LOS ANGELES,CA – The Getty Conservation Institute will host a workshop that will address the care and conservation of the only three museums designed and built by famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier. The workshop—part of the Institute’s Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative, which seeks to advance conservation of 20th-century heritage—will be held in India, where two of the three museums are located.
The third museum is in Japan. Both the municipal corporations from Ahmedabad and Chandigarh where the two museums are, acting as hosts for this event. In addition, the Fondation Le Corbusier, headquartered in Paris, will be participating in the event.
The workshop will include representatives from all three museums, and will focus on improving both architectural conservation and collections management for each building. The workshop will be conducted February 4-6 in Ahmedabad and will conclude February 8 in Chandigarh. The three museums were designed by Le Corbusier in the 1950s and 60s, and were the only ones to come out of his prolific career. The Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh houses one of the largest collections of Gandhara sculptures as well as a collection of Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. The museum has identified several challenges related to how best to exhibit and care for the building and its diverse collection of art, and how to manage environmental issues that affect both the collection and the visitor experience. The Sanskar Kendra Museum in Ahmedabad currently houses the popular Kite Museum, which contains examples of traditional Gugarati paper and fabric kites. Its City Museum exhibition tells the story of Ahmedabad and its diverse cultures using objects such as large medieval coins, scripts and documents in Devnagari and Urdu, pottery, and frescoes. BV Doshi, a renowned Indian architect who is still practicing architecture in Ahmedabad, worked with Le Corbusier on the original design and construction of the museum.
The workshop will include representatives from all three museums, and will focus on improving both architectural conservation and collections management for each building. The workshop will be conducted February 4-6 in Ahmedabad and will conclude February 8 in Chandigarh. The three museums were designed by Le Corbusier in the 1950s and 60s, and were the only ones to come out of his prolific career. The Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh houses one of the largest collections of Gandhara sculptures as well as a collection of Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. The museum has identified several challenges related to how best to exhibit and care for the building and its diverse collection of art, and how to manage environmental issues that affect both the collection and the visitor experience. The Sanskar Kendra Museum in Ahmedabad currently houses the popular Kite Museum, which contains examples of traditional Gugarati paper and fabric kites. Its City Museum exhibition tells the story of Ahmedabad and its diverse cultures using objects such as large medieval coins, scripts and documents in Devnagari and Urdu, pottery, and frescoes. BV Doshi, a renowned Indian architect who is still practicing architecture in Ahmedabad, worked with Le Corbusier on the original design and construction of the museum.
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