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  1. Good Morning - La ragazza sulla roccia a Sorrento

    by , 08-13-2018 at 10:01 AM
    Filippo Palizzi (Italian, 1818 - 1899)
    La ragazza sulla roccia a Sorrento 1871

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  2. 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. ...