japanese Paper
Conservation"
1987
ICCROM, International Centre for Conservation, Rome, Italy
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Participant at the two months workshop seminar "Conservation of paper
objects"
1980-83
Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Drawings and Prints Laboratory,
Villa della Farnesina, Rome, Italy
Diploma in paper conservation: techniques, history and chemistry.
Advisors: Head Conservator Maria Antonietta Breccia Fratadocchi,, and
Prof. Franco Bartolucci.
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Lo Stato dell’Arte 8. IGIIC National Annual Congress. Nardini Ed.
“Fortunato Depero: intervento mediante Gel Acquosi e a solventi per il
recupero di cinque opere grafiche dal MART di Rovereto”; pp. 207-214.
2008
“Casa d’Arte Futurista Depuro”, Catalogue edited by Nicoletta Boschiero,
MART 2008, City of Rovereto (TN). Conservation and treatments.
2007
"Installation Methods for Robert Ryman's Wall-Mounted Works". The Paper
Conservator volume n. 31 (see “Acknowledgements”).
1997
"The Restoration of six Japanese Paintings". Cabnewsletter, year 2, n. 3,
pp.11-13 (May-June 1997), Rome (Bimonthly of Archive and Library
Conservation).
1996
“Report on the restoration of six Japanese paintings on paper” and “Report on
the restoration of an Orihon-type Japanese book, with samples of kakemono
mountings, Museo d'Arte Orientale. Restauri, Bulletin of the Monuments
and Fine Arts Service, Venice, pp. 4-43, 52-53
1992
“Report on the restoration of the inside decoration (in gilded and painted
paper) of a Japanese sedan-chair of the Edo period,” Museo d'Arte
Orientale. Restauri, Bulletin of the Monuments and Fine Arts Service,
Venice, pp. 13-19
1987
Restauri alle Gallerie dell'Accademia, Bulletin of the Monuments and Fine
Arts Service, Venice, n. 13
Article by Giovanna Nepi Scirè concerning Michelangelo's drawing La
caduta di Fetonte (inv.n. 177) where, thanks to my conservation treatment,
the drawing Studio di due figure virili was discovered on the verso.
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1984-89
Conservation and restoration reports in catalogues of the following exhibition at
the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice:
Disegni umbri, Ed. Electa, 1984
Disegni del Figino, Ed. Electa, 1986
Disegni romani, toscani e napoletani, Ed. Electa, 1989
MEMBERSHIPS:
International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA)
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC)
The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
CONSERVATION TREATMENTS ENACTED ON WORKS BY THE
FOLLOWING ARTISTS (among others):
Paintings on paper: W. de Kooning; R. Magritte; F. Marc; R. Motherwell; P. Picasso; R.
Ryman; R. Rauschenberg; G. Severini; E. Vuillard.
Drawings: Michelangelo Buonarroti; Cesare da Sesto; Raffaello; Guercino; Carracci;
Polidoro da Caravaggio; Parmigianino; Guido Reni; Domenichino; G. B. Piazzetta; G. B.
Tiepolo; J. Arp; C. Brancusi; J. Beuys; M. Chagall; E. Chillida; F. Clemente; F. Depero;
J. Dine; J. Dubuffet; A. Gleizes; A. Gorky; V. Kandinsky; P. Klee; E.L. Kirchner; F.
Kline; F. Kupka; F. Leger; F. Marc; A. Martin; P. Mondrian; M. N. Laszlo; E. Munch; P.
Picasso; J. Pollock; M. Ray; J. Rosenquist; M. Rothko; V.van Gogh; J. Johns; J-P. Seurat;
P. Tancredi; Y. Tanguy; H. de Toulouse Lautrec; K. Walker; E. Vedova.
Prints: Cherubino Alberti; Stefano della Bella; A. Mantegna; J. B.C. Corot; F. Bacon; A.
Calder; F. Marc; P. Picasso; G. Piranesi.
Photographs: A. Feininger; C. Negre; A. Rodchenko; E. Weston; M. Barney; J. Dibbets;
H. Fulton; A. Gaskell; B. Kruger; R. Mapplethorpe; A. Messager; M. Rosso; C. Sherman;
W. Tillmans; A. Warhol (thermo faxes).
REFERENCES
Mr. Philip Rylands, Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
e-mail: [email protected]
Ms. Carol Stringari, Head Conservator and Museum vice-director, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum
e-mail: [email protected]
Ms. Gabriella Belli, Director Fondazione Musei Civici, Venice.
e-mail: [email protected]

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