Deconstructing Art to Save It: Laser Analysis Tested to Restore Paintings [News]
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 09:28
in Physics & Chemistry
When artist Ad Reinhardt's painting arrived at New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2000, it was damaged beyond repair. Cracks in the original paint, combined with ill-conceived restoration attempts, had conspired to turn this once vital example of 1960s minimalist art into a black slab devoid of Reinhardt's original monochromatic vision. [More]