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Historic Murals Removed, Restored, Reinstalled – Minerva Teichert

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Scott M. Haskins

The first mural ever that I did art conservation treatments on was in my graduate program in Italy. The first week of school I was put onto scaffolding and sat down in front of a mural dated 1365 on a … Continue reading →

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Mural Cleaning in Historic Building Construction – Project Changes – Being nimble, versatile, flexible… and “on it”!

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Scott M. Haskins

We thought we were on a superficial mural cleaning and varnishing project! But its a bit more adventurous than that. In the jungle of scaffolding and working among an army of 1,500 demolition and construction workers and equipment we realize … Continue reading →

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Lost Leonardo mural looked for with new high tech gadgets by UC San Diego researchers in Florence

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Scott M. Haskins

In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence. Shortly after beginning, it is reported that the mural sustained … Continue reading →

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What did they use to clean the Sistine Chapel?

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Scott M. Haskins

I’m in Italy for a bout two weeks seeing friends, family, business associates and consulting. We’re in Rome to start off with and yesterday we went to Tivoli which is just outside of Rome. It has been a get away … Continue reading →

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Jessie Arms Botke Featured in “Inner Visions: Women Artists of California”

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Scott M. Haskins

Many people have heard that we were responsible for saving the wonderful, gorgeous mural of a tropical jungle by Jessie Arms Botke from demolition but few have heard the story. So, here it is! In 1992 I got a call … Continue reading →

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Taggers of Mural Of Jim Morphesis Monument Put On Notice!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Scott M. Haskins

While sitting in my booth at the LA Art Show I looked up and noticed a man young man in his late 20’s in a fashion challenged suit and tie staring at my wide screen monitor of the many photos … Continue reading →

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Graffiti Removal AGAIN From Morphesis by Twitchell under Grant Ave. Overpass in LA

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Scott M. Haskins

This is one of the “monikers” that we got tagged with last weekend, the day after we finished the removal of the huge tag of the bottom half of the mural. This graffiti covered about a 4′ x  10′ area. … Continue reading →

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Morphesis Re-Tagged The Day After Re-Cleaning… WAR!!!!! But we’re kind of smiling because…

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Scott M. Haskins

As I was finishing up an answer to a comment on the blog post about the new surveillance system (https://www.fineartconservationlab.com/murals/video-surveillance-of-public-art-mural-catching-graffiti-vandals) when the phone rang and it was Vincent Moreno, Vandalism Abatement Coordinator for Caltrans. WAR!!!!! The mural got tagged again … Continue reading →

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Video Surveillance of Public Art Mural- Catching Graffiti Vandals

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Scott M. Haskins

This original blog post of graffiti removal and catching graffiti vandals with video cameras was written in 2011… 9 years ago. Now, with hind-sight being 20/20, I’ve added a few UPDATE comments at the end of this blog post. This … Continue reading →

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Kent Twitchell’s Morphesis mural, of which that we just finished the mural conservation,… tagged big time!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Scott M. Haskins

I just posted one week ago the final details and short video of the completion of the art conservation/mural restoration/graffiti removal from the Jim Morphesis Monument by Kent Twitchell (https://www.fineartconservationlab.com/projects/murals/art-conservation-of-exquisite-mural-on-los-angeles-freeway-completed/). That was on Wednesday. Sometime that same weekend, the mural … Continue reading →

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