Golden Gate Park’s Portals of the Past receives the final touches in a long-term conservation effort.
With over 1,000 artworks permanently sited in public spaces, vandalism of the Civic Art Collection is a constant concern of the San Francisco Arts Commission.
San Francisco History Association to present San Francisco Arts Commission with the Ron Ross Founder’s Award for its ongoing role in the restoration of the “Portals of the Past” monument in Golden Gate Park.
The 200-year-old Buddha was taken to the conservation lab of Baird/Rief in Grass Valley where old repairs and corrosion were carefully removed and filled with new materials before restoring the patina.
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