Salon Dore Articles
May 21, 2015
Our sense of a space is often deeply influenced by the lighting that reveals it. As the Salon Doré at the Legion of Honor was being reinstalled, curator Martin Chapman worked with San Francisco-based lighting company...
Aug 23, 2013
3D scanning and printing have made their mark on popular culture in the past couple of years with eye-catching headlines like “Researchers Closing in on Printing 3D Hearts” and “Tools of Modern Gunmaking.” Many museums have...
Mar 6, 2013
Almost as soon as the Salon Doré was de-installed from Gallery 11 late last year, the comprehensive conservation and restoration project began (and continues today in full view of the public in Gallery 13). Before a single...
Feb 7, 2013
As the digital media interpretive media fellow at the de Young and the Legion of Honor, my primary role is to digitally document and interpret the yearlong project The Salon Doré: The Conservation of a Period Room,...
May 15, 2012
FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series highlighting an artwork in the Museums’ permanent collection. This week, we feature an unusual treasure in the Legion of Honor—it is unusual because it’s not a painting or a sculpture, but...