Art Dirt: What the Water Leaves Behind: Talking with Jhonny Langer

William Sarradet speaks with Galveston-based paint conservator and object restoration artist Jhonny Langer about disaster mitigation, the slow work of triage and salvage after a storm, and what a century of Gulf Coast weather has taught the island about holding onto things.

"The biggest excuse for tearing down an amazing structure is that it's too costly. And I would propose that it's too costly not to have that building; it's too costly not to have art history."

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