Karl Buchberg has a B.A. from Columbia University and a M.A. and Diploma in Conservation from New York University. Before coming to The Museum of Modern Art he was the Conservator of Rare Books and Special Collections at the Firestone Library of Princeton University. From 1984 to 1990 he was a part-time Lecturer at the Columbia University School of Library Service Conservation Program. He has worked at The Museum of Modern Art for thirty years. As conservator attached to the 2007 exhibition Georges Seurat: The Drawings, he published the essay “Seurat: Materials and Techniques” in the exhibition catalog. He was both co-curator and conservator for the exhibition Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs at MoMA, 2014-2015. Karl D. Buchberg 50 Sutton Place South, Apt 2-J The Museum of Modern Art New York City, New York 10022-4181 11 West 53rd Street 212 751-7824 New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212 708-9416 Fax: 212 333-1244 karl_buchberg@moma.org Education M.A. in Art History, New York University 1984 Diploma in Conservation, New York University 1984 B.A. in Art History, Columbia College 1975 Professional Experience Museum of Modern Art, New York Senior Conservator 1997 to present Conservator 1987-1997 Associate Conservator 1986-1987 Princeton University, Department or Rare Books and Special Collection Conservator of Rare Books and Manuscripts 1980-1986 Municipal Archives of the City of New York, New York Paper Conservator March 1979-January 1980 Private practice of Konstanze Bachmann, New York October 1978-January 1980 Assistant Paper Conservator (part-time) Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Intern September 1977-October 1978 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Assistant Restorer (part-time) June 1976-August 1977 (except August 1976) Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, N.Y. Paper Conservator August 1976 Teaching Columbia University, School of Library Service, Conservation Program Lecturer (part-time) Course title: Conservation of Manuscripts 1984-1989 Course titles: Conservation of Manuscripts and Conservation of Works of Art on Paper 1989-1990 Publications Buchberg, Karl D., “Paper: Manuscripts, Documents, Printed Sheets and Works of Art, “ in Conservation in the Library, ed. By Susan Garretson Swartzburg, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 1983. Buchberg, Karl, “Seurat: Materials and Techniques.” in Georges Seurat, The Drawings, Jodi Hauptman, pp. 31-41. New York City: Museum of Modern Art, 2007. Buchberg, Karl, Gross, Markus and Lohrengel, Stephan, “Materials and Techniques.” in Henri Matisse The Cut-Outs, edited by Karl Buchberg, Nicholas Cullinan, Jodi Hauptman and Nicholas Serota. pp. 253-265. New York City: The Museum of Modern Art, 2014. Daffner, Lee Ann and Buchberg, Karl, “Technical Note: Photomechanical Reproduction and Dadaglobe.” in Dadaglobe Reconstructed, ed. by Adrian Sudhalter, pp.93-95. Zurich, Scheidegger & Spiess, 2016. Buchberg, Karl and Neufeld, Laura, “Indelible Ink: Degas’s Methods and Materials.” In Degas: A Strange New Beauty, Jodi Hauptman, pp. 46-53. New York City, The Museum of Modern Art, 2016. Exhibitions Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, The Museum of Modern Art, 2014-2015. Curated by Jodi Hauptman, Senior Curator and Karl Buchberg, Senior Conservator. This was the first time that a conservator was also curator of an exhibition at MoMA. As part of this responsibility, I gave dozens of in-gallery tours and lectures. Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, The Museum of Modern Art, 2016. Organized by Jodi Hauptman, Senior Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, with Karl Buchberg, Senior Conservator, Heidi Hirschl, Curatorial Assistant, The Museum of Modern Art, and Richard Kendall, independent art historian and curator. Lectures “Oversize Works of Art on Paper: Examples from the Museum of Modern Art” Presented at the First International Seminar of the Conservation-Restoration of Contemporary Art sponsored by El Centro de Estudios de Restauracion de Obras de Arte (CEROA), at Aranjuez, Spain. September 2, 1997. “Paper Conservation and the Museum Environment” Presented at a conservation symposium sponsored by the Cisneros Foundation. April 20. 1999 at Caracas, Venezuela. “The Anatomy of an Exhibition,” A Lecture at the Fogg Art Museum given by Karl Buchberg and Jodi Hauptman. January 2105. “The Swimming Pool” by Henri Matisse: Conservation Decisions.” A lecture at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. May 2015. “The Conservator as Conservator and Curator.” A lecture at the Winterthur Conservation Program. November 2015. 'Indelible Ink: Degas's Materials and Methods' a paper written by Laura Neufeld and Karl Buchberg was presented at 'A New Lens on 19th Century Art,' Art Institute of Chicago, April 1, 2016. “The Conservator as Conservator and Curator.” A lecture at the Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina. May 2106. Selected Press As part of the Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs I appeared with Jodi Hauptman, Senior Curator, on the Charlie Rose show and the Leonard Lopate radio show. There were dozens of reviews, nationally and Internationally, for both Matisse and Degas exhibitions. Awards 2015 Dedalus Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award for Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. AICA-USA. International Association of Art Critics United States 2014 Award: Best Monographic Museum Show in New York for Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. Professional Affiliation American Institute for Conservation