Landscape in Light: The Art Institute's Tiffany Memorial Window
Sunday, April 14, 2024, 3- 4:30 pm RSVP
Rachel Sabino is director of Objects and Textiles Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago and has been a member of the department of Conservation & Science since 2011. She specializes in structural issues related to large-scale objects and has been responsible for the conservation aspects of some of the museum’s most ambitious projects, notably the Tiffany Hartwell Memorial Window. Her research interests lie primarily in the realm of ancient art, and she is a co-author of the museum’s online scholarly catalogue of Roman Art. She has held previous positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, National Gallery London, and Chicago Conservation Center; internships at Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum; and a sabbatical at the Corning Museum of Glass. She received her formal training in conservation at West Dean College in West Sussex, England and is a fellow of both the International Institute of Conservation and the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.