CAN! Conversations & INCCA Café: Death of an Artwork, Part II

Wendy Lindstrom is a seasoned litigator representing museums, galleries, collectors, dealers, art advisors, conservators, artists, fine art lenders, auction houses, and fine art transporters. She has litigated issues of damage to artworks. 

Mary Sheridan handles Salvage to include jewelry, watches, wine, couture clothing (designer brand) and fine art for Chubb Insurance, one of the world’s leading insurers of fine arts and precious stones. Mary also handles the commercial salvage for Chubb to include agriculture and contractor/construction equipment

Lily is an Emerging Professional Conservator, with a Masters in the Conservation of Cultural Materials from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia. Lily is based in Perth, WA, and has worked with Community-based Aboriginal Art Centres (Ikunjti Art Centre, Waringarri Aboriginal Arts and Warmun Art Centre) in the conservation and collection management of community collections and deceased estates.

Zeeyoung is a conservator of modern and contemporary art at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea. Since 2005, she has worked with different forms of art and a variety of modern materials such as paintings, outdoor sculptures and installations found in the museum's collection. Before coming to Leeum, Zeeyoung graduated from a 5-year-long training program at Ecole Supérieure d'Art d'Avignon in France, obtaining a master's degree in paintings conservation with honors. Her thesis was on the "Conservation of Colorfield Paintings" which led her to working on modern paintings and materials in her professional career. 

Martha Singer is the Director of Material Whisperer Consultation and Conservation Services, based in the New York City area. She specializes in modern and contemporary sculpture and objects. She has been working in conservation since 1991. Understanding materials, their working and aging properties as well as helping people is what Martha is most passionate about. She especially enjoys working with artists and their representatives or galleries to help them achieve their goals.