How AI Helped Restore a William Merritt Chase – and Why Conservators Say It Is “None of Those Things”

Bright comic of two smiling cartoon art conservators with clear faces facing the viewer in a sunny restoration studio, next to a painting of a woman in a blue kimono with a round fan and a laptop showing a comparison grid

Before its new Chase exhibition opens on 14 November, the Parrish Art Museum had “A Comfortable Corner” restored – with an AI-assisted comparison that revealed lost details, including a faded signature.