Sarah Hillary (artist)

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Sarah Hilary
Born1956 (age 68–69)
Auckland
NationalityNew Zealand
Known forconservation
Styleminiatures
Father Edmund Hillary
Relatives Peter Hillary (brother)

Sarah Hillary (born 1956, Auckland) is a New Zealand artist and art gallery conservator. [1] [2] She is the daughter of the New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. [3] [4] She had also detected a forgery of a Gottfried Lindauer painting. [5]

Her art practice was creating miniatures size of matchboxes. [6]

During 1998, there was a robbery at Auckland Art Gallery, Still on Top by James Tissot was stolen and severely damaged. The painting was restored by a team led by Hilary. [7]

Still on top by James Tissot James Tissot - Still on Top - Google Art Project.jpg
Still on top by James Tissot

In 2013, Hilary treated and conserved objects for her father's exhibition, From the Summit - Hillary's Enduring Legacy at Auckland Museum. [8]

In 2019, another notable work she conserved was Colin McCahon’s Upland Road Chapel windows that garnered media attraction in New Zealand. [9]

In 2024, Hilary announced her retirement after spending 40 years in Auckland Art Gallery, over 25 years of which was Principal Conservator. [3] [10]

Publications

Hillary's publications are:

References

  1. ↑ "Dolphin Afternoons". Artnow. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Hillary, Sarah". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. 1 2 "Sarah Hillary on growing up with Sir Ed and leaving her 40-year career". 1News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Hillary, Sarah Louise, 1956-". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  5. ↑ "Sarah Hillary on the life of an art conservator". RNZ . 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  6. ↑ "Sarah Hillary: 'I certainly wouldn't want to climb Everest'". NZ Herald. 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  7. ↑ Hillary, Sarah (2021-04-08). "The painstaking work of restoring a painting stolen at gunpoint". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  8. ↑ "My happy place: Sarah Hillary, gallery conservator". NZ Herald. 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  9. ↑ "Sarah Hillary: saving art - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  10. ↑ "Art conservator Sarah Hillary: Forgeries, chemistry, and hidden nudes". RNZ . 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  11. ↑ "The Back of the Painting | Te Papa". tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
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