Narayan Khandekar leads the Straus Center’s conservation and research activities, as well as those for the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art at the Harvard Art Museums. Specializing in the scientific analysis of paintings and painted surfaces, he has published extensively on the subject. Khandekar has coordinated international groups on conservation science and has sat on numerous advisory committees. He curates the Forbes Pigment Collection and the Gettens Collection of Binding Media and Varnishes.
Narayan Khandekar
Director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University