PROVINCETOWN FILM SOCIETY – Provincetown Film Society 2023 Winter Auction
Auction Ends: Feb 12, 2023 11:59 PM EST

Unique Experiences

Private Tour of MoMA Conservation Studios with Conservator Michael Duffy

Item Number
162
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
400 USD to gn09551df

The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to PROVINCETOWN FILM SOCIETY (tax ID 753037877) on behalf of the winner.

Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

One of our most popular auction items from years past. A private tour for 4 to the newly remodeled MOMA conservation studios with Michael Duffy. The studios are not open to the public so a special behind-the-scenes treat for art lovers. The tour includes admission to the museum.

Michael Duffy has a B.A. in Art History and a Masters in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware / Winterthur program. But he is best known as a paintings conservator at the MoMA in New York where he has been since 1993 specializing in the treatment of modern and contemporary paintings. He has the enviable task of working on some of the most iconic modernist paintings in the world and he is known as the conservator who cleaned Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon for the reinstallation of the MoMA galleries. And, the Art Newspaper tells us, during the lockdown he walked about 5 miles around each and every gallery in MoMA in the dark aided by a flashlight checking there were no plumbing disasters or thefts!

 

Item Special Note

Winning bidder will coordinate with Michael Duffy for 2023 Tour.

COVID-19 Note: If you are planning to purchase a travel package, tour or in person experience, please note that the dates for the trips and experiences may be dependent on regulations for COVID-19 to ensure public health safety and compliance.

Donated By:

Michael Duffy