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Message from Emily Talbot, Vice President of Collections and Chief Curator

Message from Emily Talbot, Vice President of Collections and Chief Curator

The year 2025 was a momentous one for the Norton Simon Museum community. We celebrated the institution’s 50th anniversary as the Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, while undertaking the most significant renovation of our campus in more than 25 years.

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Celebrating Our Past While Looking to the Future
Reframing Vincent van Gogh’s "Head of a Peasant Woman in a White Bonnet"
A Conversation with Liz MacLean, Architect
Under Construction: Protecting Outdoor Sculpture
Exterior Improvement Project: A Spotlight on Changes to the Sculpture Garden
An Anniversary Logo to Celebrate
Exterior Improvement Project
Ready for Their Close-Ups: Photographing the Collection
Message from Emily Talbot, Chief Curator
Conserving Lucas Cranach’s Adam and Eve
New Installation in the 20th-Century Galleries
Barbara Hepworth’s "Rock Form (Porthcurno)" in the Main Entrance Gallery
Plant Identification Guide: Frans Snyders, "Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables"
An Interview with Conservator Kari Rayner
An Interview with Lakshika Senarath Gamage, Assistant Curator
A Conversation with Artist Richard Hunt
An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator
A Look Back at Whistler’s Mother
Meditative Moments
Judy Dater and the Photographic Portrait
Fostering Experiences with Art for Students
Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” Soars Again
Solace through Sculpture: Uncovering the History of a Plague Saint
Parsing Picasso’s 1932 Retrospective
Assemblage as Poetry
The Colors of Van Gogh’s “Mother”
Monitoring Bodhisattva Maitreya
Caring for Clodion’s "Bacchante"
A Fascination with Tulips
Paint Surfaces & Dutch Paintings
Seismic Safety of Sculptures
LED Lighting and Blue Pigments
Looking Is Not Seeing
Indigo or Is it?
In Their Own Words
Caring for the Museum's Pastels
Art from a Distance
Women Artists in the Collection
Reframing Raphael
Matisse’s Homage to Catherine Viviano
A Conversation with Sara Campbell, Senior Curator
A Conversation with John Sudolcan, Director of Operations
Conservation of Jack Youngerman’s "Red-Vermillion"
Conservation of "Death of Dido" Tapestry
A Conversation with Tim Street-Porter, Photographer
Relocating Rodin’s “The Thinker”
Message from Emily Talbot, Vice President of Collections and Chief Curator