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  1. A Jackson Pollock Painting Gets A Touch-Up

    by , 08-11-2018 at 03:20 PM
    Jackson Pollock's painting Number 1, 1949, is a swirl of multi-colored, spaghettied paint, dripped, flung nd slung across a 5-by-8-foot canvas. It's a textured work — including nails and a bee (we'll get to that later) — and in the nearly 70 years since its creation, it's attracted a fair bit of dust, dirt and grime.

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    That's where conservator Chris Stavroudis comes in: His job is to clean the painting using swabs, solvents, and tiny brushes. ...
  2. What Kids' Drawings Say About Their Future Thinking Skills

    by , 08-27-2014 at 07:23 PM


    Researchers asked 4-year-olds to draw a child. Here's a sample of their artwork. Twins Early Development Study/King's College in London hide caption

    At age 4, many young children are just beginning to explore their artistic style.

    The kid I used to babysit in high school preferred self-portraits, undoubtedly inspired by the later ...