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Michael Gallagher

Michael Gallagher is the Sherman Fairchild Chairman of Paintings Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Brokering Truths: The Inescapability of Subjectivity

By Michael Gallagher

The modern role of a professional paintings conservator has, in many ways, been shaped by controversy.

Michael Gallagher in studio with Perino del Vaga,<em> The Holy Family with Infant Saint John the Baptist</em>, ca. 1524 - 26. Oil on wood. Courtesy Michael Gallagher.
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MAY 2023

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