Susanne Gänsicke
Senior Conservator of Antiquities and Department Head of Antiquities Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Email: sgaensicke@getty.edu
Resume/CV
Areas of Interest
Ancient Mediterranean and Nile Valley material culture, site preservation, relocation of monumental sculptures, materials and manufacturing techniques of ancient and historic metalwork, and the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and conservation. She is a team member of the conservation project “The auloi from Meroë, Sudan” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Selected Publications
Gänsicke, S. and N. Sharma, “The preservation of metalwork in the Kathmandu Valley: Reflections on past and current practices.” In Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation. ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing, 17–21 May 2021, ed. J. Bridgland. (Paris: International Council of Museums, 2021).
S. Gänsicke, “Preserving Juno.” In Juno. A Colossal Roman Statue. By Christine Kondoleon (Boston: MFA Publications, 2020), 51-65.
S. Gänsicke and Yvonne J. Markowitz, Looking at Jewelry (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019).
S. Gänsicke and Stefan Hagel, “The Auloi from Meroë: Preliminary notes on the conservation, technical examination, and interpretation of a cache of ancient musical instruments” In Artistry in Bronze: The Greeks and Their Legacy (XIX International Congress on Ancient Bronzes) Edited by: Jens M. Daehner, Kenneth Lapatin, and Ambra Spinelli (Los Angeles: JPGM; Getty Conservation Institute, 2017), 381-388.
S. Gänsicke, “Bodies in Bronze: Four South Indian Bronzes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston”, in Metal 2016 Proceedings of the Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Metals Working Group September 26-30, 2016 New Delhi, India. Edited by: Raghu Menon, Claudia Chemello and Achal Pandya (International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA): 2016), 14-21.
S. Gänsicke, “Monumental bronze trays from ancient Nubia in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston”. In The Kushite World. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Meroitic Studies. Vienna, 1 to 4 September 2008, Beiträge zur Sudanforschung. Beiheft 9, Michael H. Zach, ed. (Vienna, 2015), 497-514.
S. Gänsicke, “Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings” in The Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art, Melinda K. Hartwig, ed. (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015), 522-543.
S. Gänsicke and Richard Newman, “Materials and Techniques in Nubian Jewelry.” In Jewels of Ancient Nubia by Yvonne J. Markowitz and Denise M. Doxey (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2014), 143-151.
S. Gänsicke, “Preservation of Japanese Blades”, Metal 2013 Edinburgh, Scotland 16th – 20th September 2013, Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Metal Working Group, Conference Proceedings, Ewan Hyslop, Vanesa Gonzalez, Lore Troalen, Lyn Wilson, eds. (Historic Scotland and International, 2013), 331.
Awards
Asian Cultural Council: Individual Grant for travel to Nepal to research metal work preservation in temples and shrines of the Kathmandu Valley. Awarded November 2015, research in Nepal March and April 2016.
FAIC Professional Development Grant and Samuel H. Kress Foundation: Travel grants for presentation of research on Nubian bronzes at BUMA VI in Beijing, China. September 2006.
Samuel H. Kress Foundation: Travel grant for fieldwork on active excavation. Sudan Mission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at Gebel Barkal, Karima, Sudan. April 1996.
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship: Fellow in Objects Conservation, 1989 – 1990. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
Carl Duisberg Society Stipend: Advanced-Level Conservation Intern, 1988. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
