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NY Times: Conservation of Reinhardt painting is "hit and miss"

August 15, 2008 by Jeff Guin  
Filed under Blog

The New York Times reports about the dilemmas faced by Guggenheim conservators trying to restore one of Ad Reinhardt’s “Black” paintings. Using x-ray and laser techniques, the conservators were tasked with removing acrylic paint that had been used in the past to cover damage to the fragile oil painting.