This has been a year of good news for Nevelson Chapel. The most significant bit of good news is we have begun to address the damage created by the HVAC failure during the COVID19 shutdown
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This has been a year of good news for Nevelson Chapel. The most significant bit of good news is we have begun to address the damage created by the HVAC failure during the COVID19 shutdown
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Progress is well under way toward restoring Nevelson Chapel to what our insurers call “pre-loss condition” prior to the HVAC failure during the COVID19 shutdown.
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The Rev. Dr. Ralph Edward Peterson, age 90, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA after a brief illness.
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Nevelson Chapel is a place for renewal – somewhere anyone can stop in for a few (or many) restorative minutes.
But it is also a physical work of art that requires upkeep itself. A number of years ago that important effort began and, prior to the onset of the pandemic, was quite far along. Thanks to the efforts of many, Nevelson Chapel was nearing the end of a major phase of conservation.
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The Nevelson Legacy Council is honored to announce a major gift from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation, which underwrites the Nevelson Chapel’s Trinity Columns conservation and establishes a fund for ongoing care of the work.
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A trio of dramatic sculptural columns created by Louise Nevelson, entitled “Trinity” by the artist, were returned yesterday to Saint Peter’s Church, for which they were created. The Trinity Columns are now reinstalled within Nevelson’s complete sculptural environment, Chapel of the Good Shepherd (1977), a masterwork of monochromatic white, with striking gold leaf, that has captivated and inspired New Yorkers, commuters, tourists and art-lovers for decades.
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Martha Singer and Jean Dommermuth have long shared a passion for the fine arts, and a professional relationship, which began during their years as graduate students at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, and has gone on to span more than two decades and three continents. But it took Louise Nevelson to bring their complementary skills and expertise to bear in a single project as the new conservation team for Nevelson Chapel.
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Those of us who have been engaged in Renewing a Masterwork—the fundraising campaign to support the restoration and conservation of Nevelson Chapel—mourn the passing of Ambassador Carl Spielvogel.
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During the COVID-19 lockdown, Nevelson Chapel experienced an HVAC failure that led to a massive humidity spike.
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Significant damage to sanctuary and basement level, Nevelson Chapel untouched
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This Holiday Season Pace Gallery Will Launch Online Charity Exhibition of Nevelson Collages to Further Support the Chapel’s Fundraising Initiative
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Monitoring of the newly-installed, dedicated HVAC system continues.
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It is with a sense of sadness, but also of public duty, that we close Nevelson Chapel until further notice. In doing so, we hope to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 following the state-wide “stay-at-home order” that will go into effect on Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
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Nearly 200 friends of Nevelson Chapel gathered last week for a salon discussion (“Public Art: Should We Value It?”) tracing the evolution of contemporary art beyond the confines of the gallery and museum and exploring present-day issues — access, interpretation, invigoration — at a time of constrained funding for public art.
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There’s no question last night’s gathering was the work of Louise Nevelson herself. Celebrating the photo installation of her long-time studio assistant and friend, Diana MacKown, friends old and new gathered for an evening that stretched back in time to the 1960s and 1970s, even as it stretched ever forward, to a future yet to be.
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Construction is not yet complete, but Nevelson Chapel is open to the public. After the doors re-opened to the public, Pamela Rausch was among the first people to spend time within Nevelson’s masterwork. Pamela and her husband David are leadership donors and founding members of the Nevelson Chapel Guild.
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On August 7th, we had the privilege of seeing Nevelson Chapel’s Trinity Columns at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine and participating in a panel discussion with Chief Curator Michael Komanecky.
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Earlier this month I visited Nevelson’s childhood home, Rockland, Maine. Officially, I was there for a public conversation at the Farnsworth Art Museum with the museum’s chief curator Michael K. Komanecky. This public event was also an opportunity to express my gratitude to staff and friends of the Farnsworth who have cared for and lovingly cherished Nevelson Chapel’s Trinity Columns, transferred there as the new museum-quality HVAC system was introduced in the chapel environment back in NYC.
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Louise Nevelson—icon of Modern Art, and creator of the sculptural environment genre—found refuge as a child in the cool forests and rocky coasts of her adopted home in Farnsworth, Maine, after fleeing pogroms in her native Ukraine.
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