Diagnosing 'art acne' in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings
Sunday, February 17, 2019 - 13:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Even Georgia O'Keeffe noticed the pin-sized blisters bubbling on the surface of her paintings. For decades, conservationists and scholars assumed these tiny protrusions were grains of sand, kicked up from the New Mexico desert where O'Keeffe lived and worked. But as the protrusions began to grow, spread and eventually flake off, people shifted from curious to concerned.