Taking Care of Her Work: On Georgia O'Keeffe and Caroline Keck
Friday, July 14, 2017
6 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Lauren Bradley, Associate Paintings Conservator, traces the lifelong friendship and cooperation between Georgia O’Keeffe and Caroline Keck, her personal conservator.
A pioneer in her field and author of numerous important books, including the classic How to Take Care of Your Pictures, Caroline Keck helped establish the first art conservation laboratory at the Brooklyn Museum, not long after the young O’Keeffe had her first museum exhibition here in 1927. Ambitious and independent, the two women developed a lasting relationship, working together on O’Keeffe’s paintings for almost 40 years. Their friendship, mutually empowering even when they were not in agreement, can be traced through the works of art they collaborated on. Following the lecture, join Bradley in the Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern exhibition galleries, where she will be available to answer questions.
Tickets are $25 ($20 for Members) and include admission to Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern. To receive the Member discount code, email us at membership@brooklynmuseum.org with your full name and Membership ID.